INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX E9BA30 ON WINDOWS BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix E9BA30 addresses the issue(s) in SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) of Base SAS software on Windows as documented in SAS Note(s): SN-017581 ERROR: Invalid physical name for library XXXX is displayed when using Update Table Metadata or PROC METALIB with concatenated libraries SN-017580 ERROR: This Library is already assigned or cannot be reassigned SN-017849 PROC METALIB fails to update an SPDS library table metadata with the Error: Invalid Option User. which may be reviewed at: http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/017/017581.html http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/017/017580.html http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/017/017849.html IMPORTANT NOTE(S): 1. You must have SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) and SAS 9.1.3 Service Pack 4 installed on your system before applying this hot fix. 2. You must have Administrator Privileges on your CLIENT or SERVER machine and all currently active SAS sessions must be terminated before applying this hot fix. AFTER DOWNLOADING: The hot fix package downloaded is a self extracting executable named e9ba30wn.exe. Launching the executable will initiate the install wizard, which will guide you through the setup process. The following files will be installed: * sasmetas.dll the replacement module containing the hot fix * e9ba30wn.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * e9ba30wn.txt a copy of these installation instructions; this file is installed in !SASROOT\core\sasinst\hotfix * checksums and *.ini files used during SASIQ validation testing This completes the installation of hot fix E9BA30 on Windows.