topic UPGRADE SAS 9.4M5 TO 9.4M7 in Administration and Deployment

UPGRADE SAS 9.4M5 TO 9.4M7

geekLEARNER — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 05:07:03 GMT

HI, I wanted to know whether I can upgrade my SAS BI server from 9.4M5 to 9.4M7 or do I need to follow sequence like from 9.4M5 to M6 and then M7 ?

Also, is it possible to migrate from 9.4M5 linux server to SAS VIYA ?

Re: UPGRADE SAS 9.4M5 TO 9.4M7

Nigel_Pain — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:17:21 GMT

We upgraded straight from M5 to M7 (Windows servers but don't see why it would be different for any other OS). We did it with help from a specialist from SAS though.

Re: UPGRADE SAS 9.4M5 TO 9.4M7

michele_sas — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 15:50:24 GMT

Hi @geekLEARNER

Yes, you can upgrade from SAS 9.4M5 to SAS 9.4M7. Here is some helpful information about upgrading.

SAS Help Center: SAS® 9.4 Guide to Software Updates and Product Changes

What Are Best Practices for Upgrading to the Latest Version of SAS®9? | SAS

You can migrate content from 9.4 to SAS Viya. Here is a link to documentation that talks about that:

SAS Help Center: Full-System Migration and Content Migration

Re: UPGRADE SAS 9.4M5 TO 9.4M7

Quentin — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:44:24 GMT

And if you're not in a rush, some tech support notes suggest M8 is likely to ship before the end of 2022. (I haven't seen an official release date).

Re: UPGRADE SAS 9.4M5 TO 9.4M7

SASKiwi — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 20:15:46 GMT

I assume you want to do an upgrade in place so you will need to bear in mind that SAS will be out of action for the duration of the upgrade. Typically this is a multi-day job so your management need to be OK with the downtime.