Problem Note 32507: Batch jobs that fail to connect to a SAS Metadata Server might issue a misleading warning message intead of an error
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Batch jobs in SAS® IT Resource Management that fail to connect to a SAS Metadata Server might issue a misleading warning message instead of an error message.
The SAS IT Resource Management macro RMVERCHK checks the connection to the SAS Metadata Server. If the connection fails, the RMVERCHK macro issues the following warning message:
WARNING: Unexpected format for ITMS Software Version in
the OMR Repository.
WARNING: Unexpected format for ITMS Software Version of
the Transformation.
This warning message is misleading. The actual problem is due to the failure of the batch job to connect to the SAS Metadata Server. Therefore an error should be displayed instead.
If the preceding warning message occurs, ensure that the macro variables and SAS system options that are used to connect to the SAS Metadata Server are valid, particularly such variables and options that refer to the machine name, port number, user ID, and password.
The following code shows examples of parameters that you should check (values in italics):
For sites that run a metadata server on a Windows 2003 server, if you are experiencing intermittent connection failures, ensure that your site has applied fix KB948496. This fix is available from the support.microsoft.com web site under the RESOLUTION tab.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS IT Resource Management-Server | z/OS | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Windows Vista | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Linux | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Tru64 UNIX | 3.1.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||