SPD Engine Compatibility

Accessing SPD Engine Files on Another Host

Upgrading SAS 9

If you upgrade from a previous release of SAS 9, you do not need to migrate your data sets if you stay in the same operating environment. If you upgrade across hosts, such as from a 32-bit to a 64-bit Windows operating environment, you must migrate your data sets. To migrate your data sets, use CIMPORT, COPY, or CPORT. For more information, see the Base SAS Procedures Guide.

Note: The MIGRATE procedure does not support the SPD Engine.

Accessing SPD Engine Files on Another Host

The SPD Engine cannot share data sets across host families, but it can share data sets within a host family. For example, the engine can access (Read and Update) SPD Engine files on another host as long as both hosts have the same data representation.

The SPD Engine runs on the following hosts:

HP-UX IPF or HP-UX on Itanium	Solaris 64-bit64 or Solaris on SPARC
Linux on x64 (x86-64)	Solaris 10 on x64 (x86-64)
MVS_32	Windows 32-bit
AIX 64-bit or AIX on Power	Windows 64-bit

Based on their data representation, data sets can be separated into the following host families:

big endian that runs on the following:
- HP-UX IPF or HP-UX on Itanium
- AIX 64-bit or AIX on Power
- Solaris 64-bit or Solaris on SPARC
little endian that runs on the following:
- Linux on x64 (x86-64)
- Solaris 10 on x64 (x86-64)
z/OS that runs on z/OS 32-bit
Windows that runs on Windows 32-bit
Windows x64 that runs on Windows 64-bit