Installation Instructions for Hot Fix D73027

64-bit Enabled Solaris


Hot fix D73027 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Financial Management 5.2_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/D73.html#D73027


D73027 is a "container" hot fix that contains the following "member" hot fixes which will update the software components as indicated. See the Container Hot Fixes section in the Maintenance Install Tool (MIT) Usage Guide for more information about container hot fixes.

E36007 for SAS Financial Management 5.2_M1
E32010 for SAS Financial Management Mid-Tier 5.2_M1
E33010 for SAS Financial Management Web Data Entry 5.2_M1
E68003 for SAS OLAP Data and Compute Server Mid-Tier for Solutions 5.2_M1
E91002 for SAS Solutions Services Data Server 5.2_M1
G91001 for SAS Solutions Services Logical Types 5.2_M1
E83005 for SAS Solutions Services Mid-Tier 5.2_M1

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.


INSTALLATION

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.


Downloading the hot fix

  1. This hot fix must be installed on each machine where the updated components of the product, listed above, are installed. The installation process will determine which components of SAS Financial Management 5.2_M1 are installed on each machine, and apply the appropriate updates.

  2. If the updated components of this product are installed on multiple operating systems, you must download the hot fix for the appropriate operating system(s) and follow the installation instructions provided to complete the deployment of this hot fix.

  3. When downloading SAS 9.2 hot fix packages, you must choose to Save the hot fix to disk, then execute the install from the saved location. Attempting to install a hot fix directly from the download page results in the error documented in SAS Note 37104.

  4. The installer downloaded is D73027s6.exe.


Prior to executing the hot fix shut down the SAS servers

  1. Log on to the WebLogic Server Administration Console at
    http://midtierservername:7501/console

  2. On the left side of the screen under Domain Structure, select Environment > Servers

  3. Select the Control tab

  4. Select SAS Servers 3, 4 and 5 and click Shutdown > Force Shutdown Now > Yes

  5. Exit out of the SAS Information Delivery Portal.


Installing the hot fix

  1. Verify that the installation binary has execute permission. If it does not, use the chmod command to make it executable.
    $> chmod 755 D73027s6.bin

  2. Set your $DISPLAY environment variable
    export DISPLAY=<your_node_name>:0

  3. Execute D73027s6.bin
    <path_to_downloaded_file>/D73027s6.bin
        For example:
    ./D73027s6.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 Install Tool (MIT) Usage Guide for more details on the installation of hot fixes.


This completes the installation of D73027. You must perform any "Post-Installation Instructions" documented below to successfully complete the deployment of this hot fix.


POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Updates provided in this hot fix require that the following Web Applications be rebuilt and redeployed.

Server 3: SAS Financial Management Mid-Tier
Server 3: SAS Solutions Services Mid-Tier
Server 4: SAS OLAP Data and Compute Server Mid-Tier for Solutions
Server 5: SAS Financial Management Web Data Entry


Re-build Web Application

In order for this step to execute correctly, the Metadata Server must be running.

  1. Set the DISPLAY environment variable, for example
    $ export DISPLAY=<displayname>:0

  2. Invoke the SAS Deployment Manager 9.2

    From the SASDeploymentManager directory execute config.sh, for example

    $ cd <SASHOME>/SASDeploymentManager/9.2
    $ ./config.sh

  3. Select a language in the Choose Language box

  4. Select Rebuild Web Applications

  5. Select Configuration Directory or Enter the Configuration Directory and Level that needs to be updated

  6. Specify Connection Information, including the sasadm User ID and Password

  7. Select the mid-tier applications listed above as the Web Applications to Rebuild

  8. Verify the information on the Summary screen and select Start

  9. Select Finish when the deployment is complete
This process will update the ears in
<SASCONFIGDIR>/Web/Staging
A backup of the original ear files will be placed in the directory
<SASCONFIGDIR>/Web/Staging/Backup


Re-deploy Web Application

  1. Remove the cache for the updated ear files under
    <drive>:/SAS/Config/Lev1/Web/SASDomain/servers/SASServer4/tmp/_WL_user
    (delete entire folder for each ear file)

  2. Re-deploy the web application using WebLogic Admin console.

    To deploy this application it is important to deploy from <SASCONFIGDIR>/Web/Staging.

    Verify that in the settings overview tab for the Financial Management Mid-Tier and Financial Management Web Data Entry ear files to be re-deployed that the deployment order is set to 110.

    Verify that in the settings overview tab for the Solutions Services Mid-Tier and OLAP Data and Compute Server Mid-Tier for Solutions ear files to be re-deployed that the deployment order is set to 100.

  3. Re-deploy WebSphere Application.

    Re-deploy the web application using WebSphere Admin console by using the Update function.

    To deploy this application it is important to deploy from /Web/Staging.

    Verify that the Deploy WebServices checkbox is selected


Re-start the Web Application Servers

  1. Re-start SAS Remote Services (which will likely require that you also re-start SASServer1 and SASServer2).

  2. Re-start SASServer3 and SASServer4 (you will likely also need to re-start SAS Server5 since the other application servers were stopped).

  3. From Weblogic Admin Console, select SASServer 3, 4, and 5 > Start > Yes


Apply updates to Client and Add-in machines

Updates to the machines where the following Clients and Add-ins are installed are also required.

SAS Solutions Dimension Editor
SAS Financial Management Studio
SAS Financial Management Add-in for Microsoft Excel
SAS Solutions Services Add-in for Microsoft Office
Since the clients and add-ins can only be installed on Windows or Windows for x64, you must download D73027 for Windows to these machines and apply the hot fix per the installation instructions provided.


Review SAS Notes

After the installation of this hot fix, review the following SAS Notes for details on changes that are required to take advantage of the fix.

Problem Note 42001   SASŪ Financial Management forms might take a long time to render in Form Manager for 'typical' users

Be sure to assign the Form Submitter role in SAS Management Console to the non-Financial Management: Process Administrator or non- Financial Management: Form Administrator users who are accessing the large number of SAS Financial Management forms in the SAS Information Delivery Portal.


This completes the deployment of hot fix D73027 on 64-bit Enabled Solaris.