Managing SAS Orders :: SAS(R) 9.3 Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide

Overview of Managing SAS Orders

Using the SAS Deployment Wizard, you can do the following with your SAS order:

Change Order Details
Delete an Order
Create a Disc Image of Your Order

Change Order Details

Being able to identify a SAS order is important, especially when your SAS Software Depot contains multiple orders. To change the details of a SAS order, follow these steps:

Log on to the depot machine as a SAS Software Depot administrator or a user with depot Read, Write, and Execute privileges.

Note: Consider designating one or a few users to serve as SAS Software Depot administrators. Persons needing to deploy SAS software or to apply future SAS software maintenance require depot Read and Execute privileges. Depot administration tasks such as initially creating the depot, storing SAS installation data files, and updating order details require depot Write privileges.
Start the SAS Deployment Wizard. Navigate to the SAS Software Depot's root directory and, depending on your operating system, do the following:
- Windows:
  
  Double-click setup.exe.
- UNIX:
  
  Type ./setup.sh at a command prompt.
- z/OS:
  
  Type ./setup.rexx at a command prompt.
Choose the language in which the SAS Deployment Wizard will display messages and prompts.
Select Manage this SAS Software Depot.
Choose the order for which you want to change details, and then select Change Details.
Update the description for your order and include any notes about your order that might help you distinguish it from any other SAS orders. The SAS Deployment Wizard will display this order information during the SAS installation.
When you are finished adding order details, select OK.
Select Finish to close the SAS Deployment Wizard.

Delete an Order

To delete a SAS order, follow these steps:

CAUTION:

It is a best practice to always make sure that you have backed up the SAS Software Depot before deleting an order. Keep in mind that there are limits on the number of times that you can download an order from SAS.

Log on to the depot machine as a SAS Software Depot administrator or a user with depot Read, Write, and Execute privileges.

Note: Consider designating one or a few users to serve as SAS Software Depot administrators. Persons needing to deploy SAS software or to apply future SAS software maintenance require depot Read and Execute privileges. Depot administration tasks such as initially creating the depot, storing SAS installation data files, and updating order details require depot Write privileges.
Start the SAS Deployment Wizard. Navigate to the SAS Software Depot's root directory, and, depending on your operating system, do the following:
- Windows:
  
  Double-click setup.exe.
- UNIX:
  
  Enter ./setup.sh at a command prompt.
- z/OS:
  
  Enter ./setup.rexx at a command prompt.
Choose the language in which the SAS Deployment Wizard will display messages and prompts.
Select Manage this SAS Software Depot.
Choose the order that you want to delete, and then select Delete Order.
Confirm that you want to delete the order by selecting Yes.

The SAS Deployment Wizard begins to delete your order. When all the order's files have been removed, the Manage SAS Software Depot page appears again, without the deleted order listed.
Select Finish to close the SAS Deployment Wizard.

Create a Disc Image of Your Order

If you have SAS running on remote sites that do not have access to the network on which your SAS Software Depot resides, you can use the SAS Deployment Wizard to create an ISO image of your SAS software order. Then, using a media creation tool of your choice, you can write the image to the removable media format that you specify: either CDs or DVDs.

You can create a disc image on a per order basis only. If your SAS Software Depot consists of more than one order, then you have to make multiple disc images.

To create a disc image of your SAS order, follow these steps:

Log on to the depot machine as a SAS Software Depot administrator or a user with depot Read, Write, and Execute privileges.

Note: Consider designating one or a few users to serve as SAS Software Depot administrators. Persons needing to deploy SAS software or to apply future SAS software maintenance require depot Read and Execute privileges. Depot administration tasks such as initially creating the depot, storing SAS installation data files, and updating order details require depot Write privileges.
Start the SAS Deployment Wizard. Navigate to the SAS Software Depot's root directory, and, depending on your operating system, do the following:
- Windows:
  
  Double-click setup.exe.
- UNIX:
  
  Type ./setup.sh at a command prompt.
- z/OS:
  
  Type ./setup.rexx at a command prompt.
Choose the language in which the SAS Deployment Wizard will display messages and prompts.
Select Manage this SAS Software Depot.
Choose the order for which you want to create a disc image, and then select Create Media-Ready Image.
Choose the type of media (CDs or DVDs) for which you want to create an image of your SAS software order. Also, provide the path where you want the SAS Deployment Wizard to write this image. When you are ready, select Start.

The SAS Deployment Wizard begins writing SAS order files to the target directory.
When the progress indicator displays 100%, the image is complete and you can select OK.
Select Finish to close the SAS Deployment Wizard.

The file system that the SAS Deployment Wizard has created is an ISO image of your SAS order that is logically arranged into directories that map to either CD-ROM or DVD disc. Each directory also contains a summary to enable you to maintain media labels.
Using a media creation tool of your choice, you can now write the installable image of your SAS order to the type of removable media that you specified earlier: either CDs or DVDs.