You can use the SAS Service Configuration Utility to install SAS servers (Workspace, SAS® OLAP Server, and so forth). You also have the option to install the SAS Services application as a service.
To create these as services select: Start ► Programs ► SAS ► SAS 9.1 Utilities ► SAS Service Configuration Utility.
The Help in the SAS Service Configuration Utility contains the necessary documentation to help you configure everything. The following excerpt is from the Help documentation:
To install a SAS Service, specify the following parameters and click the Install button in the Install/Remove page. A SAS service can also be installed by Running a SAS Service File to Install a SAS Service.
Service Name The internally registered name of the service being installed. (Limit 32 characters.)
Default: "SASService"
Display Name The name of the installed service as it is displayed to user interface programs. (Limit 256 characters.)
Default: "A SAS Service"
Start Type Specifies how the service is started.
Default: Manual See also Configuring the Service Start Type
Service Path Path to the location of the service executable. This includes any command-line parameters required by the service.
Default: <SAS Installation Path>
Working Path (Optional) The working path used by the SAS/IntrNet Application Dispatcher to Create directories, use files, and log information.
Default: User Profile Directory, for example, C:\WINNT\Profiles\username
The remaining parameters are automatically set during installation with the following default settings. These may be modified before the Installation occurs.
Access The level of access an application has to the service.
Default: Full Access (Read, Write, and Execute) See also Configuring the Service Access Settings
Error Control The severity of error if the service fails to start. This may be used to determine the action taken by the program which started the service.
Default: Normal See also Configuring the Service Error Control
Interactive Process Specifies if the service can interact with the desktop.
Default: Non-Interactive
Account Name Specifies the name of the service process. If the service type is a shared process or interactive with the desktop the account name is "LocalSystem." Otherwise, a valid username must be provided in the form of "domainname\username."
Default: "LocalSystem"
Password The password for the Account Name if a username, not LocalSystem, is specified.
Default: No Password
See SAS KB0046700, "How to remove the old services for SAS® Servers" to learn how to uninstall SAS servers that are installed as services.