Installation Instructions for Hot Fix F78001

Windows for x64


Hot fix F78001 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Web Parts for Microsoft SharePoint 4.31 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/F78.html#F78001


The hot fix downloaded, F78001pt.zip, contains the updated files required to address the documented issues.
Do NOT extract the contents of F78001pt.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.


IMPORTANT NOTES

  1. You must have SAS Web Parts for Microsoft SharePoint 4.31 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.


INSTALLATION

The F78001 hot fix for SAS Web Parts for Microsoft SharePoint 4.31 will be installed 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 F78001pt.zip, follow the instructions provided 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 to complete the installation of the hot fix.

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


POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

The file <SASHOME>\SASWebPartsforMicrosoftSharePoint\4.31\Config\SAS.WebParts.wsp will be installed during the installation of F78001. To successfully complete the deployment of this hot fix the following steps must be performed.
  1. On the sharepoint server machine open a command prompt in Administrator mode and change directories to the Webparts configuration directory, for example
    C:\SAS\EBIserver\Lev1\Applications\SAS Web Parts for Microsoft SharePoint\4.3
  2. Uninstall the current webparts. Run
    WebPartsSetup -u
  3. Make sure the file C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\bin\SAS.WebParts.dll is removed.

  4. Backup the SAS.WebParts.wsp file that is in that directory.

  5. Copy the new SAS.WebParts.wsp from the <SASHOME> directory updated by the hot fix installation into this directory.

  6. Re-install and configure the webparts. Run
    WebPartsSetup



This completes the installation of hot fix F78001 on Windows for x64.