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Overview of Migrating Content to SAS 9.2

Comparing Promotion and Migration

The following table summarizes the differences between promotion and migration:

Migration and Promotion Comparison

Migration Promotion
What is acted on? A SAS system

(content and configuration)

Selected SAS content

(content only)

When is it performed? During SAS 9.2 deployment

One time only

After SAS 9.2 deployment

Repeatable

Topology constraints Same hardware grouping No constraints
Platform constraints Same operating system family1 No constraints
SAS versions supported SAS 9.1.3 SP4 and later SAS 9.1.3 SP4 and later
1 The SAS automated migration tools support migrating within families of operating systems. You can migrate within the Windows family (for example, Windows 32-bit to Windows 64-bit) or migrate within the UNIX family (for example, Solaris to HP-UX).

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