Installation Instructions for Hot Fix E83003

Windows for x64

*** Please see the disclaimer regarding this experimental fix at the bottom of this page. ***

Hot fix E83003 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Solutions Services Mid-Tier 5.2_M1 on Windows for x64 as documented in the following SAS Note(s)

43896   Property searches might require a long amount of time to complete in the Document Manager
44203   Adding content to SAS® Performance Management Solutions 'My Favorites' portlet might require a long time to complete

INSTALLATION

Important Notes

1. You must have SAS Solutions Services Mid-Tier 5.2_M1 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.

Downloading the hot fix

1. 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.

2. The installer downloaded is E83003x6.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 all Microsoft Office applications.

6. Exit out of SAS Financial Management Studio, the SAS Financial Management Add-In for Microsoft Excel and the SAS Information Delivery Portal.

Installing the hot fix

1. Select Start > Run and enter cmd to invoke a command prompt.

2. Change your directory to the location where E83003x6.exe was saved (c:\temp in the following example) and enter the following

   C:\temp> E83003x6.exe -alwaysoverwrite

   to invoke the SAS Maintenace Install Tool. The wizard will guide you through the application of the hot fix. Accept the defaults, select ‘Start Install’ when prompted, and be sure to select ‘Finish’ when you are prompted with ‘Installation Complete’.

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

See the Maintenance Installation Tool (MIT) documentation for more details on the installation of hot fixes.

This completes the installation of E83003. You must perform any "Post-Installation Instructions" documented below to successfully complete the deployment of this hot fix.

POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Server 3: SAS Strategy Management Mid-Tier
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. Invoke the SAS Deployment Manager 9.2

   From the SASDeploymentManager directory launch config.exe.
   SAS Deployment Manager is installed in the following default location:

   <SASHOME>\SASDeploymentManager\9.2

2. Select a language in the Choose Language box

3. Select Rebuild Web Applications

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

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

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

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

8. Select Finish when the deployment is complete

<SASCONFIGDIR>\Web\Staging

<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 SAS Strategy Management Mid-Tier ear file to be re-deployed that the deployment order is set to 110.

   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.

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

This completes the installation of hot fix E83003 on Windows for x64.



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