INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX E9BD12 ON OPENVMS ALPHA BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix E9BD12 addresses the issue(s) in SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) of Base SAS software on OpenVMS Alpha as documented in the "Issue(s) Addressed" section of the hot fix download page: http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_sbcs_prod_list.html#e9bd12 The hot fix package downloaded is in zip format. The name of the zip file is e9bd12av.zip, and it contains the following files: -> hotfixinst.com script to check Service Pack and install inner package (e9bd12.zip) -> e9bd12.dat data file that includes the name of the current hot fix -> e9bd12.zip inner package that contains the following files: * sasvtcp.exe the replacement executable containing the hot fix * sas91.exe the replacement executable containing the hot fix * tkmk.exe the replacement executable containing the hot fix * e9bd12av.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * e9bd12av.txt a copy of these installation instructions; this file is installed in SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX] IMPORTANT NOTE(S): 1. You must have SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) and SAS 9.1.3 Service Pack 4 installed on your system before applying this hot fix. 2. You must have Administrator Privileges on your CLIENT or SERVER machine. 3. All currently active SAS sessions, daemons, spawners and servers must be terminated before applying this hot fix. 4. Define SAS 9.1 System logicals to your process by executing the following command file: $ @disk:[SAS91.TOOLS]SAS91.COM where disk is the device where SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) is installed. 5. If you do not have the UNZIP utility installed on your system, please download this program from the "SAS System under OpenVMS" link on this page: http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/ftp/download.html The name of the utility is UNZIPAV.EXE. Copy this file to the directory SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT]. Create this directory if it is not present. Once installed, create a symbol pointing to the UNZIP utility: $ UNZIP :== "$SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT]UNZIPAV.EXE" AFTER DOWNLOADING: The following instructions describe the steps for installing the files listed above. STEP 1: Create a directory named HOTFIX under SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT] $ CREATE/DIR SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX] STEP 2: Copy the file downloaded, E9BD12AV.ZIP, to the HOTFIX directory created in STEP 1. Assuming the file was downloaded to a user's directory called disk1:[dir], execute $ COPY disk1:[dir]E9BD12AV.ZIP SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX] STEP 3: Change your default directory to the SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX]directory. $ SET DEFAULT SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX] STEP 4: Extract the contents from the downloaded zip file. $ UNZIP -o "-X" "SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX]E9BD12AV.ZIP" The "-X" parameter must be in uppercase for this command to work properly. STEP 5: Submit the hotfix install script to check for Service Pack install. $ @HOTFIXINST.COM This completes the installation of hot fix E9BD12 on OpenVMS Alpha.