What's New in Installation and Configuration for the SAS 9.3 Intelligence Platform

Overview

The SAS Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide explains how to install and initially configure the SAS Intelligence Platform.
This document contains new material on the following enhancements and changes to the SAS Intelligence Platform deployment tools:
The following enhancements and changes to the SAS Intelligence Platform deployment tools were made in the March 2012 release of SAS 9.3:
The following enhancements and changes to the SAS Intelligence Platform deployment tools were made in the second maintenance release for SAS 9.3:

SAS Download Manager No Longer Installed

For SAS 9.3, you no longer install the SAS Download Manager. You simply download and run it.
For more information, see Create a Depot By Using the SAS Download Manager.

Capability to Subset SAS Software Orders

Both the SAS Download Manager and the SAS Deployment Wizard enable you to subset—or break up—your software order. This enables you to create significantly smaller SAS Software Depots targeted for different sets of users based on operating system, product type, and language.
For more information, see Subsetting SAS Software Orders.

SAS Middle Tier Supported on 64-Bit Systems Only

The SAS 9.3 middle tier is supported only on 64-bit operating systems.

z/OS Deployment Enhancements

SAS 9.3 has enhanced the deployment experience for the z/OS platform through deployment wizard enhancements and a software depot mover tool.
For more information, see Installing SAS on z/OS and Prerequisites for Creating a SAS Software Depot.

Capability to Build a Middle-Tier Configuration for Deployment on Another Machine

The SAS Deployment Wizard enables the SAS administrator to perform the SAS Web tier deployment on a machine that does not contain a Web application server. After the deployment is complete, the SAS administrator compresses the Web tier configuration and hands it off to his Web administrator counterpart to deploy on the target Web application server machine. For more information, see Building a Web Application Server Configuration for Deployment on Another Machine and Prerequisites for Creating a SAS Software Depot.

Enhanced Support for Locale and Encoding

The SAS Deployment Wizard has enhanced support for configuring locales and encodings. For more information, see Locale and Encoding Considerations.

New SAS Uninstaller for Windows

SAS 9.3 has a new uninstaller on Windows that enables you to uninstall multiple SAS 9.3 applications in a single operation. For more information, see Uninstall SAS on Windows.

New Text-Based Interface for SAS Deployment Tools

In the March 2012 release of SAS 9.3, the SAS Deployment Wizard, SAS Deployment Manager, and SAS Download Manager can be run on operating systems that do not have windowing systems. For more information, see Prerequisites for Creating a SAS Software Depot.

SAS Download Manager Dependencies on Linux

In the March 2012 release of SAS 9.3, there are certain 64-bit Linux dependencies. For more information, see Prerequisites for Creating a SAS Software Depot.

New Depot Checker Utility

In the March 2012 release of SAS 9.3, SAS provides a utility with which you can verify the integrity of your SAS Software Depot. For more information, see Checking Your SAS Software Depot.

Hot Fixes Now Part of Your Initial SAS Installation

In the second maintenance release for SAS 9.3, the SAS Download Manager automatically downloads the necessary SAS hot fixes required by the SAS products in your initial order. This enhancement makes the following possible:
  • Your SAS software is up-to-date with hot fixes deemed critical by SAS Technical Support after your initial deployment.
    You avoid the multi-step process of deploying software and then having to immediately update it with hot fixes. The SAS Deployment Wizard applies hot fixes prior to the configuration phase. You no longer have to reconfigure products immediately after their initial configuration.
  • The SAS Deployment Wizard applies hot fixes prior to the configuration phase.
    You no longer have to reconfigure products immediately after their initial configuration.
  • You can force the download manager to skip downloading any SAS hot fixes when downloading your SAS order. To do this, include the switch - - -nohotfix in the invocation line for the download manager. (Note that -nohotfix must be preceded by two hyphens. These two hyphens indicate to the self-exactracting script, that the -nohotfix switch is to be passed to the download manager.)

SAS Hot Fixes Now Installed Using the Deployment Wizard

In the second maintenance release for SAS 9.3, the SAS hot fix tool (sashf) has been deprecated. The SAS Deployment Wizard is now used to install SAS hot fixes.
For more information, see the SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Deployment Manager User's Guide located at http://support.sas.com/documentation/installcenter/en/ikdeploywizug/64204/PDF/default/user.pdf.

New Web Infrastructure Database Configuration Options

In the second maintenance release for SAS 9.3, the SAS Deployment Wizard enables you to configure the catalog and schema pattern for the SAS Web Infrastructure Database. For more information, see SAS Web Infrastructure Platform database properties.

IPC Timeout Configuration Option for WebSphere

In the second maintenance release for SAS 9.3, there is now an IPC timeout configuration option for WebSphere managed servers. For more information, see Web Application Server: Managed Server.
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