Hot fix M3A002 addresses the issue(s) in Threaded Kernel Metadata Component 9.4_M8 on z/OS 64-bit as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page: https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/M3A.html#M3A002PRE-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
If you are using a German language version of 94_M8 and you applied the M3A001 hot fix for Threaded Kernel Metadata Component 9.4_M8, the M3A002 hot fix will revert the name of "My Folder" to "Eigener Ordner". If you created any files in "My Folder", you must copy those files to a new location before you apply M3A002. Otherwise, your files will not be visible after this hot fix is applied.
IMPORTANT NOTES 1. You must have Threaded Kernel Metadata Component 9.4_M8 installed on your system before applying this hot fix. 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 hot fix. 3. 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. 4. 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 M3A002z6.zip to a UNIX file system directory on z/OS 64-bit. This can be done in one of three ways: Option 1) Download hot fix M3A002z6.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 M3A002z6.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 M3A002z6.zip /<your_uss_directory>/M3A002z6.zip quit Option 2) From z/OS 64-bit, 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/M3A/M3A002/xx/z64 Issue the following commands to place the ZIP file in your working directory in USS: binary get M3A002z6.zip /<your_uss_directory>/M3A002z6.zip quit Option 3) From z/OS 64-bit, 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/M3A/M3A002/xx/z64 get M3A002z6.zip /<your_uss_directory>/M3A002z6.zip (repl quit /* INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS The M3A002 hot fix for Threaded Kernel Metadata Component 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 M3A002z6.zip, follow the instructions for applying hot fixes in the SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Deployment Manager 9.4: User's Guide.POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
If you are using a German language version of 94_M8 and copied files from "My Folder" during PRE-INSTALLATION, you should copy those files back under "Eigener Ordner".This completes the installation of hot fix M3A002 on z/OS 64-bit.