Migration

Execution: Migrate Files

Special Topic: Supported Operating Environments for PROC MIGRATE

Migrating SAS 8.2 or SAS 9.1 Libraries to SAS 9.2
Migrating SAS 8.2 Libraries to SAS 9.1.3
Migrating SAS 6 Libraries to SAS®9

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Migrating SAS 8.2 or SAS 9.1 Libraries to SAS 9.2

You can migrate a SAS 8.2 or SAS 9.1 library from almost every supported operating environment to any SAS 9.2 operating environment. Only SAS 8.2 libraries from CMS, OS/2, OpenVMS VAX, or 64-bit AIX are not supported. For those environments, use the conversion procedures instead of PROC MIGRATE.

Here are the operating environments that are supported for PROC MIGRATE in SAS 9.2. Find your source operating environment in the first column and read across the row for information about the supported target operating environments. If the source library does not contain catalogs, then you can ignore the instructions for the SLIBREF= option.

**SAS 8.2 and SAS 9.1 Source Libraries That Are Supported for PROC MIGRATE in SAS 9.2**
Source SAS 8.2 or SAS 9.1 Environment	Target SAS 9.2 Environment	Instructions for Libraries with Catalogs
64-bit AIX from SAS 9.1 (64-bit AIX from SAS 8.2 is not supported.) 64-bit HP-UX 64-bit Solaris SPARC	64-bit AIX 64-bit HP-UX 64-bit Solaris SPARC	Do not use SLIBREF=.
	Any other operating environment	Use SLIBREF=.
32-bit AIX 32-bit HP-UX 32-bit Solaris SPARC	Any operating environment	Use SLIBREF=.
Linux for 32-bit Intel architecture	Linux for 32-bit Intel architecture	Do not use SLIBREF=.
Linux for 32-bit Intel architecture	Any other operating environment	Use SLIBREF=.
Linux for Itanium-based systems	Linux for x64 Solaris for x64	Catalogs are not supported.
Linux for Itanium-based systems	Any other operating environment	Use SLIBREF=.
OpenVMS Alpha	Any operating environment	Use SLIBREF=.
Solaris for x64	Linux for x64 Solaris for x64	Do not use SLIBREF=.
Solaris for x64	Any other operating environment	Use SLIBREF=.
Tru64 UNIX	Linux for x64 Solaris for x64	Catalogs are not supported.
Tru64 UNIX	Any other operating environment	Use SLIBREF=.
64-bit Windows	64-bit Windows (Cross-environment migration is not supported.)	Do not use SLIBREF=.
32-bit Windows	32-bit Windows	Do not use SLIBREF=.
32-bit Windows	Any other operating environment	Use SLIBREF=.
z/OS	z/OS	Do not use SLIBREF=.
z/OS	Any other operating environment	Use SLIBREF=.

Migrating SAS 8.2 Libraries to SAS 9.1.3

If your SAS 8.2 and SAS 9.1.3 source and target operating environments are not listed, or they are not in the same row, then use the conversion procedures instead of PROC MIGRATE. In SAS 9.1.3, PROC MIGRATE does not support SAS 8.2 libraries from CMS, OS/2, or 64-bit AIX.

Here are the operating environments that are supported for PROC MIGRATE in SAS 9.1.3:

**SAS 8.2 Source Libraries That Are Supported for PROC MIGRATE in SAS 9.1.3**
Source SAS 8.2 Environment	Target SAS 9.1.3 Environment	Instructions for Libraries with Catalogs
32-bit AIX 32-bit HP-UX 32-bit Solaris SPARC	64-bit AIX 64-bit HP-UX 64-bit Solaris SPARC	Use SLIBREF=.
64-bit HP-UX 64-bit Solaris SPARC	64-bit AIX 64-bit HP-UX 64-bit Solaris SPARC	Do not use SLIBREF=.
Linux for 32-bit Intel architecture	Linux for 32-bit Intel architecture	Do not use SLIBREF=.
Linux for 32-bit Intel architecture	Linux for Itanium-based systems	Use SLIBREF=.
Tru64 UNIX	Linux for Itanium-based systems Tru64 UNIX	Do not use SLIBREF=.
Tru64 UNIX	Solaris for x64	Catalogs are not supported.
OpenVMS Alpha OpenVMS VAX	OpenVMS Alpha	Use SLIBREF=.
32-bit Windows	32-bit Windows	Do not use SLIBREF=.
z/OS	z/OS	Do not use SLIBREF=.

Migrating SAS 6 Libraries to SAS®9

If your SAS 8.2 and SAS 9.1.3 source and target operating environments are not listed, or they are not in the same row, then use the conversion procedures instead of PROC MIGRATE.

For SAS 6 source libraries, here are the operating environments that are in SAS 9.1.3 and SAS 9.2:

**SAS 6 Source Libraries That Are Supported for PROC MIGRATE in SAS 9.1.3 and SAS 9.2**
Source SAS 6 Environment	Target SAS®9 Environment	Instructions for Libraries with Catalogs
AIX HP-UX Solaris SPARC	AIX HP-UX Solaris SPARC	SAS 6 catalogs from AIX are not supported. For HP-UX or Solaris, use SLIBREF=.
Windows	32-bit Windows	Do not use SLIBREF=.
SAS 6.09E z/OS	z/OS	Do not use SLIBREF=.