In SAS 9.1, the RENEW job to update the SAS licensing information can
fail with the following error message when a memory shortage is
encountered:

   ERROR: ASSIGN FOR SASHELP.CORE catalog FAILED DURING SAS SYSTEM
           INITIALIZATION.
   ERROR: LIBRARY SASHELP DOES NOT EXIST.
   FATAL: UNABLE TO INITIALIZE THE OPTIONS SUBSYSTEM.
   ERROR:   (SASXKINI): PHASE 3 KERNEL INITIALIZATION FAILED.
   UNABLE TO INITIALIZE THE SAS KERNEL

Per the system requirements for SAS 9.1.3 Foundation under z/OS, SAS
jobs need to have a region that provides 32 MB of storage
above-the-line.  The job will use 4 MB or less of below-the-line
storage; however, your region needs to be large enough to allow 32 MB
above-the-line per the IEFUSI exit in place at your shop.

To correct the problem, specify an appropriate REGION value, and then
rerun the RENEW job.

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