What's New in Installation and Configuration for the SAS 9.2 Intelligence Platform

The SAS Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide explains how to install and initially configure the SAS Intelligence Platform.

This document contains new material on the following enhancements and changes to the SAS Intelligence Platform:

• new SAS deployment tools

• security enhancements

• deployment enhancements

• SAS port changes

• third-party software port changes

SAS 9.2 has new deployment tools:

• The SAS Download Manager enables you to download your SAS order by using an HTTP connection over the Internet.

• The SAS Deployment Wizard combines SAS installation and initial configuration into one wizard, replacing the SAS Software Navigator and the SAS Configuration Wizard.

• In the second maintenance release for SAS 9.2, the SAS Update File Cleanup Utility removes backup copies of SAS software that the deployment wizard automatically creates when in update mode.

SAS 9.2 has the following security enhancements:

• Fewer operating system accounts are required to run SAS 9.2.

• Internal accounts are new to SAS 9.2 and are used by default for some of the required users (such as sastrust and sasadm).

• Integrated Windows authentication (IWA) provides single sign-on functionality for Windows desktop users.

• You no longer have to manually grant the Windows user right Log on as a batch job to the sassrv user account. The SAS Deployment Wizard automatically does this for you.

• On Windows platforms supported by SAS 9.2, the Windows permission Act as part of the operating system is no longer required for SAS server users or the Platform Suite for SAS administrator.

SAS 9.2 has the following deployment enhancements:

• Automated, initial SAS configuration eliminates most post-installation manual configuration scripts.

• Up-front user inputs enable you to avoid having to monitor the entire wizard session.

• Installation includes an automated check for required third-party software.

• An electronic product registration feature sends customer installation data to SAS in order to better assist customers if they call SAS with problems or questions. Electronic registration is optional and secure, and does not impact the licensing or use of the software. For more information, see:
  http://support.sas.com/legaldocs/eregistration.html.

• The initial SAS installation data file is contained within the SAS Software Depot.

• Automated deployment is possible across multiple machines (capture-replay feature).

• Space and time estimates are provided for SAS software depot creation.

• You can create disc images of your SAS order, so that you can burn to CDs or DVDs at a later time.

• On z/OS, you no longer need to define a SAS/C executable library to be program controlled.

• In the October 2009 release, the ability to renew your software license for SAS solutions with the SAS Deployment Manager is new.

The following ports have been added or changed:

• a new SAS Pooled Workspace Server port: 8701

• a new SAS Table Server port: 2171

• three new SAS Object Spawner port banks: 8801, 8811, and 8821

• a change to the SAS Remote Services Application port from 5099 to 5091

• elimination of the SAS Object Spawner load balancing port

• a metadata utilities SAS Workspace Server port: 8591

• a SAS Deployment Tester Server port: 10021

The following Platform LSF ports in the Platform Suite for SAS have been added or changed: 6878, 6881, 6882, 7869, 7870, 7871, 7872

The following JBoss Web application server ports have been added or changed:

• RMI port for managed servers: 1099, 1199, (additional managed servers increment by 100)

• Listen port for managed servers: 8080, 8180, (additional managed servers increment by 100)

• Secure listen port for managed servers: 8443, 8543, (additional managed servers increment by 100)

The following Oracle WebLogic Web application server ports have been added or changed:

• WebLogic Nodemanager port: 5556

• Secure listen port for managed servers: 7002, 7102, (additional managed servers increment by 100)

The following IBM WebSphere Web application server ports have been added or changed:

• SOAP port for administrative console: 8879

• SOAP ports for application servers: 8880, 8881, (additional application servers increment by one)

• Secure HTTPS port for administrative console: 9043

• Non-secure HTTP port for administrative console: 9060

• Secure HTTPS ports for application server administrative console: 9044, 9045, (additional administrative consoles increment by one)

• RMI port for administrative console: 9809

• RMI ports for application servers: 9811, 9812, (additional application servers increment by one)

SAS deployment troubleshooting information is now contained in the SAS Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide.

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