System Options under OpenVMS

ENGINE= System Option: OpenVMS

Specifies the default access method to use for SAS libraries.

Default:	V9
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
Category:	Files: SAS files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	SASFILES
OpenVMS 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 OpenVMS:

BASE | V9: specifies the default SAS engine for SAS 9, SAS 9.1, and SAS 9.2 files. This engine is 64-bit. Previous SAS engines were 32-bit.
V8: specifies the SAS engine for all SAS Version 8 files.
V7: specifies the SAS engine for all Version 7 files.
V6: specifies the read-only Version 6 SAS engine. This engine enables you to read your Version 6 data sets in SAS 9.2.
TAPE | V9TAPE: specifies the default sequential engine for SAS 9, SAS 9.1, and SAS 9.2 files.
V8TAPE | V7TAPE: specifies the SAS sequential engine for all Version 8 and Version 7 files. These engines are identical to the V9TAPE engine.
CONCUR: specifies the concurrency engine.
XPORT: specifies the transport engine. The XPORT engine reads or writes one or more SAS data sets in transport format.

Note: V5 and V6TAPE are no longer valid engine names. [cautionend]