topic Re: Any success with a SAS upgrade? in Administration and Deployment

Any success with a SAS upgrade?

RexDeus9 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 02:23:26 GMT

Hi,

Just poking if anyone had any positives of upgrading SAS 9.4 on a previous install?

Here's the context:

- Goal is to upgrade from SAS 9.4 M7 to M9 on existing Linux servers

- Did all the pre-requisite and pre-install steps

- Launched "Deployment Wizard (setup.sh)" and performed "Install". (All good, no errors)

- Launched "Deployment Wizard (setup.sh)" again to perform "Configuration". (FAILED)

Errors in log file like:
Property "iomsrv.metadatasrv.host" has not been set

What are we missing?

Re: Any success with a SAS upgrade?

SASKiwi — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 03:18:11 GMT

When I googled your error I got the following AI response:

Re: Any success with a SAS upgrade?

AhmedAl_Attar — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:42:39 GMT

Hi @RexDeus9

Before attempting to Upgrade in Place, I would highly advise running the SAS 9 system evaluation application which is part of the Contents Assessment Tool

"SAS 9 system evaluation uncovers known deployment issues you might have that would cause Upgrade in Place to fail. Information was gathered from various customers who experienced issues in the past when using this method. SAS discovered there are some key items we can check and fix before our customers try to upgrade (i.e. an expired license or what’s installed doesn’t match the order). The system evaluation was built to expose those issues so they can be fixed before the upgrade. Running the evaluation is not a guarantee that every issue will be found, however it will reduce the risk that your upgrade will fail."

Ensure SAS 9.4 M9 is supported on your current OS version

Windows platforms

Windows Server 2025, 2022, 2019, 2016 are supported for SAS 9.4M9.
Windows 11 and Windows 10 (64‑bit) are also supported for workstation-style deployments.

UNIX/Linux platforms

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10, 9.1+ within 9.x, and 10.x (within the 10.x family) are supported.
Oracle Linux 8.10, 9.1+ within 9.x, and 10.0+ (within 10.x) are supported, along with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3+.

AIX and mainframe

IBM AIX 7.2 with TL5 and IBM AIX 7.3 are listed as supported UNIX platforms for SAS 9.4M9.
On the mainframe, SAS 9.4M9 runs on IBM z/OS V3R1 or later.

Hope this helps

Re: Any success with a SAS upgrade?

ronf_sas — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:46:20 GMT

"Property "iomsrv.metadatasrv.host"has not been set " is not an indication of a problem. To locate an applicable error message, search for "build failed" or "caused by" which will take you down to the bottom of the log near the exception.

Re: Any success with a SAS upgrade?

RexDeus9 — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:34:52 GMT

Thank you Ron, will have a look. It's been put on hold at the moment.

Thx.