Perform Pre-Migration Tasks

For information about the pre-migration steps that you must perform, see Performing Pre-migration Tasks in SAS Intelligence Platform: Migration Guide. Here is a list of the most important steps:
  • Back up your SAS 9.1.3, SAS 9.2, or SAS 9.3 system, including servers and desktop clients.
  • Perform any required maintenance that is required to meet minimum baselines.
  • Determine whether you can use a standard deployment plan to install SAS 9.3 and SAS Model Manager 3.1 or whether you need to request a custom deployment plan. You must specify the plan file when you use the SAS Deployment Wizard.
  • Complete the pre-installation and migration checklists. These checklists can be customized based on the deployment plan that you choose. For more information, see Completing the Pre-migration Checklists in SAS Intelligence Platform: Migration Guide.
  • If you are moving to a new system, ensure that the required operating system user accounts that you used in SAS 9.1.3, SAS 9.2, or SAS 9.3 also exist in your new operating system, such as sasadm, sastrust, and sasdemo. The migration process requires the same operating system user accounts that you used with SAS Model Manager 2.1 on SAS 9.1.3, SAS Model Manager 2.2 or 2.3 on SAS 9.2, and SAS Model Manager 3.1 on SAS 9.3.
  • Install third-party software.
  • Create a SAS Software Depot. For more information, see the Creating SAS Software Depots in SAS Intelligence Platform: Migration Guide.
  • Use the SAS Migration Utility to create a migration package. For more information, see SAS Migration Utility Reference in SAS Intelligence Platform: Migration Guide.