SAS metadata server states

SAS metadata server can be one of the following states

• Online
• Offline
• Administration
• Stopped

This is not to confused with metadata server status. Metadata service status tell us whether the service is on or off. When the metadata service is on the metadata server can be in online, ofline , administration state. When the metadata services is off, the state will be stopped. 

Among these 4 States usually we might have seen online or stopped. The offline and the administration state is used during special occasion. 

Offline state is used to retain the active client but does not accept a new client. SAS automatically goes to offline mode when SAS tool is used to perform a backup. 

Administration state retains active connection plus allows un-restricted user.

Checking metadata state and metadata status:Metadata state is SAS related setting. It can be either checked in SAS management console or PROC METAOPERATE program.

PROC METAOPERATE

 SERVER= “host name”

 PORT=port-number

 USERID= “user-ID”

 PASSWORD= ‘password”

 PROTOCOL=BRIDGE

 ACTION=STATUS;

RUN;

Metadata status is a OS level process and can be checked by using sas.server status script.