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- Updates for SAS 9.2 (March 2008)
See the compatibility calculator to determine whether you need to migrate your libraries to SAS 9.2. Use the PROC MIGRATE calculator to find the right example code for your migration.
- Get a Smarter COMPARE
Validation tools for the MIGRATE procedure now work with CEDA and provide additional details about catalogs, indexes, and integrity constraints.
- Start Planning
See Getting Started for the most efficient pathway through all of the SASŪ9 migration documentation.
- Coexistence
Many SAS®9 products can install side-by-side with SAS 8.2 with very good compatibility. See Peaceful Coexistence: SAS®9 and SAS 8.2 for details.
- Sample Validation SOP
See an example SOP: SAS Installation Qualification / Operational Qualification (PDF) for the pharmaceutical industry.
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Migration
Execution: Create Backups and Benchmarks
To execute a successful migration, start by creating backups and benchmarks as a safety net.
- Step 1: Create an active or restorable backup image
- By backing up
your source installation before you modify any part of it, you
ensure that you can reestablish the installation in a disaster-recovery situation.
Planning for a worst-case scenario provides
peace of mind during migration.
- Step 2: Design a validation plan and create benchmarks
- Benchmarks are "snapshots" of SAS behavior that are later used to validate and tune the target installation. In order to create meaningful benchmarks of the source installation, decide now how you plan to validate the target installation.