INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 81BA55 ON OS/390 BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix 81BA55 addresses the issue(s) in Release 8.1 (TS1M0) of Base SAS software on OS/390 as documented in SAS Note(s): SN-004078 FILENAME statement requests three tape mounts for a single tape SN-003457 SYSTEM ABEND 0C4 using QSAM or ISAM access methods SN-004439 BY variable position may cause errors SN-004435 Abend S0C1 received in PROC SORT step SN-003821 S0C4 abend using DFSORT Performance Booster interface SN-004465 LIBNAME statement WAIT= option may cause incorrect engine assignment SN-004629 RC=0 incorrectly issued when running out of directory space writing to PDS SN-003502 PGM= option on FILENAME statement gives error in Version 8 SN-005642 SAS Notes referring to Version 8 multivolume SASIO problems SN-006609 PROC SOURCE abends when processing many members SN-005121 U315, U317, U319 or S0C4 abend creating catalog entries SN-006754 Performance degradation due to support for long character string variables SN-007220 S400 abend, S0C9 abend, or Insufficient Space messages which may be reviewed at: http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004078.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003457.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004439.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004435.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003821.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004465.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004629.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003502.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/005/005642.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/006/006609.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/005/005121.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/006/006754.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/007/007220.html The following files will be installed: * 81ba55os.xmit the replacement load module(s) containing the hot fix in XMIT format (sasvx, sasvxism, sasvzsr, sasxa2, sasxal2, sasvc, dltest, saswgh, sasvm) * 81ba55os.rexx the REXX EXEC used to install the hot fix on your OS/390 system * 81ba55os.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * 81ba55os.txt a copy of these installation instructions IMPORTANT NOTE(S): 1. You must have Release 8.1 (TS1M0) installed on your system before applying this hot fix. 2. This hot fix must be downloaded to a PC running a Windows system (Windows 95/98/2000/NT or higher) for file extraction. If Web download on a PC is not available at your site, but FTP to external sites is available, instructions for an alternative process are documented below. See section titled "ADDITIONAL OPTION FOR ACCESSING HOT FIX 81BA55". INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: The following instructions describe the steps for extracting the contents of the downloaded file, moving the files to your OS/390 system and installing the hot fix. STEP 1: The hot fix package downloaded is a self extracting executable named 81ba55os.exe. Launching the executable will extract the OS/390 files to the default location C:\os390\81ba55os You will be prompted during the extraction process to accept or overwrite the default unzip location. The remaining steps in these installation instructions assume that you have unzipped the files to the default location. If you are unable to run 81ba55os.exe, contact your System Administrator for additional instructions. STEP 2: Once the contents of 81ba55os.exe have been extracted, the files must be moved via FTP from your PC to your OS/390 system. 1. Allocate a data set on OS/390 with the following DCB characteristics. This is the location where the file 81ba55os.xmit MUST be FTP'ed. In this example the data set will be called "sas.hotfix.xmit". Organization . . . . . : PS Record format . . . . . : FB Record length . . . . . : 80 Block size . . . . . . : 3120 2. Open an MS-DOS (or NT Command Prompt) window and change to the directory where the contents of 81ba55os.exe were unzipped. C:\> cd \os390\81ba55os 3. FTP to your OS/390 system using the appropriate userid and password. C:\os390\81ba55os> ftp 4. Issue the following commands: ftp> binary ftp> put 81ba55os.xmit 'sas.hotfix.xmit' (rep <== VERIFY 'sas.hotfix.xmit' DSN ftp> ascii ftp> put 81ba55os.rexx 'sas.hotfix.rexx' <== VERIFY 'sas.hotfix.rexx' DSN ftp> put 81ba55os.aud 'sas.hotfix.aud' <== VERIFY 'sas.hotfix.aud' DSN ftp> put 81ba55os.txt 'sas.hotfix.txt' <== VERIFY 'sas.hotfix.txt' DSN ftp> quit Other methods for moving files between your PC systems and OS/390 systems that are available at your site may be used to transfer these files. However, the file 81ba55os.xmit MUST be transferred using the BINARY protocol, and the .rexx, .aud, and .txt files must be transferred using ASCII protocol. STEP 3: After you have completed the FTP, you should run the