topic Re: Is AIX 7.2 Supported? in Administration and Deployment

Is AIX 7.2 Supported?

KimLeBouton — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 22:40:05 GMT

Good afternoon (if you live in California):

Using Supported Operating Systems, I notice that AIX 7.2 is not mentioned in the dropdown menu or news section. AIX 7.1 is supported at the A level.

Via a question to this community, I see that at least one person has installed SAS 9.4 on AIX 7.2.

I am unable to install SAS software that isn't supported by the vendor. Will there be a formal announcement that AIX 7.2 is supported?

Thank you,

Kim LeBouton

Re: Is AIX 7.2 Supported?

alexal — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:17:05 GMT

@KimLeBouton,

Yes, it is supported as confirmed under the Operating System section at this link. Minor version updates are supported.

http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/baseline_plus.html

Re: Is AIX 7.2 Supported?

MargaretC — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:45:14 GMT

Kim,

The tool lists the baseline version of AIX support by the version of SAS. The "and higher" needs to be added to the baseline version. So yes, AIX 7.2 is supported.

Margaret

Re: Is AIX 7.2 Supported?

KimLeBouton — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:12:09 GMT

Nice surprise to see that this question was asked 5+ years ago and by moi! LOL

Just wondering if anyone has AIX 7.2 and SAS 9.3? We are using M1.

We are preparing to do an SAS 9.4M8 install, but we would prefer to allow the OSLEVEL upgrade to occur first. SAS 9.3 will be production until successful installation and testing.

Kim

Re: Is AIX 7.2 Supported?

Morse_Bill — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:57:25 GMT

SAS 9.4M8 is supported, I believe, on AIX 7.2.5.4.

I have it working on that OSLEVEL.

Simple installation, with mid-tier supporting EG..

Re: Is AIX 7.2 Supported?

Kurt_Bremser — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 16:52:04 GMT

In such cases, I have always set up a completely new server with the new system and installed the newest SAS release. Then I set up the data warehouse there and tested it. Only when its working was proven, did we switch over.

Re: Is AIX 7.2 Supported?

SASKiwi — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 21:48:13 GMT

I recommend just leaving your SAS 9.3 installation as is and install 9.4 on separate hardware or VM as suggested by @Kurt_Bremser.