Deploying SAS® Grid Manager for Platform
GRDPD : GRDPD1
This course provides a hands‑on, end‑to‑end introduction to deploying SAS Grid Manager for Platform in an enterprise environment. Learners will walk through the complete installation and configuration workflow—from installing SAS metadata, mid‑tier, and client components to configuring Load Sharing Facility (LSF), SAS agents, and grid middleware services.
The course emphasizes practical deployment tasks such as load balancing, clustering, checkpoint/restart processes, and configuring grid-launched servers. Through a combination of instruction and extensive practice activities, participants gain the skills needed to plan, install, validate, and operationalize a SAS Grid Manager for Platform environment.
The course emphasizes practical deployment tasks such as load balancing, clustering, checkpoint/restart processes, and configuring grid-launched servers. Through a combination of instruction and extensive practice activities, participants gain the skills needed to plan, install, validate, and operationalize a SAS Grid Manager for Platform environment.
Learn How To
- Install SAS Grid Manager components including Metadata Server, Mid-Tier, Clients, EV Agents, and required grid software.
- Configure Platform LSF, SAS agents, grid middleware components, and essential post-installation services.
- Understand required post-configuration steps, including those related to SAS LSM, load balancing setup, clustering, and grid service validation.
- Identify and configure different types of grid machines and their roles in workload execution.
- Deploy and configure grid-launched servers and load-balanced application servers.
- Understand the job lifecycle within SAS Grid Manager, including batch, interactive, and load-balanced execution paths.
- Operationalize a functioning SAS Grid Manager for Platform environment from initial setup through final validation.
Who Should Attend
Technical consultants implementing SAS Grid Manager for Platform. Learners should be responsible for installing, configuring, or supporting SAS infrastructure in enterprise environments.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, learners should have:
Recommended (but not required):
- Basic understanding of SAS architecture (Metadata Server, Mid-Tier, Clients).
- Working knowledge of Linux operating systems.
- Familiarity with system administration concepts (services, processes, networking, storage).
- Basic understanding of distributed computing concepts.
- Experience installing enterprise software in server environments.
Recommended (but not required):
- Completion of an introductory SAS Grid overview course.
- Familiarity with SAS administration tasks.
SAS Products Covered
SAS Grid Manager for Platform
Course Outline
Grid Deployment
- Grid deployment overview.
- Practice: Overview and explanation.
- SAS Grid Manager requirements.
- Practice: Prerequisites.
- Practice: Install LSF.
- Practice: Install LSF (Windows).
- Installing SAS Grid Manager.
- Practice: Install SAS Metacomp.
- Practice: Install SAS Mid Tier.
- Practice: Install SAS Client.
- Practice: Post configuration LSF.
- Configuring SAS Agents and Grid software.
- Practice: Install EV Agents.
- Practice: Post Configuration SAS.
- Optional Post Configuration Tasks.
- Practice: SAS LSM.
- Load balancing introduction.
- Practice: Clustering.
- Load balancing algorithms.
- Practice: SAS LSM.
- Grid launched servers.
- Configuring load balanced servers.
- Practice: Optional tasks.