Installation Instructions for Hot Fix D9T085

64-bit Enabled Solaris


Hot fix D9T085 addresses the issue(s) in Base SAS 9.4_M6 on 64-bit Enabled Solaris as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D9T.html#D9T085


The hot fix downloaded, D9T085s6.zip, contains the updated files required to address the documented issues.
Do NOT extract the contents of D9T085s6.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.


IMPORTANT NOTES

  1. You must have Base SAS 9.4_M6 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.

  2. 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.

  3. You must have Administrator Privileges on your machine.

  4. This hot fix should be installed using the same userid who performed the initial software installation.

  5. 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.


INSTALLATION

The D9T085 hot fix for Base SAS 9.4_M6 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 D9T085s6.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

The fix for SAS Note 65929: A grid-enabled sign-on to SAS© 9.4M6 (TS1M6) fails with errors, including "Remote signon … canceled", creates a new environment variable, TCPBINDADDR.
This fix needs to be applied to the client host where the Grid Enabled SIGNON is being submitted.

  1. In Platform LSF grids, LSF copies the client environment vars to the execution host. The TCPBINDADDR environment variable needs to be unset in the Grid Server configuration to prevent the execution host trying to bind its listening ports to the client IP value.

    Add the following to the grid usermods file:

    For a Windows grid, the change goes into
    <config_dir>\<LevX>\<SASApplicationServerName>\GridServer\grid_usermods.cfg.cmd
    set "TCPBINDADDR="

    For a Linux grid, the change goes into
    <config_dir>/<LevX>/<SASApplicationServerName>/GridServer/grid_usermods.cfg
    unset TCPBINDADDR
  2. Get the IP address of your machine.

  3. Specify this IP address in the TCPBINDADDR environment variable.
    This can be done in one of several ways.

    1. At SAS startup.
      - Add the following line to the sasv9.cfg file, filling in with actual IP address:

         -set TCPBINDADDR <IP address of client that is doing the SIGNON>

    2. Using Windows commands to SET the environment variable.

    3. As an options statement in your SAS code:
      options set=TCPBINDADDR "<IP address of client that is doing the SIGNON>";
      *Note: Do not use this method in a nested SIGNON.
         SIGNOFF all existing connections before setting TCPBINDADDR to a new value in the options set statement.

  4. You may verify the TCPBINDADDR is set by doing in the SAS session:
    %put %sysget(TCPBINDADDR);


This completes the installation of hot fix D9T085 on 64-bit Enabled Solaris.


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