Administration

IBM® SPSS® Modeler Server has a number of configurable options that control its behavior. You can set these options in two ways:

• Use the IBM SPSS Modeler Administration Console, which is available free of charge to current IBM SPSS Modeler customers. See the topic IBM SPSS Modeler Server Administration for more information.
• Use the options.cfg text file, located in the [server install path]/config directory. See the topic Using the options.cfg file for more information.

We recommend that you install IBM SPSS Deployment Manager and use its IBM SPSS Modeler Administration Console as your administration tool, rather than editing the options.cfg file. Editing the file requires access to the IBM SPSS Modeler Server file system, but IBM SPSS Modeler Administration Console allows you to authorize anyone with a user account to adjust these options. Also, IBM SPSS Modeler Administration Console provides additional information about the server processes, allowing you to monitor usage and performance. Unlike when editing the configuration file, most configuration options can be changed without restarting IBM SPSS Modeler Server.

More information about using IBM SPSS Modeler Administration Console and the options.cfg file is provided in the following topics.