Installation Instructions for Hot Fix D8N009

64-bit Enabled AIX


Hot fix D8N009 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Management Console 9.4_M6 on 64-bit Enabled AIX as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D8N.html#D8N009


The hot fix downloaded, D8N009pt.zip, contains the updated files required to address the documented issues.
Do NOT extract the contents of D8N009pt.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.


IMPORTANT NOTES

  1. You must have SAS Management Console 9.4_M6 installed on your system before applying this hot fix. Refer to SN-35968 for instructions on how to determine which product releases you have installed.

  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. If you previously installed Hotfix D8N001 you must follow the steps in "Additional Installation Steps" below. This can be done before or after installing this hotfix, D8N009. Hotfix D8N001 was only available for download from February 18, 2019 - February 26, 2019.

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

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

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

  7. CONFIGURATION: No automatic configuration scripting is included for this hot fix. If you have previously configured software installed, the SAS Deployment Manager may present a screen where you will see "Apply SAS Hot Fixes" and "Configure SAS Hot Fixes" options. On this screen, you must ensure that the "Configure SAS Hot Fix" option is *not* selected. If this option is automatically selected, please de-select it prior to proceeding with the SAS Deployment Manager Screens. Failure to do so could have unintended consequences when applying this hot fix.


INSTALLATION

The D8N009 hot fix for SAS Management Console 9.4_M6 will be installed using the SAS Deployment Manager. By default, the SAS Deployment Manager will search in the <SASHOME>/InstallMisc/HotFixes/New directory for hot fixes to be applied, but will also prompt for a location if you have downloaded hot fixes to a different directory.

After downloading D8N009pt.zip, follow the instructions for applying hot fixes in the SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Deployment Manager 9.4: User's Guide.

Please review the CONFIGURATION Important Note above concerning proper selection of the "Configure SAS Hot Fix" option in the SAS Deployment Manager.

The content of this hot fix is listed in the hot fix manifest.


POST-INSTALLATION STEPS

SAS Security Updates

SAS Security Updates are applied during the initial installation of your software. In order to maintain the latest level of security offered by SAS, security updates should be applied and/or re-applied after any changes to your software, including installation of hot fixes. The current SAS Security Updates for all releases of SAS are available at https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/SAS_Security_Updates.html. Please re-apply security updates in accordance with the SAS Security Updates and Hot Fixes document available on the SAS Security Updates web page.

Update Templates for SAS Management Console

1) Open SAS Management Console
2) Open Metadata Manager in Environment Manager
3) Right-click on Active Server
4) Choose Upgrade Metadata
Distributed In-Process Services

To surface updates provided in this hotfix for issue described in 63894 the following applies:
  1. “SAS Distributed In-Process Services Scheduling Server “ is not selected by default as a Scheduler Console action. The panel will have a combo box of available schedulers, with no default setting so a selection must be made in the combo box. A login opportunity will be offered.

  2. Although the Scheduler Console is a part of SASMC, they are NOT meant to be used simultaneously.
    ie.,actions in SASMC Scheduler Manager Plugin and actions in the concurrently open Scheduler Console.

  3. Whenever a change is made in the SAS Scheduler Manager Plugin, you are required to Right click Schedule Manager Plugin -> Clear Scheduler Connections which will trigger a refresh of the flow definitions inside of the Scheduler Console.
    Without this refresh, behavior can become unpredictable due to the fact the Scheduler Console was not designed for concurrent/simultaneous (seeabove) usage with the Schedule Manager Plugin

Restore "sasmc.ini" from Backup
This step ONLY applies if you previously installed Hotfix D8N001.
Hotfix D8N001 was only available for download from February 18, 2019 - February 26, 2019.
If you do not have a folder named mgmtconsole_h6i_9.4_M6_HFD8N001 then you do not need to take further action.

Copy the original sasmc.ini file
FROM:
<SASHOME>/SASManagementConsole/9.4/installs/mgmtconsole_h6i_9.4_M6_HFD8N001/
TO: <SASHOME>/SASManagementConsole/9.4
This step can be done before or after installing this hotfix, D8N009.
NOTE: For addtional information about the steps in this section see SAS Note 63749.

This completes the installation of hot fix D8N009 on 64-bit Enabled AIX.


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