Installation instructions for hot fix E5T018 on 64-bit Enabled Solaris

Installation Instructions for Hot Fix E5T018

64-bit Enabled Solaris

Hot fix E5T018 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Grid Manager Plug-ins for SAS Management Console 9.4_M6 on 64-bit Enabled Solaris as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/E5T.html#E5T018

The hot fix downloaded, E5T018pt.zip, contains the updated files required to address the documented issues.
Do NOT extract the contents of E5T018pt.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.

IMPORTANT NOTES

You must have SAS Grid Manager Plug-ins for 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.
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.
You must have Administrator Privileges on your CLIENT or SERVER machine.
All currently active SAS sessions, daemons, spawners and servers must be terminated before applying this hot fix.
This hot fix should be installed using the same userid who performed the initial software installation.
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.

SAS Security Updates

The following instruction applies only for environments running SAS 9.4 M6 or earlier:

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.

INSTALLATION

The E5T018 hot fix for SAS Grid Manager Plug-ins 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 E5T018pt.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 INSTRUCTIONS

None