Jobs scheduled to the OS Scheduler via Schedule Manager in SAS^® Management Console might fail due to double quotes embedded in the SAS startup command that is scheduled. In particular, the –LOGPARM "ROLLOVER=SESSION" string is set when you define the OS Scheduler server, and when the OS START command is built with quotes around the path to the SAS executable, these additional quotes in the command cause START to fail.

Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Until you install the hot fix, a workaround is to remove the quotes from the –LOGPARM option string in the OS Scheduler definition under Server Manager in SAS Management Console.  Expand the Server Manager tree, locate the OS Scheduler server, then right-mouse click on it, and select Properties ► Options. In the Command string under Launch Commands, remove the double quotes from the –LOGPARM option as described above, then click OK.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Management Console	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0
		Windows Vista	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS2M0

* 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.

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A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_sbcs_prod_list.html#032296

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A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_dbcs_prod_list.html#032296

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Jobs might fail when scheduled from the SAS Management Console to the Windows OS Scheduler due to extra quotes in the SAS launch command and limitations of the Microsoft Windows START command.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2008-06-06 08:56:24
Date Created:	2008-06-02 09:51:52