SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 4.5, Administrator'S Manual

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-listenport port#
Specifies the explicit TCP port number that the Name Server uses to accept connections
from the SPD Server LIBNAME engine and its SPD Server hosts. If no port is specified,
the Name Server queries the system for port addresses using the service name
spdsname. If no such service has been registered, SPD Server chooses a dynamic port
number for the Name Server to use.
-licensefile lic-file
License file keys are generated by SAS and provided to you. With this release of SPD
Server, you receive an SPD Server license key for each machine where you license
SPD Server. Each key must be entered into the license file by the SPD Server
administrator. The SPD Server will not run on a machine without first entering a valid
license key in the license file. License keys are plain text strings with product, site, and
machine information along with the password that is required to use Server in this
specific environment.
-logfile fileSpec
Selects automatic server log file creation by the logger process.
fileSpec
specifies
a partial pathname or filename specification that is used to generate the complete log
file path. For example, if you specified
fileSpec
as
\DOWNlogs\spdsnsrv
, the
generated name would appear:
\DOWNlogs
\spdsnsrv_mmddyyyy_hh:mm:ss.spdslog
, where
mmddyyyy
and
hh:mm:ss
are taken from the system time when the log file is created.
-logtime hh:mm
Specifies a time of day to cycle a new generation of the Name Server log file. At this
time each day, the previous log file is closed and a new log file is opened.
SPD Server Host Commands
The SPD Server LIBNAME engine connects to the SPD Server host to access data in the
server environment. The SPD Server host uses the SPD Server password file to validate
each SPD Server user, and then creates a LIBNAME proxy process on behalf of each of
them.
The SPD Server host is invoked using the following command-line syntax:
spdsserv [-option [optval]...]
Part of the function of the SPD Server host process is to start SPD Server logging processes.
The spdslog process performs message logging functions. The spdsaud process performs
audit logging functions. Message and audit logging functions are controlled using spdsserv
command-line options.
Both message and audit logging facilities include automatic log filename generation and
periodic log file cycling support. The spdsserv command-line options control automatic
log filename generation cycling properties. Server availability improves because you can
periodically switch to a new server log and audit log without halting and restarting SPD
Server. The default rc.spds script shipped in the
samples/
directory of your SPD Server
installation provides examples of the command-line options.
Audit log records are kept for all resources accessed by each LIBNAME proxy process.
The audit log saves records in its own separate space, away from other server log files. A
sample SAS job that processes the audit log and generates a report is provided. Check
samples/audit.sas
for information about processing the audit log and generating the
report. To enable the audit log, use the
spdsserv
command with the -AUDITFILE option.
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