Platform Overview and What s New in SAS 9.4 Architecture

Platform Overview and What s New in SAS 9.4 Architecture

Platform Overview Metadata Server Cluster SAS Environment Manager How to Encrypt data and passwords 2

Platform Overview Metadata Server Cluster SAS Environment Manager How to Encrypt data and passwords 3

Platform for SAS Business Analytics The platform for SAS Business Analytics is enterprise software with components that exist on multiple machines throughout the organization. 4

SAS Platform Architecture SAS Metadata Cluster SAS/Secure 5

Metadata Cluster SAS Environment Manager How to Encrypt data and passwords 6

SAS Metadata Server Cluster Metadata Server Clustering Provides redundancy and high availability of the metadata server. Ensures that the server continues to operate if a server host machine fails. 7

SAS Metadata Server Cluster A cluster is three or more metadata server nodes. Each node typically runs on a separate machine runs its own server process has a complete copy of all metadata has its own server configuration directory, configuration files, journal file, and logs. 8

Master Node and Slave Nodes 9

How Clients Connect to a Metadata Server Cluster 10...

Slave Node Failure 11...

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Slave Node Failure 13

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Master Node Failure 16

Metadata Cluster SAS Environment Manager How to Encrypt data and passwords 17

18 Copyr i g ht 2012, SAS Ins titut e Inc. All rights res er ve d. Middle Tier The middle tier includes the following: SAS Web Server and SAS Web Application Server A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) SAS web applications SAS Web Infrastructure Platform SAS Environment Manager 18

SAS Environment Manager Environment Manager Administer, monitor, and manage SAS resources Monitoring log events View of Resource Health Dashboards Alerts Environment Manager enables administrators to gauge the effectiveness of their BI environment. 19

20 Copyr i g ht 2012, SAS Ins titut e Inc. All rights res er ve d. SAS Environment Manager 20

SAS Environment Manager 2.4 New Features Environment Manager Integration of Audit and Performance Measurement Tool Report Center SAS Visual Analytics Data Feed 21

Integration of Audit and Performance Measurement tool and SAS Environment Manager APM data gets stored in the SAS Environment Manager Data Mart. Stored Processes are used to query new data. 22

23 Copyr i g ht 2012, SAS Ins titut e Inc. All rights res er ve d. New Report Center 23 The reports are located at Stored Processes Products SAS Environment Manager Dynamic Reports Metadata Inventory.D

24 Copyr i g ht 2012, SAS Ins titut e Inc. All rights res er ve d. SAS Environment Manager Report Center Partial Report Listing Metadata Inventory Reports These reports display information about the metadata that is stored on the SAS Metadata Server Data Mart Reports These reports display information about the content of the SAS Environment Manager Data Mart tables, the resources that support the data mart, and the alerts that are defined in the data mart. APM Reports 24 These reports display and chart detailed metrics and information for SAS jobs and processes. They are generated by data from APM ETL processes.

25 Copyr i g ht 2012, SAS Ins titut e Inc. All rights res er ve d. Environment Manager Data into Visual Analytics Data Feed from the Environment Manager to VA Nightly transfer of selected tables from Environment Manager Data Mart to SAS VA. Use SAS auto load capability to load data into LASR library. 25

Chapter 2: Administering the SAS Metadata Server Metadata Cluster SAS Environment Manager How to Encrypt data and passwords 26

27 Copyr i g ht 2012, SAS Ins titut e Inc. All rights res er ve d. SAS/Secure How can we use it? New to SAS 9.4. SAS/Secure was an add-on product that was licensed separately. This change makes strong encryption available in all deployments. In this presentation we will be looking at: Securing your passwords. Using SAS/Secure to secure your data. Demo on how to secure your passwords Demo on how to secure your data 27

28 Copyr i g ht 2012, SAS Ins titut e Inc. All rights res er ve d. Secure your passwords Common issue that more advanced programmers have with SAS is wondering how to store their passwords to keep them safe. 1) Create a Catalog that will store your password by creating a Stored Compiled Macro Catalog. 2) To fully encrypt your password the SECURE option is necessary. The secure option will use an encryption algorithm to encrypt your code so no one including yourself will be able to see the password. 3) Set O/S permissions so that only you have read access to catalog file. 4) Use macro call within your programs. 28

29 Copyr i g ht 2012, SAS Ins titut e Inc. All rights res er ve d. SAS\Secure How can we use it? Protecting your data We can secure data by using Advanced Encryption Standard(AES).You must use both of the following options when you want to use AES encryption. ENCRYPTKEY= data set option specifies a key value ENCRYPT= data set option now supports AES encryption.. 29

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31 Copyr i g ht 2012, SAS Ins titut e Inc. All rights res er ve d. SAS Foundation Tools SAS Advanced Analytics SAS Business Intelligence and Analytics SAS Data Management SAS Administration 31

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33 Copyr i g ht 2012, SAS Ins titut e Inc. All rights res er ve d. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Carmine Verrelli Technical Training Specialist Tel: 613 755 2316 Mobile: 613 240 1530 carmine.verrelli@sas.com www.sas.com/canada SAS THE POWER TO KNOW 33