Installation instructions for hot fix M7P004 on Windows

Installation Instructions for Hot Fix M7P004

Windows

Hot fix M7P004 addresses the issue(s) in SAS BI Report Services 4.4_M8 on Windows as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/M7P.html#M7P004

The hot fix downloaded, M7P004pt.zip, contains the updated files required to address the documented issues.
Do NOT extract the contents of M7P004pt.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.

IMPORTANT NOTES

You must have SAS BI Report Services 4.4_M8 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.
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.
You must have Administrator Privileges on your CLIENT or SERVER machine.
All currently active SAS sessions, daemons, spawners and servers must be terminated before applying this hot fix.
This hot fix should be installed using the same userid who performed the initial software installation.
CONFIGURATION: No automatic configuration scripting is included for this hot fix. If you have previously configured software installed, the SAS Deployment Manager may present a screen where you will see "Apply SAS Hot Fixes" and "Configure SAS Hot Fixes" options. On this screen, you must ensure that the "Configure SAS Hot Fix" option is *not* selected. If this option is automatically selected, please de-select it prior to proceeding with the SAS Deployment Manager Screens. Failure to do so could have unintended consequences when applying this hot fix.

INSTALLATION

The M7P004 hot fix for SAS BI Report Services 4.4_M8 will be installed 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 M7P004pt.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 content of this hot fix is listed in the hot fix manifest.

POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

After deploying the hot fix, run the following script located in <SASHome>/SASBIReportServices/4.4/hotfix as the configuration user:

For Windows: gemfire_to_geode.bat <SASHOME> [Config-Lev]
For Linux: gemfire_to_geode.sh <SASHOME> [Config-Lev]

SASHOME is a required parameter.
Config-Lev is an optional parameter. If Config-Lev is not specified, then all Config-Lev directories associated with the specified SASHOME will be updated.

Update the permissions for <ConfigDir>/Applications/SASBIReportServices4.4/spring-services-config.xml to 644.

A log of the execution will be placed in the same directory from which the script was invoked with the name gemfire_to_geode_<timestamp>.log.
For example: gemfire_to_geode_2023-09-27-11.19.23.log

If an error occurs, an error file will also be created with the name gemfire_to_geode_<timestamp>_error.log.
For example: gemfire_to_geode_2023-09-27-11.19.23_error.log

This script can be run multiple times if needed.