We're doing some ETL that involves the capture of data from our mainframe (mf) platform ( IBM MVS/OS ). From SAS EG, (v7.1) we're able to read mf flat files on disk, vsam files and mf SAS libraries without any problem. This tells me that we have the SAS modules in place to connect and communicate with the mf. However, we can't seem to read in a file on tape. The error messages implies that the tap is not mounted: ERROR: SVC99 error rc=4, reason=0218 : IKJ56221I DATA SET PACUCOM.AUTO.PREM2005.JAN0207 NOT ALLOCATED, VOLUME NOT AVAILABLE+IKJ56221I VOLUME NECESSARY TO SATISFY YOUR REQUEST NOT ON SYSTEM, AND CANNOT BE MOUNTED. ERROR: Error in the FILENAME statement. We continue get this message, even though a mainframe jobs has mounted this same tape. I'm wondering if the syntax, in the "filename statement", is correct: filename AUTOS 'PACUCOM.AUTO.PREM2005.JAN0207' DISP=SHR; We appreciate any suggestions that you can offer. Thank you very much, Darry
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