System Options under z/OS

ENGINE= System Option: z/OS

Specifies the default access method to use for SAS libraries.

Default:	BASE
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	SASFILES
z/OS specifics:	valid values for engine-name
See:	"ENGINE= System Option" in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Syntax
See Also

Syntax

ENGINE=engine-name

engine-name

can be one of the following under z/OS:

BASE | V9: specifies the default SAS engine for SAS 9.2 files. This engine is 64-bit. Previous SAS engines were 32-bit.
V8: specifies the SAS engine for all SAS 8 files.
V7: specifies the SAS engine for all SAS 7 files.
V6: specifies the read-only SAS engine for SAS 6. This engine enables you to read your SAS 6 data sets in SAS 9.2.
V5: specifies the read-only SAS engine for SAS 5. This engine enables you to read your SAS 5 sequential data sets in SAS 9.2.
V9TAPE: specifies the default sequential engine for SAS 9.2 files.
V8TAPE | V7TAPE: specifies the SAS sequential engine for all SAS 8 and SAS 7 files. These engines are identical to the V9TAPE engine.
V6TAPE: specifies the read-onlySAS sequential engine for SAS 6. This engine enables you to read your SAS 6 sequential data sets in SAS 9.2.
V5TAPE: specifies the read-only SAS sequential engine for SAS 5. This engine enables you to read your SAS 5 sequential data sets in SAS 9.2.
XPORT: specifies the transport engine. The XPORT engine reads or writes one or more SAS data sets in transport format.