Re: Good site for SAS Administration?

Dear SAS-L-ers,

SAS2 posted the following:

> My job is shifting me more into a SAS Administration
> position. Can someone point me to a good site with some info
> or provide some info on here? It will be for PC SAS 9.x
> which I personally have not been able to touch. We're
> currently using unix SAS 6.12 & 8.2. They've installed PC
> SAS on the server and am looking to me to get it rolled out.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help...I've found a few things, but
> mostly for older SAS versions.
>

SAS2, hey, that sounds like fun; I'll bet that you learn a lot of cool
new things!

I would recommend that you bookmark the following page of the SAS
Support web site:

http://support.sas.com/documentation...ter/index.html

....it is a good jumping-off point for installation information "from the
horse's mouth".

Since your site is currently using an earlier version of SAS, you should
check out the Migration SAS Community:

http://support.sas.com/rnd/migration/index.html

....it will give you some ideas on what you may be facing when migrating
to SAS V9.

Additionally, if you are going to be the BIG CHEESE with in-house SAS
support, you might want to look at my NESUG 2006 paper, Supporting SAS
in a Research Organization:

http://www.nesug.org/proceedings/nesug06/as/as02.pdf

....it is loaded with great (if I may say so) information on how to
support SAS throughout an organization.

Finally, check out the "Tales from the Help Desk" SUGI/SGF papers by
Bruce Gilsen:

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi29/074-29.pdf

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/forum2007/211-2007.pdf

....they contain invaluable information about the mistakes that your
constituency will be making and asking you about.

SAS2, best of luck in all of your SAS endeavors!


I hope that this suggestion proves helpful now, and in the future!

Of course, all of these opinions and insights are my own, and do not
reflect those of my organization or my associates. All SAS code and/or
methodologies specified in this posting are for illustrative purposes
only and no warranty is stated or implied as to their accuracy or
applicability. People deciding to use information in this posting do so
at their own risk.

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Michael A. Raithel
"The man who wrote the book on performance"
E-mail: MichaelRaithel@westat.com

Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the MVS Environment

Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments,
Second Edition
http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/book...tid=1&pc=58172

Author: The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes
http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/book...tid=1&pc=60409

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The trouble with making something foolproof is that fools are so damn
clever. - Anonymous
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