topic Re: SAS installation on z/OS in Administration and Deployment

SAS installation on z/OS

pbad — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 05:02:19 GMT

Dear All,

I am looking for your help on this task. I need to install SAS on new LPAR defined on Mainframes. SAS Software Depot has been transferred to my directory, available inside OMVS but I am not able to run the setup.exe/setup.rexx/setup.sh since esdclient is missing. I am not sure how to download the esdclient for zOS on this new LPAR (screen shot attached). I request all to look into this. Thanks.

Re: SAS installation on z/OS

alexal — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 07:01:58 GMT

@pbad,

Download esdclient__94480__mvs__xx__web__1.zos to your computer. Then transfer the downloaded file to the UNIX file system on z/OS via FTP. The file MUST be transferred in binary mode. More information here: README - SAS® Download Manager 1.82 for z/OS.

Re: SAS installation on z/OS

pbad — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 09:13:42 GMT

Dear Alexal,

Thank you for your reply. Actually the software order is already added to the OMVS hence the process you have mentioned is not required. If software depot is not added to mainframe I could run the *.zos using download manager.

The problem is while running the ./setup.rexx, I am getting the following error:--

ERROR: user xxxxxx has "/" as its home directory

I am still investigating to resolve this issue.

Thanks,

Pratik

Re: SAS installation on z/OS

alexal — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:12:59 GMT

@pbad,

Do not log into z/OS and try to start SAS Deployment Wizard as a superuser (sometimes called “root” or “UID(0)”). The user ID used for downloading your software or for installing SAS 9.4 must meet specific requirements:

Must have a home directory that is not root.
Must have a default program shell defined.
Must not be a superuser.
Must not share a UID with other user IDs.

The user IDs that will be running either the SAS Download Manager or SAS Deployment Wizard to install SAS 9.4 Foundation for z/OS require a larger region setting:

If running under OMVS, a TSO region size and ASSIZEMAX setting of at least 1 GB.
If running UNIX-style commands using rlogin, putty, or telnet, an ASSIZEMAX setting of at least 1 GB.

Re: SAS installation on z/OS

pbad — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 05:17:54 GMT

Thanks alexal for your all the answers. I am in process of getting an userid for this activity.

However I have following errors at the moment:-

An X11 display server is required. ---> Do you think that z/OS also needs some kind of X11 software? or this error is also related to permission denied error.

mkdir: FSUM6404 directory "//.java/.systemPrefs": EDC5111I Permission denied.
mkdir: FSUM6404 directory "//.SASAppData/SASDeploymentWizard": EDC5111I Permissi
on denied.

Thanks,

Pratik

Re: SAS installation on z/OS

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 07:05:00 GMT

The X11 protocol is network transparent. You need a X server on your PC (think XManager or similar), and a DISPLAY environment variable in your virtual UNIX on z/OS that points to that display:

export DISPLAY=your.computer.name:0.0

Then the Java runtime environment will direct the GUI of the setup to your PC.

Re: SAS installation on z/OS

pbad — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 04:26:42 GMT

Hi there,

Thanks for your reply.

The problems are not solved yet. I am trying to achieve this goal with the following 2 methods:-

1) transferred the esdclient to the z/OS (esdclient__94480__mvs__xx__web__1.zos). While running, following permission denied error appears. Due to organizational restrictions, priviledged permissions etc. are not allowed. Anybody has any other alternatives? It not looks like Jave related issue.

mkdir: FSUM6404 directory "//.java/.systemPrefs": EDC5111I Permission denied.
Could not create directory: /.SASAppData/SASDeploymentWizard
Can't create log file: /SDW_2017-07-05-06.12.45.logjava.nio.file.AccessDeniedExc
eption: /SDW_2017-07-05-06.12.45.log.lck
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:96
)
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:114)
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:119)
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newFileChannel(UnixFileSystemProvid
er.java:189)
        at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(FileChannel.java:298)
        at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(FileChannel.java:346)
        at java.util.logging.FileHandler.openFiles(FileHandler.java:470)
        at java.util.logging.FileHandler.<init>(FileHandler.java:337)
        at com.sas.ssn.Logging.createLog(Logging.java:56)
        at com.sas.ssn.Kit.main(Kit.java:1774)
java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /SDW_0.log.lck
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:96
)
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:114)
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:119)
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newFileChannel(UnixFileSystemProvid
er.java:189)
        at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(FileChannel.java:298)
        at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(FileChannel.java:346)

2) As an alternative I have downloaded the 'SAS Software Depot' on windows and transferred in binary format to z/os USS. While running the ./setup.sh command I am getting very strange following error

./setup.sh 1: FSUM7332 syntax error: got ), expecting Newline

Whiel running the ./setup.rexx, I am getting the following error message;-

ERROR: user xxxxxx has "/" as its home directory.

So still it is a midway. If any suggestions, please discuss.

Thanks,

Pratik

Re: SAS installation on z/OS

pbad — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:00:39 GMT

Dear all,

The problems, I have mentioned are solved now.

Anyone may use following command to check that / is not your default home directory.

TSO LU user_id OMVS NORACF

Thanks