Comparing Promotion and Migration

The following table summarizes the differences between promotion and migration:

Migration and Promotion Comparison

	Migration	Promotion
What is acted on?	A SAS system (content and configuration)	Selected SAS content (content only)
When is it performed?	During SAS 9.3 deployment One time only	After SAS 9.3 deployment Repeatable
Topology constraints	Same logical machine grouping1	No constraints
Platform constraints	Same operating system family2	No constraints
SAS versions supported	SAS 9.1.3 SP4 and later	SAS 9.1.3 SP4 and later
1For more information, see the same topology..
2The SAS automated migration tools support migrating within families of operating systems. You can migrate within the Windows family (for example, Windows 32–bit to Windows 64-bit) or migrate within the UNIX family (for example, Solaris to HP-UX).