upgrading to SAS version from 9.4 TS1M0 TO 9.4 TS1M5

[PietroRosella]

I AM GETTING THIS ERROR MESSAGE;

ERROR: Assign for SASHELP.CORE catalog failed during SAS System

ERROR: initialization.

ERROR: Library SASHELP does not exist.

NOTE: Unable to initialize the options subsystem.

ERROR: (SASXKINI): PHASE 3 KERNEL INITIALIZATION FAILED.

ERROR: Unable to initialize the SAS kernel.

[ChrisNZ]

It looks like your configuration is not correct.

This:

ERROR: Library SASHELP does not exist.

means that the library points a path that does not exist.

Run:

%put %sysfunc(pathname(SASHELP));

to see the paths used.

But if the configuration is wrong, you'll likely encounter many other issues.

You must look at the root cause.