In SAS 9.2 Phase 1, your job might abend and cause an error to occur when you allocate a tape data set in Job Control Language (JCL).

The JCL that causes this error will be similar to the following:

The error message that results will be similar to the following:

The following error messages might also appear in the SAS log:

ERROR: OPEN of MYTAPE   failed. Abend code 413. Return code 18.
ERROR: An I/O error has occurred on file MYTAPE.

To circumvent this problem, be very explicit when you identify the engine with which the library should be assigned, as in the following example:

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Operating System and Release Information

A fix for SAS 9.2 (TS1M0) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.2 (TS1M0) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at: