Hot fix H8X001 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench 5.4 as documented
in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/H8X.html#H8X001
H8X001 is a "container" hot fix that contains the following "member" hot fixes which will update the software components
as needed.
H8W001 updates SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench Mid-Tier 5.4
H8U001 updates SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench Server 5.4
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, H8X001pt.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 H8X001pt.zip on each machine or save it in a network location that is accessible to all machines.
Do NOT extract the contents of H8X001pt.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.
The hot fix will be applied 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 H8X001pt.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 hot fix installation process generates the log file
<!SASHOME>\InstallMisc\InstallLogs\IT_date-and-time-stamp.logfor 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).
The content of this hot fix is listed in the hot fix manifest.
For each product installed, click the link to be redirected to post-installation instructions.
H8W001 updates SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench Mid-Tier 5.4
H8U001 updates SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench Server 5.4
H8W001 updates SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench Mid-Tier 5.4
This hot fix requires post-installation steps that will update the web application deployed to your application server.
Follow the steps documented in the rebuild_redeploy_webapp doc to update and deploy the SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench Mid-Tier 5.3 webapp.
H8U001 updates SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench Server 5.4
Refer to the 'Add an Alternate Hierarchy' section of the Administrator's guide for SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench.
Follow the instructions for point no. 8 in this section: Please run the Wave02,Wave03 and Wave06 ETL jobs.
This completes the installation of hot fix H8X001 on Windows for x64.
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