SAS Users, Groups, and Definitions on z/OS

External User Accounts for SAS on z/OS

Use the following pre-installation checklist to create the necessary external user accounts to deploy and run SAS on z/OS.

Note: These checklists are superseded by more complete and up-to-date checklists that can be found at http://support.sas.com/installcenter/plans. This Web site also contains a corresponding deployment plan and an architectural diagram. [cautionend]

Pre-installation Checklist for External User Accounts for SAS on z/OS
Account	Recommended User ID	Actual User ID
SAS Installer	sas
SAS Spawned Servers account	sassrv

Note:

For information about the user rights that each external account requires, see Rights Required by External User Accounts for SAS in the SAS Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide.
The SAS Installer and the SAS Spawned Servers account must have a TSO segment defined.
By default, the SAS Installer:
- is the started task owner for the servers.
- is the owner of the configuration directory structure.
- must have a writable home directory in the UNIX file system.
- must have an OMVS segment definition with the following minimum settings:
  - ASSIZEMAX of at least 2GB
  - CPUTIMEMAX of at least 5000 seconds
  - PROCUSERMAX of at least 50 users

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