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Migration for Metadata-Based Deployments (February 2009)
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.
The SAS 9.2 Value Proposition
- Why Upgrade to SAS 9.2 Software? (PDF)
- Ten Great Reasons Why a Statistician Should Update to SAS 9.2
Coexistence
Read about running multiple versions of SAS on one computer.
- Peaceful Coexistence: SAS®9 and SAS 8.2
- Peaceful Coexistence: SAS 9.2 and SAS 9.1.3
Sample Validation SOP
See an example SOP: SAS Installation Qualification / Operational Qualification (PDF) (updated 19 May 2008) for the pharmaceutical industry.
Calculators
- Compatibility Calculator
- PROC MIGRATE Calculator
SAS Notes
- Data Migration and Compatibility
- Migration for Metadata-Based Deployments

Migration

Best Practices Migration with PROC MIGRATE: Tune for Performance

The following documents can help you tune your hardware and software to deliver the most effective configuration.

White Papers

Select the "white papers" link on the following pages.

SAS Online Documentation and SAS Press

The topic "Optimizing System Performance" in the SAS online documentation.
The topic "Monitoring Performance Using Application Response Measurement (ARM)" in SAS Language Reference: Concepts in the SAS online documentation.
Michael A. Raithel, Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments, 2d ed., Cary, NC: BBU Press, 2003.

Scalability and Performance Focus Area

You can achieve better performance through scalability in your hardware and in SAS software. Visit the Scalability and Performance Focus Area for more information.

Best practice

SAS users have reported that benchmarking performance in the source environment helps to determine how performance changes in the target environment.

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