Renewing Your Software License for SAS Solutions

SAS 9.2 ships with a 30-day initial license, or SETINIT. When your new SETINIT arrives, you must renew it on every machine that runs SAS 9.2 software using the typical method according to your operating system: SAS Renewal Tool (Windows), SAS Setup (UNIX), and RENEW job (z/OS). For more information, see the instructions appropriate for your operating system on the Install Center, located at http://support.sas.com/documentation/installcenter/92/index.html (search for "renewal").

Some SAS 9.2 solutions that depend on a SAS middle tier require you to perform an additional step. You must run the SAS Deployment Manager on your middle tier machines. During the process the deployment manager locates the new SETINIT and loads it into SAS metadata, effectively renewing your SAS solution software. (For more information about the other Deployment Manager features, see Overview of SAS Deployment Manager and SAS Web Administration Console in the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide.)

After you renew your SAS software, some SAS 9.2 solutions that depend on a SAS middle tier require you to perform an additional procedure for renewal. This procedure involves using the SAS Deployment Manager to update the software information data file (SID file) in your SAS metadata repository.

Note:   You can automate running the deployment manager when you need to perform the same configuration action on many machines in your deployment. The deployment manager uses the same record and playback mechanism as the SAS Deployment Wizard to perform a non-interactive, silent configuration. For more information, see Overview of Automating the SAS Installation on Multiple Machines.  

To renew your software license for middle-tier SAS solutions, follow these steps:

1. Make sure that you have first done the following:

   obtained your new SETINIT from your SAS representative.

   Your SETINIT is contained in a SAS installation data file (sometimes referred to as a SID) that is attached to your software order e-mail (SOE).

   renewed your software license on each machine that runs SAS 9.2.

   Follow the instructions appropriate for your operating system located at http://support.sas.com/documentation/installcenter/92/index.html (search for "renewal").

2. Make sure that you have saved the new SID file on the middle-tier machines that contain your SAS Solutions.

   Note:   On z/OS machines only, save the new SID file to the following path:

   SASHome/SASFoundation/9.2/setinit.sas

   For example:

   /usr/lpp/SAS/SAS_92/SASFoundation/9.2/setinit.sas  

3. Make sure that the metadata server is running.

4. Log on to the machine where the SAS Solution is installed as the SAS Installer user.

   This is the user with which your SAS deployment was installed. For more information, see Required External User Accounts for SAS.

5. Navigate to SAS-installation-directory/SASDeploymentManager/9.2 and launch config.exe (Windows), config.sh (UNIX), or config.rexx (z/OS).

6. In the SAS Deployment Manager, select Update SID File in Metadata.

   

7. On the next page, specify the configuration directory and the level (for example, Lev1) for your SAS Solution.

   

8. On the next page, enter the user ID and password for an unrestricted administrative user.

   

9. On the next page, enter the absolute path to the new SID file on the machine.

   

10. Click Start.

    When the deployment manager has successfully updated your SETINIT, you should see a page similar to the following:

    

11. Click Finish.

    The deployment manager has located the new SETINIT and loaded it into metadata. Your SAS solution software has been renewed.

12. Repeat steps 4 - 11 on any other machines that run a SAS Solution.

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