Installation Instructions for Hot Fix E79002

Windows for x64


Hot fix E79002 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Threaded Kernel Core Routines 9.3 on Windows for x64 as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/E79.html#E79002


The hot fix downloaded, E79002x6.zip, contains the updated files required to address the documented issues.
Do NOT extract the contents of E79002x6.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.


IMPORTANT NOTES

  1. You must have SAS Threaded Kernel Core Routines 9.3 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. 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.

  6. For Windows Operating Environments: If you install hot fixes to client/server environments, see SAS Note 40426, "The SAS® 9.3 depot subsetting option replaces the client and server installation model used by earlier SAS® releases for Windows environments."


INSTALLATION

Hot fixes are installed using the SAS Deployment Manager.

Instructions are available in the SAS Deployment Wizard/SAS Deployment Manager 9.3: User’s Guide
see the Apply Hot Fixes section in Chapter 5 -- SAS Deployment Manager Tasks.

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


POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Set the System Environment Variable SAS_NO_RANDOM_ACCESS=1
  1. Right-click My Computer or Computer and select Properties.
  2. Click Advanced system settings to open the System Properties dialog box.
  3. On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables....
  4. In the System variables pane (not the user variable pane), click New. The New System Variable command box appears. (Important: Make sure that you are not adding a new user variable. The top of the command box should say, "New System Variable," not "New User Variable." )
  5. In the Variable name field, enter SAS_NO_RANDOM_ACCESS, and in the Variable value field, enter 1.
  6. Click OK.



This completes the installation of hot fix E79002 on Windows for x64.