Overview of SAS Model Manager 12.1 Migration

This document supplements the SAS Intelligence Platform: Migration Guide. It provides information about how to copy SAS content from an existing deployment to a new deployment of SAS Model Manager. It also explains how to configure the latest release of SAS Model Manager 12.1 on SAS 9.3 using the SAS Migration Utility and the SAS Deployment Wizard. This document also provides post-migration steps that must be performed manually to complete the migration process. When you run the SAS Deployment Wizard to upgrade to the latest release of SAS Model Manager 12.1, migration of system configurations and content is performed during the installation and configuration of SAS 9.3. All SAS Model Manager content is included in the migration, and all products that are in a deployment are migrated at the same time.
You can migrate to the latest release of SAS Model Manager 12.1 on SAS 9.3, from the following types of deployments:
  • SAS Model Manager 2.1 on SAS 9.1.3
  • SAS Model Manager 2.2 on SAS 9.2
  • SAS Model Manager 2.3 on SAS 9.2
  • SAS Model Manager 3.1 on SAS 9.3
  • SAS Model Manager 3.1 M1 on SAS 9.3
  • SAS Model Manager 12.1 on SAS 9.3
    Note: This type of deployment would be used if you have upgraded your operating system or hardware. You can also use the migration tools to make a copy of a complete deployment on SAS 9.3.
For more information, see the SAS Intelligence Platform: Migration Guide, which provides details about designing, preparing, implementing, validating, and delivering a migration for metadata-based deployments. You can also see the Migration focus area in the Knowledge Base, available at http://support.sas.com.
SAS Model Manager 12.1 is new for SAS 9.3. It contains enhancements and changes that make it easier to integrate with SAS 9.3. In addition, deployment functionality has been enhanced. For more information, see the SAS Model Manager: User's Guide or the SAS Model Manager: Administrator's Guide.
You can migrate SAS content from SAS Model Manager 2.1 or later for use with the latest version of SAS Model Manager 12.1. The SAS content is stored in your SAS Metadata Server and WebDAV Server.
After you have upgraded your SAS deployment, you must use the new version of SAS Model Manager. When you migrate, you perform a full system migration. SAS content and configuration settings are migrated to SAS 9.3 at the same time. For more information, see High-Level SAS Migration Requirements in SAS Intelligence Platform: Migration Guide.
SAS tools automate most of the tasks that are necessary to migrate content that is stored on the SAS Metadata Server and WebDAV Server to SAS 9.3:
  • The SAS Migration Utility produces a package of SAS 9.1.3, SAS 9.2, or SAS 9.3 content and configuration settings that the SAS Deployment Wizard uses during the SAS 9.3 installation and configuration.
  • The SAS Deployment Wizard installs and initially configures SAS 9.3 products. During migration, the SAS Deployment Wizard reads the package that the SAS Migration Utility created to update SAS with your content and configuration settings for SAS 9.3.
    Note: If the SAS software is being upgraded, the SAS Deployment Wizard performs conversions as needed.
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