SAS has the following
policy for maintenance releases and product releases:
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When you install a software update,
you receive the maintenance release or product release that was available
when you placed your order. If a new maintenance release or product
release is available, you need to place a new order to get those software
updates.
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SAS creates custom maintenance
packages based on the software that is licensed at your site. You
do not select the products to update.
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Because of the dependencies between
SAS products, you cannot perform the following tasks:
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You cannot partially install a
maintenance release or update a single product. The SAS deployment
tools determine which SAS products to update. You must upgrade all
of the SAS software in a specific deployment whether that deployment
is on one machine or multiple machines.
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You cannot uninstall a maintenance
release.
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Maintenance releases are cumulative.
For example, the third maintenance release contains all of the new
features and enhancements from the first, second, and third maintenance
releases.
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Maintenance releases update the
SAS software that is currently deployed at your site.
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Before installing a maintenance
release, back up your current SAS deployment.
Note: In general, SAS maintenance
releases do not include any updates to JMP products. To access software
updates for these products, see JMP Software Updates at
http://www.jmp.com/support/downloads/jmp_software_updates.shtml. Beginning in SAS 9.3, the JMP Clinical, JMP Genomics,
and SAS Visual Data Discovery (for the desktop) products are installed
and maintained with SAS installers. These products no longer use a
separate JMP installer.