The SAS Software Depot Check Utility, version 5.3 (June 2013), verifies the existence of expected files in the SAS Software Depots for SAS 9.2 and later.

• Totals the number of files found in a depot
• Lists the files found and their directory path(s)

Note: To get the list of files:

• If you run the tool interactively, select a dialog box.
• If you run the tool manually from the DOS prompt, use the -v option via a command line.
• Lists and totals the number of files missing from the depot and shows the paths where the missing files should be found
• Lists and totals the number of orders found
• List and totals the number of SAS installation data (SID) files found
• Lists the files that are the wrong size and specifies their incorrect and correct sizes
• Lists the files in which checksums are incorrect and specifies their correct and incorrect checksums

The SAS Software Depot Check Utility and SAS 9.2 Depots

Know what the Software Depot Check Utility can and cannot be used for:

• Can be used to validate SAS 9.2 depots that were created with the SAS^® Deployment Wizard
• Can be used to validate SAS 9.2 depots that were created using the SAS^® Download Manager
• Cannot be used to validate SAS 9.2 personal or client users depots that were created using the SAS Deployment Wizard Create Depot option
• Cannot be used to validate SAS 9.2 subsetted depots that were created by the SAS 9.2 Depot Subsetting Utility (SAS Note 39110: "Using SAS^® 9.2 Depot Subsetting Utility to create subsetted depots of SAS^® 9.2 Foundation products and clients in Windows operating environment")

  Note: When you use the SAS 9.2 Depot Subsetting Utility, it creates a log called SASDepotSubset.log in the root of the subsetted depot that lists products subsetted to that depot.

The SAS Software Depot Check Utility and SAS 9.3 Depots

The SAS Software Depot Check Utility can be used to validate SAS 9.3 depots, including the following:

• SAS 9.3 depots that have been created with the SAS Deployment Wizard
• Depots that have been created during initial download with the SAS Download Manager
• Depots that contain subsetted orders that have been created during initial download with the SAS Download Manager
• Depots that contain subsetted orders that have been created using the SAS Deployment Wizard

The SAS Software Depot Check Utility is available for download for the Windows platform. Details about use of the SAS Software Depot Check Utility under Windows are outlined below.

Running the SAS Software Depot Check Utility Interactively on a Windows Platform

To run the tool, double-click SASDepotCheck.exe.

1. Navigate to the top-level directory of your SAS Software Depot.





2. Specify the name and location of the results file.

If you do not specify the name of a results file, then a file named SASDepotCheckResults.txt is created by default.





3. Specify whether you want to continue checking even after 10 problems have been found.
   
   
   
   
4. Specify whether you want all of the found files listed in the SASDepotCheckResults.txt.
   
   

It is best practice for the same user ID that downloaded the SAS Software Depot to also execute the tool.

In SAS 9.3 (TS1M1) rev 12w10 and later, SAS delivers the SAS Software Depot Check Utility within the installation materials at \utilities\depotchecker. Instructions are available in the SAS Deployment Wizard and in the SAS^® Deployment Wizard and SAS^® Deployment Manager 9.3: User's Guide. See the Install Center webpage to download this documentation.

Operating System and Release Information

ftp://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/pc/win_depot_checker_july_2013.zip