IMPORTANT NOTES
1. You must have Base SAS 9.4_M8 installed on your system before
applying this security update. Refer to Usage Note 35968 for instructions
on how to determine which product releases you have installed.
2. All currently active SAS sessions, daemons, spawners and servers must
be terminated before applying this security update.
3. The hot fix installer is used to apply this security update. The
hot fix installer has a graphical user interface that requires
the use of an X11 server. If an X11 server is not available at
your site, the silent installation process described below may
be used.
DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS
FTP M3X004pt.zip to a UNIX file system directory on z/OS. This can be
done in one of three ways:
Option 1) Download security update M3X004pt.zip to your PC. When downloading
a SAS 9.4 security update, you must choose to "save" the security
update. After downloading the file to the PC, FTP the M3X004pt.zip
file to your working directory in Unix System Services (USS) by
issuing the following commands:
NOTE: The Security Update zip file should be placed in a directory
with no other Security Update or hot fix packages. A Security Update
always needs to be installed last, after any product hot fixes are
applied.
binary
put M3X004pt.zip /<your_uss_directory>/M3X004pt.zip
quit
Option 2) From z/OS, FTP to ftp.sas.com using userid=anonymous and
password=your.email&address
Once you are logged on, "cd" to the following directory:
/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/M/M3X/M3X004/xx/mvs
Issue the following commands to place the ZIP file in your working
directory in USS:
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get M3X004pt.zip /<your_uss_directory>/M3X004pt.zip
quit
Option 3) From z/OS, submit a batch job to FTP to ftp.sas.com using using
userid=anonymous and password=your.email&address
See sample JCL:
//FTPFIX EXEC PGM=FTP
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=D
//FTPOUT DD SYSOUT=D
//SYSIN DD *
ftp.sas.com (exit
anonymous your.email&address
binary
cd /techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/M/M3X/M3X004/xx/mvs
get M3X004pt.zip /<your_uss_directory>/M3X004pt.zip (repl
quit
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
REMINDER:
1. Product hot fixes should be downloaded and applied first, before applying
the Security Update.
2. The Security Update zip file should be placed in a directory with no other
Security Update or hot fix packages. A Security Update always needs to be
installed last.
The M3X004 security update for Base SAS 9.4_M8 will be installed using the SAS Deployment
Manager. The SAS Deployment Manager will prompt for a location of where you downloaded the
security update. In the location prompt, the directory specified in the DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS
above should provided.
After downloading M3X004pt.zip, follow the instructions for applying hot fixes in the
SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Deployment Manager 9.4: User's Guide
to complete the installation of this security update.
This completes the installation of security update M3X004 on z/OS.