When you attempt to renew the SAS^® software license for a SAS 9.2 (TS1M0) installation for client users (Admin Client) under Windows, and you accept the default location that specifies the folder-where-SAS-was-installed, the license is not updated even though it appears that the renewal tool ran successfully.

To verify that the renewal tool did not run successfully, run the following command and compare the expiration date in the SAS log window with the expiration date in your SAS installation data (SID) file:

Starting in SAS 9.2 Phase 2 (TS2M0), if you perform the same steps, the renewal tool displays the following error message:

The path shown below appears to be a Client SAS installation. 
If you are updating SAS Installation Data for a SAS Client, 
you must enter the location of the SAS Client Server in the 
field labled "Folder where SAS was installed:". 
For more information, refer to the License Assistance 
documentation at http://support.sas.com. 

To renew the license for a client users (Admin Client) image:

1. Go to the workstation where the SAS client installation was performed.
   
   
2. Log in to the local machine with a user ID that has write access to the SAS Software Depot for client users (Admin Client image) on the Windows remote machine.
   
   
3. Run the sasrenew.exe file that is located on the local machine, in the default location:

   C:\Program Files\SAS\SASFoundation\9.2\core\sasinst\sasrenew

   During step 2 of the renewal process, clear the check box.
   
   

4. Change the default location of the folder-where-SAS-was-installed to the location of the sas.exe file on the SAS Software Depot for client users (Admin Client image) on the Windows remote machine. This is the \Products\sasinstall_version-and-operating-system\sas directory in the Client Users (Admin Client) image. For example, you might have a directory that looks like the following:

   Z:\SAS92_client_users_depot\products\sasinstall_92230_win_en_p0_1\sas

5. Use the default SAS configuration location. It should still point to the local C:\ drive of the local workstation machine.
   
   
6. Click the Renew button to complete the process.

License renewal instructions for client user (Admin Client) images are also located on pages 4–5 in the Software Renewal Instructions: SAS® 9.2 Foundation for Microsoft Windows.

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