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The MIGRATE Procedure

Syntax: MIGRATE Procedure


Restriction: SAS data set options are not supported.
Restriction: The source and target libraries must be in different physical locations.
Restriction: When PROC MIGRATE creates a member in the target library, the member does not retain its permissions from the source library. It has the permissions associated with the user ID of the person who ran PROC MIGRATE.
Restriction: Source libraries that were created under a SAS 8.2 CMS, OS/2, OpenVMS VAX, or 64-bit AIX operating environment are not supported. See Alternatives to PROC MIGRATE.
Restriction: Source libraries that were created under a 64-bit Windows source environment are supported only for a 64-bit Windows target environment. To migrate to a different target environment, see Alternatives to PROC MIGRATE.
Restriction: Catalogs that were created under a Tru64 UNIX source environment are not supported for a Linux for x64 or a Solaris for x64 target environment. To migrate catalogs under those conditions, see Additional Steps for Unsupported Catalogs.
Restriction: SAS files that were created before SAS 6.12 (SAS 6.09E for z/OS) must be converted to SAS 6.12 before they can be migrated to the current release of SAS. Some SAS 6 source environments are not supported; see Migrating a SAS 6 Library.
Tip: For encoding and transcoding issues, see the topic about national language support within the migration topics at http://support.sas.com/rnd/migration/ or see the SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide.
Table of Contents: The MIGRATE Procedure

PROC MIGRATE IN=libref-2 OUT=libref-1 <BUFSIZE=n> <MOVE> <SLIBREF=libref> <KEEPNODUPKEY>;

Task Language Element
Migrate SAS library forward to the current release of SAS PROC MIGRATE
Name the source library IN=
Name the target library OUT=
Specify buffer page size BUFSIZE=
Migrate and delete the original source files MOVE
Specify a libref that was assigned through SAS/CONNECT or SAS/SHARE to migrate foreign catalogs SLIBREF=
Retain the NODUPKEY sort assertion KEEPNODUPKEY

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