If you perform a new installation using the SAS Deployment Wizard and you choose to perform the configuration at a later time, it is possible that the SAS Deployment Wizard will not allow you to select the Configure option when you attempt the configuration steps. Instead, the SAS Deployment Wizard goes into Update mode to apply maintenance.

This behavior is expected.

Once the software has been installed, the SAS Deployment Wizard automatically compares the software installation with the software that is available in the depot, and it checks for updates.

In addition to checking the version of the installed software, the SAS Deployment Wizard checks the version of components that might be required by the installed software. It does this so that interdependent software is always up-to-date and so that any newly required components are seamlessly included with updates.

In a valid configuration, all interdependent components might not be installed on all tiers. For example, the configuration might need only one installed instance of a component. However, when the SAS Deployment Wizard is run a second time and performs its automatic check for updates and detects an interdependency, it enters Update mode to add the related component if it is not already installed.

Note that this can happen even if you are installing from the same SAS Software Depot and the same revision of SAS.

Here is an example of the display that you see for the required updates in SAS 9.2:

For more details, see the following documents:

Assessing the Effect on Products at Your Site

How to Install and Configure a New Product Release

Understanding Product Upgrades and Product Installs

This update behavior is new with SAS 9.2 (TS2M3) revision 10w34 and later.

Here is an example of the display that you see for the required updates in SAS 9.3:

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	N/A	64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.2 TS2M3
		Solaris for x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows Vista	9.2 TS2M3
		Windows Vista for x64	9.2 TS2M3
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.2 TS2M3
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.2 TS2M3
		HP-UX	9.2 TS2M3
		HP-UX IPF	9.2 TS2M3
		Linux	9.2 TS2M3
		Linux for x64	9.2 TS2M3
		Linux on Itanium	9.2 TS2M3
		OpenVMS on HP Integrity	9.2 TS2M3
		Tru64 UNIX	9.2 TS2M3

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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Type:	Installation Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2010-08-05 13:53:44
Date Created:	2010-07-13 10:31:55