SAS Installation Data (SID) is a new feature of the SAS 9 installation process, and consists of customized installation information and customized product authorization information provided by SAS. The customized installation information instructs the SASSETUP application on which particular products should be installed at each individual site while the product authorization data (SETINIT) does the licensing work that enables SAS to run until your license expires. By default, your SAS Installation Data resides on a secure server at SAS, and when you install SAS Software, the installation utility will access the data once you have supplied the SAS Installation Key and Order Number at the appropriate prompts. The SAS Installation Data includes your SETINIT.

A SETINIT is the file that the SAS Customer Service Department generates for your site whenever you renew your existing SAS System license or add additional products to your license. If you licensed earlier versions of SAS Software, you are familiar with the process of updating your SETINIT file. Since the SAS Installation Data file with SAS 9 now contains your SETINIT information, the renewal process consists of accessing your SAS Installation DATA.

Note: OS/390 does not use the new SAS Installation Data File in SAS 9.0.

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