SAS 9.3 Guide to Software Updates

Using Backups and Restoring
Customizations
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Estimating Disk Space Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Creating and Removing Backup Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Effect on Customizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Customizations to EAR Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Customizations to the Server Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Record Any Additional Customizations at Your Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Estimating Disk Space Requirements
When you apply a SAS maintenance release, here are the four areas that might require
additional disk space:
n SAS Software Depot
n SAS installation directories
n SAS configuration directories
n space for the deployed SAS Web applications
The specific size increase depends on how SAS is deployed at your site.
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