Installation Instructions for Hot Fix A88001

AIX


Hot fix A88001 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Forecast Server 3.1_M2 on AIX as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A88.html#A88001


This hot fix download consists of individual hot fix installers for the following software components:

A81001 - SAS Forecast Server Plug-ins for SAS Management Console 3.1_M2
A82001 - SAS Forecast Server Batch Interface 3.1_M2
A90001 - SAS Forecast Server Mid-Tier 3.1_M2

Before applying this hot fix, follow the instructions in SAS Note 35968 to generate a SAS Deployment Registry report, then verify that the appropriate product releases are installed on your system. The software components and release numbers should match the list of software components updated by the individual hot fix installers.


IMPORTANT NOTES

  1. 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.

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

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

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

  5. This download is intended for customers running an AIX server. To install the Windows client updates, you must download the Windows version of this hot fix and install the appropriate client piece on your Windows system.

  6. The SAS Analytics Platform server must be restarted after installing this hot fix. There are POST INSTALLATION instructions below to guide you through this process.


INSTALLATION

  1. The A88001r6.tar download is a compressed tar file. Download this file to the user's root directory. Uncompress the tar file with this command:
    $> cd ~
    $> tar -xf A88001r6.tar

    This will extract three components to the user's A88001 subdirectory:
    A81001r6.bin
    A82001r6.bin
    A90001r6.bin
    Note: This download is intended for customers running an AIX server. To install the Windows client updates, you must download the Windows version of this hot fix and install the appropriate client piece on your Windows system.

  2. Copy A81001r6.bin to each machine where SAS Forecast Server Plug-ins for SAS Management Console 3.1_M2 is installed.

  3. Copy A82001r6.bin to each machine where SAS Forecast Server Batch Interface 3.1_M2 is installed.

  4. Copy A90001r6.bin to each machine where SAS Forecast Server Mid-Tier 3.1_M2 is installed.

  5. Follow the INSTALLATION instructions for each individual hot fix to complete the deployment of this hot fix.
    SAS Forecast Server Plug-ins for SAS Management Console 3.1_M2: Installation Instructions for Hot Fix A81001

    SAS Forecast Server Batch Interface 3.1_M2: Installation Instructions for Hot Fix A82001

    SAS Forecast Server Mid-Tier 3.1_M2: Installation Instructions for Hot Fix A90001


POST INSTALLATION

After installing this hotfix, you must restart the SAS Analytics Platform server so that changes in the SAS Forecast Server are incorporated into this component.
NOTE
For customers running Forecast Studio as Java Web Start, you must uninstall the Forecast Server from the Java Web Start cache. This can be done by issuing the command
javaws -uninstall

This completes the installation of hot fix A88001 on AIX.