SAS License File Installation Update
SAS 9.4 uses a file called SAS Installation Data (SID) to guide through the process of renewing. To renew your SAS software, just follow the steps below.
Note: You will have to have an Administrative or Standard (Power Users) user account permission on your computer before you are able to renew your SAS software.
To renew the SAS license for Windows, perform the following steps:
- Start > All Programs > SAS > SAS 9.4 Utilities > Renew SAS Software
- Right-click Renew SAS Software.
- Select Run As Administrator.
- In the User Access Control dialog box and click Allow.
- Browse to the SAS installation data (SID) file that you saved on your machine previously.
Note: The default file name is SAS94_12345_site#_operatingsystem.txt, where 12345 is a unique order number for your site number, and operating system is the valid operating system for the SID file. If you do not have the SID file, see the section Obtaining a SID file, below.
- Click Next.
- Verify the operating system and SAS products and click OK.
- Click Renew.
If the license renewal is successful, the following message is displayed.
The setinit was successfully applied.
If it is not successful, the message indicates this and displays the location of the SETINIT.LOG file. Review the SETINIT.LOG file in NOTEPAD for errors.
If applicable, restart your SAS servers and SAS spawners after you renew the SID file.
If the license renewal was successful, the following message is displayed:
The setinit was successfully applied
If it was not successful, the message indicates this and displays the location of the SETINIT.LOG file. Review the SETINIT.LOG file in a text editor to check for errors.
If applicable, restart your SAS servers and SAS spawners after you renew the SID file.
Obtaining a SID file
To obtain a SID file, please go to the My Apps site (http://myapps.asu.edu/) and download the latest SID file by searching for SAS.
