Administrator Guide for SAS 9.1.3 Foundation for Microsoft Windows 5
• Updates such as renewed SAS Installation Data (including SETINIT) are not
automatically inherited by end users. When updates are performed, the server must be
updated and then SAS Setup run again to propagate these changes to all of the individual
computers.
CD Distribution
The Advantage of this model is that CDs containing Customer-Specific Data can be provided
to users for an installation, regardless of the user’s access to a network or server. This gives an
Administrator more control over the products available to users.
The disadvantage of this model is that CDs created this way must be passed around to users,
or multiple copies must be made for each user to be able to install SAS.
Retrieving and Using SAS Installation Data
The SAS Installation Data file includes your company’s SETINIT and installation process
customization parameters. The SAS Installation Data file is required to install SAS Software.
You can retrieve your SAS Installation Data from a File if you previously saved the SAS
Installation Data file that you received via e-mail. At the time of your SAS software order,
your designated installation representative receives an e-mail from SAS that includes a text
file attachment. This attachment contains your SAS Installation Data file, along with
instructions about saving the data to disk.
After the data is saved to disk, both the SAS Administrator Wizard and the SAS Software
Navigator can find the SAS Installation Data file.
The SAS Installation Data window appears right after the Welcome window.
