Installation instructions for hot fix I8C002 on 64-bit Enabled AIX

Installation Instructions for Hot Fix I8C002

64-bit Enabled AIX

Hot fix I8C002 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Threaded Kernel Grid 9.4_M8 on 64-bit Enabled AIX as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/I8C.html#I8C002

The hot fix downloaded, I8C002r6.zip, contains the updated files required to address the documented issues.
Do NOT extract the contents of I8C002r6.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.

IMPORTANT NOTES

You must have SAS Threaded Kernel Grid 9.4_M8 installed on your system before applying this hot fix. Refer to SN-35968 for instructions on how to determine which product releases you have installed.
Files delivered in this hot fix will be backed up during the installation process. However, it is good general practice to back up your system before applying updates to software.
You must have Administrator Privileges on your CLIENT or SERVER machine.
All currently active SAS sessions, daemons, spawners and servers must be terminated before applying this hot fix.
This hot fix should be installed using the same userid who performed the initial software installation.
CONFIGURATION: No automatic configuration scripting is included for this hot fix. If you have previously configured software installed, the SAS Deployment Manager may present a screen where you will see "Apply SAS Hot Fixes" and "Configure SAS Hot Fixes" options. On this screen, you must ensure that the "Configure SAS Hot Fix" option is *not* selected. If this option is automatically selected, please de-select it prior to proceeding with the SAS Deployment Manager Screens. Failure to do so could have unintended consequences when applying this hot fix.
The AIX file cache must be cleared to avoid encountering locked files while applying the hotfix. To clear the cache, run the /usr/sbin/slibclean command using the root user ID.

INSTALLATION

The I8C002 hot fix for SAS Threaded Kernel Grid 9.4_M8 will be installed using the SAS Deployment Manager. By default, the SAS Deployment Manager will search in the <SASHOME>/InstallMisc/HotFixes/New directory for hot fixes to be applied, but will also prompt for a location if you have downloaded hot fixes to a different directory.

After downloading I8C002r6.zip, follow the instructions for applying hot fixes in the SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Deployment Manager 9.4: User's Guide.

Please review the CONFIGURATION Important Note above concerning proper selection of the "Configure SAS Hot Fix" option in the SAS Deployment Manager.

The content of this hot fix is listed in the hot fix manifest.

POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

If you do not want the SAS or command log output to be saved in the SAS Workload Orchestrator job information or
if the log output information is so large that it is having a detrimental effect on the performance of SAS Workload Orchestrator
(such as hosts appearing to go inactive when jobs with large log files are run), add the following options to the grid usermods file:

For a Windows grid, the change goes into
<config_dir>\<LevX>\<SASApplicationServerName>\GridServer\grid_usermods.cfg.cmd
1. For SAS processing: set SASREDIRSASOPTS=-stdoutcnt <number_of_buffers>
2. For command processing: set SASREDIRCMDOPTS=-stdoutcnt <number_of_buffers>
For a Linux grid, the change goes into
<config_dir>/<LevX>/<SASApplicationServerName>/GridServer/grid_usermods.cfg

For SAS processing: SASREDIRSASOPTS="-stdoutcnt <number_of_buffers>"
For command processing: SASREDIRCMDOPTS="-stdoutcnt <number_of_buffers>"

The <number_of_buffers> value is the number out STDOUT data buffers to dump. Usually 5-10 buffers limits the output while providing the ability to see and SAS initialization errors.