REXX EXEC from either native TSO or ISPF using the following command: EXEC 'sas.hotfix.rexx' where 'sas.hotfix.rexx' is the DSN you FTP'ed to as instructed above. You should follow the prompts of the REXX EXEC, typing in responses as directed. NOTE: You should know the high level qualifer, or prefix, of your Release 8.1 (TS1M0) SAS Installation Libraries as you will be prompted for this information. NOTE: We will not modify any of your Release 8.1 (TS1M0) libraries during this process. STEP 4: After completing this install using the REXX EXEC, you will need to replace the like-named modules in your current Release 8.1 (TS1M0) installation library with the modules loaded to '&prefix.HF81BA55.LIBRARY'. We suggest you rename the modules in the current Release 8.1 (TS1M0) installation library before replacing. STEP 5: If you run with an entry point of SASXAL, and any of the modules in the unloaded load library are installed in your LPA, then you will need to replace them with the new modules. In the installation guide, the modules recommended for installation in the LPA are SASXAL SASXAL2 SABXSPL SABXDML SABDS SABSCLL SABDBGM SABZPLH SABXGPH Please note that if you use the BNDLSUFX option, you will have to rename the modules appropriately in your LPA. For more information about the LPA bundled configuration and information about using the BNDLSUFX option, please refer to the section entitled "Installing The SAS System Into The LPA" in the "Installation Instructions and System Manager's Guide" appropriate to the Version and maintenance level for your SAS System. This completes the installation of hot fix 81BA55 on OS/390. ----- ADDITIONAL OPTION FOR ACCESSING HOT FIX 81BA55 ----- If Web download and PC access are not available at your site, but FTP to external sites is available, you may use the following process to access this hot fix. These instructions explain accessing this hot fix through anonymous FTP. STEP1: Allocate a data set on OS/390 with the following DCB characteristics. This is the location where the file 81ba55os.xmit MUST be FTP'ed. In this example the data set will be called "sas.hotfix.xmit". Organization . . . . . : PS Record format . . . . . : FB Record length . . . . . : 80 Block size . . . . . . : 3120 STEP 2: FTP to ftp.sas.com using: userid=anonymous and password=your.email@address STEP 3: Issue the following command: cd /techsup/download/hotfix/v81/base/81ba55/mvs STEP 4: If you are executing FTP directly from OS/390 you can issue the following commands, otherwise go to STEP 5: binary get 81ba55os.xmit 'sas.hotfix.xmit' (rep ascii get 81ba55os.rexx 'sas.hotfix.rexx' get 81ba55os.aud 'sas.hotfix.aud' get 81ba55os.txt 'sas.hotfix.txt' This will FTP the file 81ba55os.xmit to "sas.hotfix.xmit" which you allocated in Step 1 above. Now skip to Step 6. STEP 5: If you are executing FTP from another host, you can issue the following commands: binary get 81ba55os.xmit "a_local_path_name" ascii get 81ba55os.rexx "a_local_path_name" get 81ba55os.aud "a_local_path_name" get 81ba55os.txt "a_local_path_name" You will then need to take steps to FTP the file 81ba55os.xmit to "sas.hotfix.xmit" which you created in STEP 1 above. The remaining three files must also be FTP'ed to your OS/390 system. STEP 6: After you have completed the FTP, you should run the REXX EXEC from either native TSO or ISPF using the following command: EXEC 'sas.hotfix.rexx' where 'sas.hotfix.rexx' is the DSN you FTP'ed to as instructed above. You should follow the prompts of the REXX EXEC, typing in responses as directed. NOTE: You should know the high level qualifer, or prefix, of your Release 8.1 (TS1M0) SAS Installation Libraries as you will be prompted for this information. NOTE: We will not modify any of your Release 8.1 (TS1M0) libraries during this process. STEP 7: After completing this install using the REXX EXEC, you will need to replace the like-named modules in your current Release 8.1 (TS1M0) installation library with the modules loaded to '&prefix.HF81BA55.LIBRARY'. We suggest you rename the modules in the current Release 8.1 (TS1M0) installation library before replacing. STEP 8: If you run with an entry point of SASXAL, and any of the modules in the unloaded load library are installed in your LPA, then you will need to replace them with the new modules. In the installation guide, the modules recommended for installation in the LPA are SASXAL SASXAL2 SABXSPL SABXDML SABDS SABSCLL SABDBGM SABZPLH SABXGPH Please note that if you use the BNDLSUFX option, you will have to rename the modules appropriately in your LPA. For more information about the LPA bundled configuration and information about using the BNDLSUFX option, please refer to the section entitled "Installing The SAS System Into The LPA" in the "Installation Instructions and System Manager's Guide" appropriate to the Version and maintenance level for your SAS System. This completes the installation of hot fix 81BA55 on OS/390.