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		<title>New Book: The 50 Keys to Learning SAS Stored Processes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 10:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Homes</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/?p=3184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the SAS&#174; Global Forum 2012 last month I picked up a copy of &#8220;The 50 Keys to Learning SAS Stored Processes&#8220;, the latest book from the dynamic writing duo, Tricia Aanderud &#038; Angela Hall. As it happens, my partner Michelle also won a copy in a draw so we actually got 2 copies! We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sneak Peek at our new Effective Permissions Explorers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Homes</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/?p=3103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is a sneak peek at a couple of effective permissions explorers that we are putting into the next version of our Metacoda Security Plug-ins. We&#8217;ll also be demoing these at the SAS Global Forum 2012 in Orlando next week, so if you&#8217;re attending please pop by and visit us. One of the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Homes</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/?p=3068</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s PlatformAdmin.com&#8217;s 2nd birthday this week! The past 2 years have gone very quickly I must say. I set out with a goal of writing a least 1 post every month. Not very ambitious I know, but realistic for me nonetheless! I&#8217;ve never been much of a writer. I&#8217;ve always been impressed by people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAS &amp; IWA: Reviewing SPNs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Homes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SAS Configuration]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/?p=3008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My last post was about configuring additional Service Principal Names (SPNs) in Active Directory to support the use of Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) in a SAS&#174; platform installation that uses host name aliases in preference to physical host names. When working on a SAS &#038; IWA setup like this, I&#8217;d start by reviewing the currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAS &amp; IWA: Host Name Aliases and SPNs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Homes</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/?p=2680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m quite keen on using host name aliases, rather than their physical host names, when referring to machines in SAS&#174; platform installations. It does however mean a little extra configuration is required when using Integrated Windows Authentication. That is what this post is about: configuring Active Directory with additional Service Principal Names (SPNs) based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAS Management Console over SSH</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Homes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SAS Management Console]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/?p=3020</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was asked recently how to get SAS&#174; Management Console to remotely access a SAS metadata server using SSH tunnels. In the absence of a VPN connection to your network, SSH can be an alternative for SAS Management Console access to a remote SAS metadata server. I am a huge fan of SSH (Secure Shell). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New SAS BI Book: a good read for Platform Administrators too</title>
		<link>http://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/2012/03/new-sas-bi-book/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-sas-bi-book</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Homes</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/?p=2959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just added a link to the new Building Business Intelligence Using SAS: Content Development Examples book by Tricia Aanderud and Angela Hall to my reading list of information resources I find useful for SAS&#174; platform administration. Their book is not just for BI content developers. I think it&#8217;s a good read for SAS platform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAS &amp; JBoss: Too Many Open Files</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Homes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/?p=2911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been seeing some &#8216;Too many open files&#8216; exceptions in the SAS&#174; mid-tier JBoss logs on my Ubuntu Linux server. I was surprised about this because I remember during installation I had followed the guidance in the SAS documentation and increased the nofile limit. It turns out that verifying the ulimit from a normal console/ssh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAS &amp; IWA: Verifying Trusted for Delegation Status</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Homes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SAS Configuration]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/?p=2803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned in a previous post that host machines need to be Trusted for Delegation when a SAS&#174; software component, such as a SAS Workspace Server, needs to make outgoing connections to secondary servers when the initial incoming connection was made using Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA). When a server needs to be Trusted for Delegation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Role-Based Access to Metacoda Security Plug-ins in SAS Management Console</title>
		<link>http://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/2012/02/metacoda-security-plug-ins-role-based-access/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=metacoda-security-plug-ins-role-based-access</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Homes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Metacoda Security Plug-ins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roles & Capabilities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/?p=2530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post explains how to provide role-based access to Metacoda Security Plug-ins in the SAS&#174; Management Console (versions 9.2 and 9.3). Metacoda Security Plug-ins are initially only available to administrators, specifically members of the Management Console: Advanced role, of which the SAS Administrators group is a member by default. As unregistered plug-ins, Metacoda Security Plug-ins [...]]]></description>
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