newbie at metadata server

Hi

newbie here

Despite extolling virtues of metadata from years of sas
experience, the fine-time of setting up a sas metadata
server is new to me. More exasperating than fun, however.
Perhaps its because I've been cutting my own install for
years, that I didn't take the "new-users" route.
I should.
The metadata server may not be part of base sas, but, it
needs no more. The install is the surprise. So many users
and so many passwords
- and just for my single user machine !

I'm still trying to get it all in play. Then I'll maybe be
able to start the SAS management console, meaningfully!
Then maybe I'll be able to start defining metadata to the
new sas environment.
Only then will I have "new sas environment meta data".

I hope it's worth the struggle !

More from "this newbie" later.

happy sas-ing

>From my 18 month's exposure to the BI Architecture, I think it will
warrant a list of its own. SASBI-L anyone ? Other suggestions welcome.