topic Re: SAS VA 7.1 to 7.3 upgrade in Administration and Deployment

SAS VA 7.1 to 7.3 upgrade

David99 — Thu, 12 May 2016 22:48:11 GMT

Could anybody provide an estimated downtime for deploying SAS VA 7.3 from 7.3 on a distributed server

Thanks

Re: SAS VA 7.1 to 7.3 upgrade

JuanS_OCS — Thu, 12 May 2016 23:01:30 GMT

Hi,

I would say that 1-2 days in case that your VA deployment defaults... But the fact is that many security configurations and your customizations might require extra time, such as:
Single sign on, ssl, reverse proxy, customizations on the web applications, metadata clusters, web application clusters, special proxy, firewall configurations, etc

I would strongly recommend you to contact SASS so they can send you a consultant or partner for an intake of your current environment and requirements.

Re: SAS VA 7.1 to 7.3 upgrade

SASKiwi — Fri, 13 May 2016 02:05:41 GMT

In addition to @JuanS_OCS's very useful comments the answer will also depend on how many physical servers are involved and whether your VA environment is shared with other SAS environments like EBI. Usually it is your SAS mid-tier that is the most time-consuming to upgrade. Any complexities could increase your downtime by several days.