Hot fix C9A007 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 5.4 as documented
in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/C9A.html#C9A007
C9A007 is a "container" hot fix that contains the following "member" hot fixes which will update the software components
as needed.
C8Z007 updates SAS Scalable Performance Data Client 5.4
C8Y007 updates SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 5.4
E8V003 updates SAS Scalable Performance Data Server Plug-in for SAS Management Console 5.4
D1A002 updates SAS Threaded Kernel Extensions for SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 5.4
Before applying this hot fix, follow the instructions in SAS Note 35968 to
generate a SAS Deployment Registry report, then verify that the appropriate product releases are installed on your system. The
release number information in the Registry report should match the 'member' release number information provided above for the
software components installed on each machine in your deployment.
The hot fix downloaded, C9A007x6.zip, includes the updates required for all components listed above on all applicable operating systems. To apply this hot fix on multiple machines, you can either save C9A007x6.zip on each machine or save it in a network location that is accessible to all machines.
Do NOT extract the contents of C9A007x6.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.
The hot fix will be applied using the SAS Deployment Manager. By default, the SAS Deployment Manager will search in the <SASHOME>\InstallMisc\HotFixes\New directory for hot fixes to be applied, but will also prompt for a location if you have downloaded hot fixes to a different directory.
After downloading C9A007x6.zip, follow the instructions for applying hot fixes in the SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Deployment Manager 9.4: User's Guide.
Please review the CONFIGURATION Important Note above concerning proper selection of the "Configure SAS Hot Fix" option in the SAS Deployment Manager.
The hot fix installation process generates the log file
<!SASHOME>\InstallMisc\InstallLogs\IT_date-and-time-stamp.logfor example, IT_2011-10-31-13.18.21.log. Each attempt to apply a hot fix results in the creation of a new log file giving detailed information regarding the installation process.
Postexec log files are created after the installation is completed and identifies the files that were added, backed up, changed and removed. These log files include the 'member' hot fix id in the name of the file and are also written to the <!SASHOME>\InstallMisc\InstallLogs directory. There is one postexec log for each 'member' hot fix applied (member hot fixes are listed at the top of these instructions).
The content of this hot fix is listed in the hot fix manifest.
For each product installed, click the link to be redirected to post-installation instructions.
C8Z007 updates SAS Scalable Performance Data Client 5.4
C8Y007 updates SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 5.4
E8V003 updates SAS Scalable Performance Data Server Plug-in for SAS Management Console 5.4
D1A002 updates SAS Threaded Kernel Extensions for SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 5.4
C8Z007 updates SAS Scalable Performance Data Client 5.4
NONE
C8Y007 updates SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 5.4
The SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 5.4 hot fix supports changes that allow the SPD Server to be started in
FIPS 140-2 compliance mode for secure communications and SPD Server user passwords.
To run SPD Server in FIPS 140-2 compliance mode, the Password Manager Database must be created with FIPS encryption and the SPD Server itself must run with FIPS encryption. For more information on how to do this, please refer to the SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 5.4 Administrator's Guide found here: http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/spds/index.html, specifically Chapter 5, section titled “Changing to a FIPS Password Database” and Chapter 14, FIPS 140-2 Compliance.
E8V003 updates SAS Scalable Performance Data Server Plug-in for SAS Management Console 5.4
SAS Security Updates
SAS Security Updates are applied during the initial installation of your software. In order to maintain the latest level of security offered by SAS, security updates should be applied and/or re-applied after any changes to your software, including installation of hot fixes. The current SAS Security Updates for all releases of SAS are available at https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/SAS_Security_Updates.html. Please re-apply security updates in accordance with the SAS Security Updates and Hot Fixes document available on the SAS Security Updates web page.
D1A002 updates SAS Threaded Kernel Extensions for SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 5.4
NONE
This completes the installation of hot fix C9A007 on Windows for x64.
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