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The SAS Migration Utility analyzes and prepares your SAS 9.1.3 deployment for migration. See SAS Intelligence Platform: 9.1.3 to 9.2 Migration Guide for a complete guide to planning and execution.
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Read about running multiple versions of SAS on one computer. - Sample Validation SOP
See an example SOP: SAS Installation Qualification / Operational Qualification (PDF) (updated 19 May 2008) for the pharmaceutical industry.
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SAS Data Quality Server and SAS Data Quality Solution
SAS Data Quality Server is part of SAS Enterprise Data Integration Server and is also licensed as a stand-alone product.
Starting in Version 9, the SAS Data Quality Server cleanses and analyzes data for localized languages. This is accomplished with a Quality Knowledge Base (QKB) for your particular language and region. Because of this enhancement, some syntax has changed from Release 8.2. If you are upgrading from Release 8.2, you must adopt the new procedure names and function names.
DataFlux Integration Server and dfPower Studio
If you use DataFlux dfPower Studio, you want the schemes and match codes to be compatible with SAS Data Quality Server. Here are our best suggestions:
| SAS Product | DataFlux Products |
|---|---|
| SAS Data Quality Server 9.1.3 | dfPower Studio 7.0.x
DataFlux Integration Server 7.0.x |
| SAS Data Quality Server 9.2 | dfPower Studio 8.x
DataFlux Integration Server 8.x |
If you use dfPower Studio 7.1.2 you might get different results compared to running the same standardization or match analysis in SAS 9.1.3. Therefore stay with 7.0.x if this compatibility is important.
Peaceful Coexistence
You can run DataFlux version 7 and version 8 on the same machine, but you must keep separate copies of your QKB, management repositories, and so forth. When you install DataFlux version 8 on a machine that has version 7 installed, a dialog box asks whether you want to upgrade jobs, and so forth. When you migrate these items to version 8, you cannot access them with DataFlux version 7 or SAS Data Quality Server 9.1.3 any more. SAS 9.1.3 and DataFlux version 8 products cannot interact.
Be sure to back up the QKB you are using with DataFlux version 7, as well as the management resources directory, before you start the installation process of version 8.
In addition, if you want to run DataFlux Integration Server version 7 and version 8 simultaneously on the same machine, both of them must be defined as a service on the machine. You need two versions of the DataFlux Batch Scheduler service and two versions of the DataFlux Integration Server service. The easiest method is to edit the registry before you install version 8, effectively renaming the existing services (for example, from "DFIntegrationService" to "DFIntegrationService_7"). It is recommended to change the display name as well (there are several registry keys that have to be touched). Then, when you install version 8, the version 8 instance of the service will be installed, and it will not replace the existing (renamed) service. Modify the configuration file of DataFlux Integration Server to ensure that the services are assigned to different ports.
For more information, see the document titled "V7 to V8 Compatibility: Guidelines and Considerations for Upgrading from dfPower Studio and DIS V7 to V8." This docoument is available from the DataFlux Customer Care Portal. Navigate to Downloads > Documentation > Version 8.0 Manuals.
