Hot fix I4X004 addresses the issue(s) in SAS/STAT 15.1 on z/OS as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page: https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/E8U.html#I4X004 I4X004 is a "container" hot fix that contains the following "member" hot fixes which will update the software components as needed. E8U016 updates SAS/STAT 15.1 D8G004 updates Statistics Common Components 15.1 See What is a container hot fix? in the Hot Fix FAQ for more information about container hot fixes. Before applying this hot fix, follow the instructions in SAS Note 35968 to generate a SAS Deployment Registry report, then verify that the appropriate product releases are installed on your system. The release number information in the Registry report should match the 'member' release number information provided above for the software components installed on each machine in your deployment. Do NOT extract the contents of I4X004os.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed. IMPORTANT NOTES 1. All currently active SAS sessions, daemons, spawners and servers must be terminated before applying this hot fix. 2. 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. 3. SAS Hot Fixes are installed into new datasets after which they can be promoted to your production libraries. Several new datasets will be created in this process. DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS FTP I4X004os.zip to a UNIX file system directory on z/OS. This can be done in one of three ways: Option 1) Download hot fix I4X004os.zip to your PC. When downloading a SAS 9.4 hot fix, you must choose to "save" the hot fix. After downloading the file to the PC, FTP the I4X004os.zip file to your working directory in USS by issuing the following commands: NOTE: It is recommended to FTP the file(s) to the default USS directory <SASHOME>/InstallMisc/HotFixes/New. If this USS directory does not exist on your system, you should create it before beginning the FTP process. binary put I4X004os.zip /<your_uss_directory>/I4X004os.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/I/I4X/I4X004/xx/mvs Issue the following commands to place the ZIP file in your working directory in USS: binary get I4X004os.zip /<your_uss_directory>/I4X004os.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/I/I4X/I4X004/xx/mvs get I4X004os.zip /<your_uss_directory>/I4X004os.zip (repl quit /* INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS The I4X004 hot fix for SAS/STAT 15.1 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 I4X004os.zip, follow the instructions for applying hot fixes in the SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Deployment Manager 9.4: User's Guide.Copyright 2023 SAS Institute Inc. All Rights Reserved.POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
NONE This completes the installation of hot fix I4X004 on z/OS.