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Usage Note 14686: Long-running SAS Activity-Based Management processes under Microsoft® Windows 2003 Server may halt and cause the application to be inaccessible

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When the SAS Activity-Based Management server is running under 
Microsoft® Windows 2003 Server, long-running processes, such as 
calculation, cube generation, and data imports, can spontaneously halt. 
 
There is no error message evident, but the process has simply ceased to 
run. Any attempt to initiate a client connection to the server in this 
state will fail. Restarting the SAS Activity-Based Management server 
application, using the Reset SAS ABM Server function, will cause the 
halted process to resume where it stopped and will restore connectivity 
to the server. 
 
This problem is caused by a peculiarity of version 6.0 of Internet 
Information Services (IIS) that automatically recycles a process after a 
period of no interaction from the client application. 
 
The hot fix contravenes the behavior of IIS and prevents long-running 
processes from halting. 
 
 
A fix for this issue is available at: 
 
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/abm62.html#014686 




Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Activity-Based ManagementMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition6.2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition6.2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition6.2
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.