24 Administrator Guide for SAS 9.1.3 Foundation for Microsoft Windows
Part II: Installation and Deployment Instructions
Using the SAS 9.1.3 Foundation Installation Tools
For an administrator, there can be many challenges in performing a large enterprise-wide
deployment of system updates and SAS software. With SAS 9.1.3 Foundation Windows
installation tools, you can overcome these challenges and meet the needs of end users. These
tools include the SAS Administrator Wizard, the System Requirements Wizard, and SAS
Setup.
Using the tools, you can perform all these installation roles:
• Deploy operating system updates and SAS software to thousands of machines quietly,
using the software management system of your choice (SMS, Tivoli, network login
script, etc).
• Support interactive Personal Users who will install a local image of SAS to their PC.
• Support client users who will run a customized subset of SAS software from a
network image.
• Provide custom installation CDs to users who do not have network access.
AutoPlay on the SAS Setup Disk and the SAS Software Navigator both provide direct access
to the interactive functionality available in the installation tools.
The SAS Administrator Wizard allows administrators to integrate the SAS Installation Data
file and prepare network images for use by their client and personal SAS users. The wizard
can also prepare CD-ROM images for use by users without network access.
The System Requirements Wizard ensures that the minimum system requirements for SAS
software are met on a machine that is expected to run the software.
SAS Setup installs the software for both client and personal SAS software users.
Quiet Mode may be used with both the System Requirements Wizard and SAS Setup to install
system components and SAS software without requiring a user to be present at the machine.
Using these tools together, you can meet the challenges of SAS deployment within your
organization.
Installing SAS from the SAS Setup Disk
While there are several ways to launch an enterprise deployment of SAS 9.1.3 Foundation, the
SAS Setup Disk can be used for an installation of SAS 9.1.3 Foundation in its simplest form.
If you want to install SAS 9.1.3 Foundation using the SAS Setup Disk, follow these steps:
1. Make sure that you are logged in as the Administrator.
2. Locate the SAS Setup Disk in the media container(s) of the Installation Kit.
Note: If the SAS Software Navigator is running from the SAS Software Navigator
Disk, close this application by clicking the ‘X’ in the upper right-hand corner. In
order for the SAS Setup Disk to autoplay, the SAS Software Navigator must be
closed.
3. Insert the SAS Setup Disk in your CD-ROM drive.
