Installation Instructions for Hot Fix A50001

64-bit Enabled Solaris


Hot fix A50001 addresses the issue(s) in Base SAS 9.21_M1 on 64-bit Enabled Solaris as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A50.html#A50001


IMPORTANT NOTES

  1. You must have Base SAS 9.21_M1 installed on your system before applying this hot fix.

  2. Files delivered in this hot fix will be backed up during the installation process. However, it is good general practice to back up your system before applying updates to software.

  3. You must have Administrator Privileges on your CLIENT or SERVER machine.

  4. All currently active SAS sessions, daemons, spawners and servers must be terminated before applying this hot fix.

  5. This hot fix should be installed using the same userid who performed the initial software installation.


INSTALLATION

1. The installer downloaded is A50001s6.bin. Verify that the installation binary has execute permission. If it does not, use the chmod command to make it executable.
$> chmod 755 A50001s6.bin
2. Set your $DISPLAY environment variable
export DISPLAY=<your_node_name>:0
3. Execute A50001s6.bin
<path_to_downloaded_file>/A50001s6.bin
    For example:
./A50001s6.bin

This will initiate the installation wizard, which will guide you through the hot fix installation process. During the installation you will be prompted for the SASHOME location to be updated. You should provide the path to the top level SAS directory where the deploymntreg directory exists.


See the Maintenance Installation Tool (MIT) documentation for more details on the installation of hot fixes.


POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

None



This completes the installation of hot fix A50001 on 64-bit Enabled Solaris.