SAS Enterprise Miner
projects are composed primarily of physical files and metadata about
the projects and data sources. If you are upgrading your current system,
you need to migrate only the metadata from your previous system to
your new system. If you are changing operating systems, you also need
to migrate the physical files for your projects and data sources.
Migrating to a new server,
a new operating system, or a new SAS topology requires more care and
planning. You should review your goals for upgrading and develop an
upgrade plan that best fits your enterprise environment. The
SAS
9.3 Intelligence Platform: Migration Guide explains the
options available, defines the steps required both before and after
installation of your new software. For metadata migration, follow
the
SAS 9.3 Intelligence Platform: Migration Guide.
For more information
about system migration, see the SAS Technical Support’s focus
area for Migration at
http://support.sas.com/rnd/migration.
Using the SAS Migration
Utility with the SAS Deployment Wizard to migrate to SAS 9.3 has the
advantage of being the most automated process available.
If circumstances prevent
you from migrating your old system’s metadata during the installation
of your new SAS system, you can manually define new metadata for migrated
projects. See
Defining Migrated Projects in SAS Enterprise
Miner for more
information.