Attempts to apply a hot fix for a software component release that is not installed in <SASHOME> and that does not appear in the SAS Deployment Registry will result in the addition of that software component release to the SAS Deployment Registry.

For example, if you have SAS Web Application Themes 9.24 installed, you will see the following in the SAS Deployment Registry report

If you attempt to apply a hot fix for SAS Web Application Themes 9.25, which is not installed in <SASHOME>, the SAS Deployment Registry will be updated to show

The null value for the Display Name field is an indicator that this record has been incorrectly added.

The added reference to ‘themes 9.25’ will not interfere with future attempts to add on SAS Web Application Themes 9.25 to the deployment, but a SAS Web Application Themes 9.25 hot fix cannot be successfully applied until the software component is fully installed.

While the SAS Deployment Registry is incorrectly updated with the new reference to the software component release, the hot fix installation does not apply any updates the SAS deployment. The hot fix installation will fail an error similar to

See Usage Note 35968 for more information on generating the SAS Deployment Registry report.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	N/A	z/OS	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows Vista	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows Vista for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		HP-UX	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Linux	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Linux for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Linux on Itanium	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		OpenVMS on HP Integrity	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Solaris for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0
		Tru64 UNIX	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M0

* 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:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2014-12-01 14:07:25
Date Created:	2011-02-28 23:28:35