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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 SAS®9 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) (updated 19 May 2008) for the pharmaceutical industry.
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Validating the Installation with SAS IQ or Verification Jobs
The SAS Installation Qualification tool (SAS IQ) validates the installation to check for misplaced or corrupted software files. In other words, it validates the installation process. This is a self-validating tool, so it does not require benchmarks of the source installation.
For SAS 9.2 and SAS 9.1.3, SAS IQ is supported on all Windows, UNIX, and OpenVMS platforms. (Under z/OS, run the Verification Jobs instead.) See the following documents:
For SAS 8.2, SAS IQ is supported for Windows. See the readme file available at the download.
Validating the Installation
In the Execution stage, you are directed to run SAS IQ or Verification Jobs after installation and iteratively after any customizations, before you migrate SAS data libraries to the target installation. Running the tool iteratively after each customization enables you to better pinpoint the cause of any error.
Validating the Software at a Later Date
You can also run the SAS IQ or Verification Jobs at any later date to verify the integrity of your installation. User-written files are not checked.