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Renewing Your SAS Software
SAS software is licensed on a calendar basis. In order to run your licensed software, you must
supply the SAS Installation Data file, which includes information about the software in your
license (SETINIT) and other installation process customization parameters. Your SAS
Installation Data file must be updated when the license period has expired, and/or there has
been a change in the SAS software product bundle covered by the license.
SAS Installation Data
When your organization orders SAS software or renews the SAS software license, your
designated installation representative receives an e-mail from SAS that includes a single text
file attachment. This attachment contains your SAS Installation Data file, along with
instructions about saving the data to disk.
It is recommended that you save this e-mail and attachment on your hard drive, or to another
location that is backed up regularly. You will not be able to perform a SAS 9.1.3 installation
without this data. For more information, please see the section “Using the SAS Administrator
Wizard to Re
trieve SAS Installation Data” on page 63.
The SAS I
nstallation Data file is commonly saved as sas91_xxxxxx.txt in My
Documents. After you save the data to disk, you can provide its location during installation.
Alternatively, the Renew SAS Software tool can be used if your organization already has SAS
software installed.
The Renew SAS Software Tool
Note: The Renew SAS Software tool can be used to update Personal images only. For
Client images, the Administrator renews SAS software by running the update from
Maintenance Mode. For more information, please see “Using Maintenance Mode to
Update SA
S Installation Data on the Server Image” on page 65.
Running the Tool
The Renew SAS Software tool validates the SAS Installation Data file to ensure that it
contains valid information about the software in your license (SETINIT) and other
installation process customization parameters. To begin, click Start > Programs (or All
Programs on WinXP) > SAS > SAS 9.1 Utilities > Renew SAS Software.
