Installation Instructions for Hot Fix F52002

Windows


Hot fix F52002 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Decision Services 5.5 as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/F52.html#F52002


F52002 is a "container" hot fix that contains the following "member" hot fixes which will update the software components as indicated.

F63002  updates  SAS Decision Services Design Mid-Tier 5.5
F64002  updates  SAS Decision Services Engine Server 5.5
F51002  updates  SAS Decision Services Logical File Types 5.5
F49002  updates  SAS Decision Services Plug-ins for SAS Management Console 5.5
F50002  updates  SAS Decision Services Server Configuration 5.5

See What is a container hot fix? in the Hot Fix FAQ for more information about container hot fixes.


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 release number information in the Registry report should match the 'member' release number information provided above for the software components installed on each machine in your deployment.

The hot fix downloaded, F52002pt.zip, includes the updates required for all components listed above on all applicable operating systems. To apply this hot fix on multiple machines, you can either save F52002pt.zip on each machine or save it in a network location that is accessible to all machines.

Do NOT extract the contents of F52002pt.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.


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.


INSTALLATION

Hot Fix F52002 must be installed on each machine where the updated components of the product, listed above, are installed. During the installation process you may see references to all operating systems for which updates are provided in the hot fix. The installation process will determine the operating system and which component(s) of SAS Decision Services 5.5 require updating on the machine. See SAS Note 44810 for more details.

The hot fix will be applied using the SAS Deployment Manager (SDM). By default, the SDM 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 F52002pt.zip, follow the instructions provided in the SAS Deployment Wizard/SAS Deployment Manager 9.3: User’s Guide; see the Applying Hot Fixes for Windows and UNIX section in Chapter 5 -- SAS Deployment Manager Tasks to complete the installation of the hot fix.


The hot fix installation process generates the log file

<!SASHOME>\InstallMisc\InstallLogs\IT_date-and-time-stamp.log
for example, IT_2011-10-31-13.18.21.log. Each attempt to apply a hot fix results in the creation of a new log file giving detailed information regarding the installation process.

Postexec log files are created after the installation is completed and identifies the files that were added, backed up, changed and removed. These log files include the ‘member’ hot fix id in the name of the file and are also written to the <!SASHOME>\InstallMisc\InstallLogs directory. There is one postexec log for each ‘member’ hot fix applied (member hot fixes are listed at the top of these instructions).


POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

For each product installed, click the link to be redirected to post-installation instructions.

F63002  updates  SAS Decision Services Design Mid-Tier 5.5
F64002  updates  SAS Decision Services Engine Server 5.5
F51002  updates  SAS Decision Services Logical File Types 5.5
F49002  updates  SAS Decision Services Plug-ins for SAS Management Console 5.5
F50002  updates  SAS Decision Services Server Configuration 5.5


F63002  updates  SAS Decision Services Design Mid-Tier 5.5

Web application Update

This hot fix requires steps that will update the web application deployed to your application server.


Step 1: Re-build Web Applications

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

1.1 Invoke the SAS Deployment Manager 9.3

From the SASDeploymentManager directory launch sasdm.exe. The default installation path for the SAS Deployment Manager is

C:\Program Files\SAS\SASDeploymentManager\9.3

1.2 Select a language in the Choose Language box

1.3 Select Rebuild Web Applications

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

1.5 Specify Connection Information, including the sasadm User ID and Password

1.6 Select SAS Decision Services Design Mid-Tier as the Web Application to Rebuild

1.7 Verify the information on the Summary screen and select Start

1.8 Select Finish when the deployment is complete


This process will update the SAS Decision Services Design Mid-Tier ear in <CONFIGDIR>\Lev1\Web\Staging. A backup of the original ear file will be placed in the Backup directory.


Step 2: Re-deploy Web Applications

2.1 Re-deploy the updated ear listed above to the web application server you are using based on the instructions appropriate for your web application server. See SAS 9.3 Intelligence Platform, Middle-Tier Administration Guide, Chapter 7, Administering SAS Web Applications, for more details.


F64002  updates  SAS Decision Services Engine Server 5.5

Web application Update

This hot fix requires steps that will update the web application deployed to your application server.


Step 1: Re-build Web Applications

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

1.1 Invoke the SAS Deployment Manager 9.3

From the SASDeploymentManager directory launch sasdm.exe. The default installation path for the SAS Deployment Manager is

C:\Program Files\SAS\SASDeploymentManager\9.3

1.2 Select a language in the Choose Language box

1.3 Select Rebuild Web Applications

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

1.5 Specify Connection Information, including the sasadm User ID and Password

1.6 Select SAS Decision Services Engine Server as the Web Application to Rebuild

1.7 Verify the information on the Summary screen and select Start

1.8 Select Finish when the deployment is complete


This process will update the SAS Decision Services Engine Server ear in <CONFIGDIR>\Lev1\Web\Staging. A backup of the original ear file will be placed in the Backup directory.


Step 2: Re-deploy Web Applications

2.1 Re-deploy the updated ear listed above to the web application server you are using based on the instructions appropriate for your web application server. See SAS 9.3 Intelligence Platform, Middle-Tier Administration Guide, Chapter 7, Administering SAS Web Applications, for more details.


F51002  updates  SAS Decision Services Logical File Types 5.5

NONE


F49002  updates  SAS Decision Services Plug-ins for SAS Management Console 5.5

NONE


F50002  updates  SAS Decision Services Server Configuration 5.5

Note that these instructions provide example filenames and directory names based on a Windows deployment. If your deployment is to a different operating system please make the appropriate adjustments.

There are five sas files that are included in this Hotfix. They will need to be modified and reloaded to the Federation Server database. Instructions for modifying these sas files are as follows.

  1. Make a backup of all the files located in <SASHOME>\Lev1\Applications\SASDecisionServicesServerConfig5.5\SASCode

  2. Copy the following files from <SASHOME>\SASDecisionServicesServerConfiguration\5.5\Configurable\SASCode to <SASHOME>\Applications \SASDecisionServicesServerConfig5.5\SASCode 
    sas_activity_tests.sas.orig
tap_array.sas.orig
tap_table.sas.orig
tap_tokenizer.sas.orig
sc_echo_table.sas.orig
  3. Modify these five files replacing the connection string token with values that match your configuration. 
    Ex:  proc ds2 nolibs Conn="@sas.activity.connection.string@";
Becomes:  proc ds2 nolibs Conn="driver=remts;server=<Federation Server hostname>;port=21032;protocol=bridge;uid=fedsrv;pwd=ENTER FEDERATION
 SERVER ADMIN PASSWORD;conopts=(DSN=BASE_DSN)";

    To simplify this step, copy the proc ds2 statement from the .sas files of the same name to the .sas.orig file. Be sure to include the actual Federation Server Admin password in the connection string.

  4. Delete the *.sas file that will be replaced by the *.sas.orig file.

  5. Rename the *sas.orig file to be <filename>.sas

The loadutilpackage.sas program will load all the sas files in the <SASHOME>\Lev1\Applications\SASDecisionServicesServerConfig5.5\SASCod e directory. Be sure all the files to be loaded contain the Federation Server Admin password.

From SAS Display Manager, execute <SASHOME>\Config\Lev1\Applications\SASDecisionServicesServerConfig5.5\SASCode\loadutilpackages.sas.


This completes the installation of hot fix F52002 on Windows.