6 Administrator Guide for SAS 9.1.3 Foundation for Microsoft Windows
The SAS Administrator Wizard
The SAS Administrator Wizard is accessible from the SAS Setup Disk and the SAS Software
Navigator by selecting the Create a SAS Image for Deployment option. You can also access
this wizard by running
<CD Drive>:\SAW\setup.exe
With the SAS Administrator Wizard, you can perform the following tasks:
• Retrieve the SAS Installation Data file
(available from the CD or server image; not available from the SSN)
The SAS Installation Data file includes your SETINIT and parameters that customize
the installation process to reflect the software you have licensed.
• Support Client SAS Users
(available from the SSN’s Basic Install and from the CD)
Create a network image, which will act as a fileserver, from which your end users will
run SAS. You can use the SAS Administrator Wizard to customize this image so that
end users have access to only the software that you select. You can use this image
later to quietly prepare end user PCs to run SAS from this image.
• Support Personal SAS Users
(available from the SSN’s Basic Install and from the CD)
Create a network image, which will act as an installation point, from which your end
users will install SAS on their local PCs. You can use the SAS Administrator Wizard to
customize this image so that end users will be able to install only the software that
you select. You can also use this image later to quietly install SAS locally on end user
PCs.
This image will also contain virtual CD images. You can use your favorite CD burning
software to burn these CD images. This allows you to create installation CDs for end
users who do not have network access.
You will always use the SAS Administrator Wizard interactively to perform one or more of the
above tasks. These tasks produce the foundational images used to support deployment of the
software in your enterprise, for the three end-user classes described above. The following
sections cover use of the wizard to carry out these tasks.
Note: SAS 9.1.3 Foundation allows you to integrate each installation with a SAS Metadata
server so installation and licensing information can be collected. To take advantage
of this functionality, you need to configure a SAS Metadata Server first. Please see
Making an Inventory of all SAS Software During an Installation on
page 68 for more
information.
If you run the SAS Administrator Wizard from the SAS Setup Disk, the installation process
will include the Retrieve SAS Installation Data window.
The SAS Installation Key and Order Number are required to connect to SAS.COM. You have
the option of selecting the checkbox to save a copy of your SAS Installation Data file to disk.
This option is useful if you anticipate using the file option to retrieve the SAS Installation
Data file in the future.
