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28 February 2008
Administrator Guide for SAS
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9.1.3 Foundation
for Microsoft
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Windows
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Table of Contents
Using the Administrator Guide........................................................................................................ ii
Copyright Notice................................................................................................................................... ii
PART I: UNDERSTANDING SAS 9.1.3 FOUNDATION .................................................. 1
Using the SAS Log............................................................................................................................... 1
Documentation for Installing SAS 9.1.3 ................................................................................ 1
System Requirements........................................................................................................................ 1
Installation and Configuration Guides.......................................................................................... 1
Installation Qualification Tool.......................................................................................................... 2
Two Starting Points for Deployment of Windows SAS .................................................. 2
AutoPlay on the SAS Setup Disk.................................................................................................... 2
The SAS Software Navigator........................................................................................................... 3
Classifying Your End Users ............................................................................................................ 4
Client User Model................................................................................................................................. 4
Personal User Model ........................................................................................................................... 4
CD Distribution ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Retrieving and Using SAS Installation Data ........................................................................ 5
The SAS Administrator Wizard .................................................................................................... 6
Creating an Image for Client Users .............................................................................................. 7
Creating an Image for Personal Users......................................................................................... 8
Creating CDs for Personal Users Without Network Access ................................................ 10
Using Maintenance Mode Features.............................................................................................. 10
The System Requirements Wizard .......................................................................................... 11
Interactive Use of the System Requirements Wizard.......................................................... 11
Quiet Mode and the System Requirements Wizard .............................................................. 13
SAS Setup............................................................................................................................................... 14
Interactive Use of SAS Setup........................................................................................................ 14
Providing the SAS Installation Data ........................................................................................... 15
Selecting the Software to Install ................................................................................................. 15
Using Record Mode with SAS Setup ........................................................................................... 16
Editing the Quiet Record File in Record Mode......................................................................... 17
Using Quiet Mode with SAS Setup .............................................................................................. 18
Checking Status in Quiet Mode .................................................................................................... 19
The MIF File in Quiet Mode............................................................................................................. 19
The Log File in Quiet Mode............................................................................................................. 20
Updating Your SAS Installation ................................................................................................ 22
SAS Administrator Wizard Updates SAS 9.1.3....................................................................... 23
Quiet Update Requirements........................................................................................................... 23
