SAS 6.2.0.3400 – Solaris 11 Upgrade Fails Due to Logic Validation Issue in Installer Script (4382531)

Symptoms

Impacted systems may show:

• The installer is incorrectly attempting IPS repository actions even though local SVR4/pkg tools should be used.
• vasclnt upgrading successfully while vasgp remains at the previous version.
• Version mismatch warnings such as:

  WARNING: 711 /opt/quest/bin/vgptool version <6.0.1.1200> does not match SAS version

• Errors or unexpected output from install.sh, including unsupported platform messages.

An incorrect conditional check within common-library.sh (line ~800) causes the installer to misinterpret package state information. This leads to:

• Incorrect assumptions about installed components
• Skipped upgrades for vasgp
• Improper fallback to IPS repository validation

All necessary SAS 6.2.0.3400 packages are included in the product distribution. The issue lies solely in the installer’s logic validation, not the package contents.

1. Install Using SVR4 Variant (Bypassing IPS Logic)

This method avoids the faulty IPS validation logic.:

1. Extract the SVR4 packages from the SAS 6.2.0.3400 bundle.

   • These must be placed in a directory named using the convention: 
     solaris10-* | 

     (e.g., solaris10-sparc, solaris10-x64)
   • Run the installer using the SVR4 variant option:

     sudo ./install.sh --variant svr4

     This forces the installer to use SVR4/pkg tools, bypassing the logic error.

2. Install or Upgrade Using IPS Directly (Recommended for Solaris 11)

• This method directly installs all required components and avoids the problematic logic in install.sh.

pkg install -g '<path>/solaris11-sparc/sas-6.2.0.3400.p5p' vasclnt vasgp dnsupdate

This correctly updates both vasclnt and vasgp and all required components.

3. Manually Upgrade vasgp

1. • • If the upgrade completed partially and only vasgp remains outdated:

       
       

       install.sh upgrade vasgp

       This resolves version mismatch warnings in vastool status.

        

       Expectations 

       A permanent fix for this installer logic issue is currently under development and will be included in a future SAS release.
       At this time, no ETA is available for the updated version.

       Customers operating SAS 6.2.0.3400 on Solaris 11 should use one of the workarounds above until a corrected build becomes available.