You can use the SAS Migration
Utility along with the SAS Deployment Wizard to create a second SAS
9.3 deployment that contains the same SAS content and the same configuration
as an existing SAS 9.3 deployment. This capability is useful in the
following situations:
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You have created and verified a
SAS deployment in a test environment, and you want to replicate that
deployment in a production environment.
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You want to use the SAS deployment
in your production environment as the basis for creating a deployment
in a test environment or a development environment.
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You need to create a mirror of
your SAS deployment for disaster recovery purposes.
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You want to move your SAS deployment
to upgraded hardware.
The following limitations
apply to the use of the SAS Migration Utility:
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The two deployments must have the
same topology. That is, the SAS architecture must be deployed across
physical machines in the same fashion.
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The SAS components must run on
the same operating system family in both deployments. 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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You can use the SAS Migration Utility
only for the initial replication of a deployment. The utility cannot
be used to refresh or update an existing deployment. You can refresh
the deployment as needed by using the
promotion tools to copy specific content items from one deployment to another.
Be sure to use the correct
version of the SAS Migration Utility. When you migrate from a SAS
9.3 deployment, use smu93_32.exe, smu93_x64.exe, smu93.sh, or smu93.zos.