Installing Third-Party Products

About Installing Third-Party Products

The SAS desktop client applications and majority of Java applications are supported on Microsoft Windows systems only. The exception is SAS Management Console, which also runs on several UNIX platforms. All of the Java applications require the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which includes a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that executes the application and a set of standard Java class libraries. The SAS Deployment Wizard will install the default version of the JRE with which SAS has been tested. If a different version of the JRE is required, it can be obtained from the appropriate vendor's Web site. Links to the appropriate JRE vendor's Web site can be found on the SAS 9.2 third-party support site located at http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v92.

Note: Microsoft Windows 7 requires a different JRE, (version 1.6.0_14 or later), than what the SAS Deployment Wizard prompts for. If you are deploying on a Windows 7 machine, ensure that the machine has JRE 1.6.0_14 or later installed and that you use the SAS Deployment Wizard to point to the location where that JRE can be found. For more information on the SAS Baseline and Higher policy, please see http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/baseline_plus.html. [cautionend]

During a first-time SAS 9.2 deployment, the SAS Deployment Wizard prompts you for the version of the JRE that you want to use with the SAS Java applications. Your options are to have the deployment wizard install a JRE that SAS has certified to run with SAS 9.2, or to point to a JRE that you have already installed. (In most situations where you are updating or adding a product to SAS 9.2, the deployment wizard does not prompt you for a JRE. However, you can override this behavior. For more information, see Specify a Different JRE.)

On z/OS only, your options are to point to a JRE that you have already installed, or install your software without a JRE.

Before you can install and configure a SAS 9.2 middle tier, you must have installed one of the Web application servers supported by SAS. If you are using the JBoss Application Server or the WebLogic Server, then you must have the Java Development Kit (JDK) installed. (The WebSphere Application Server ships with its own version of the JDK which is installed when you install the WebSphere Application Server.) The SAS Deployment Wizard prompts you for paths to these third-party software products, and will not allow you to complete the SAS deployment without this software installed. The deployment wizard checks to make sure that the JDK version you have installed is supported by the Web application server that you are using.

Use the manufacturer's distribution package to install the JDK. Make sure that you have a properly defined Java environment. (On Windows, a reboot of the machine might be required.) Open a DOS command prompt on Windows, or a console on UNIX, and at the operating system prompt, type the following command to validate the Java environment and return the version information for the installed package: java -version.

Use the manufacturer's distribution package to install your Web application server, applying any necessary hotfixes and verifying the server's operation.

For more information about configuration steps for your Web application server, go to http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v92 and search for the product name of your Web application server.

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