How do I resolve "Insufficient space in file" with SAS Educational Version v9+ on Virtual Box?

[charlesl]

I'm running SAS Educational Version appliance v9+ on VirtualBox and getting this error:

WARNING: Multiple lengths were specified for the variable PINcode by input data set(s). This can cause truncation of data.

ERROR: Insufficient space in file LD_8_20.DMDATA_FINAL.DATA.

ERROR: File LD_8_20.DMDATA_FINAL.DATA is damaged. I/O processing did not complete.

What is the best way to resolve this?  Research seems to talk about making changes to a SAS config file... . 

Thanks,

Charles

[Kurt_Bremser]

When University Edition (I guess you are using that) runs out of WORK space, there are three options:

1. you cluttered up the internal space of UE by crashing or forcibly terminating SAS sessions (eg turning off your desktop with UE running). In this case, you need to re-install UE from scratch, no other option.
2. your current session is the lone culprit. Tidy up your WORK and delete unneeded leftover datasets from previous code, or terminate the session gracefully (so that WORK is deleted) and start a new one.
3. Your data is just too big. A workaround for this is to create a USER library in your shared folder (which is outside of the VM). SAS will use USER instead of WORK for newly created datasets if USER is detected. Mind that temporary utility files (eg during sort) will still be created in WORK.

You cannot make any changes to the configuration of UE. UE is locked in that regard.

Depending on your dataset structure, using the compress=yes dataset option or the compress system option can help in reducing disk space consumption.