Installation Note 34318: Simultaneous access to a SAS Software Depot causes collision and produces an error message
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When two or more simultaneous attempts are made in a SAS Software Depot via SAS® Download Manager or SAS® Deployment Wizard, this error message appears:
Error The specified directory contains an existing SAS Software Depot which is locked by another process. Please specify another directory, or try again later.
This error message is displayed to alert you that someone else is accessing the SAS Software Depot via SAS Download Manager or SAS Deployment Wizard and performing an administrative task. Administrative tasks include downloading to the depot, creating another depot from that depot, and so on.
When you access the depot via SAS Download Manager or the SAS Deployment Wizard, either tool locks the SAS Software Depot by:
- placing an sassd.lck file in the depot root
- placing a file system lock on that file
When another person attempts to perform an administrative task in the depot, their SAS Download Manager or their SAS Deployment Wizard checks for the existence of the .lck file and then alerts them with the error message. Only when you leave the depot by exiting your SAS Download Manager or your SAS Deployment Wizard can that person use their SAS Download Manager or their SAS Deployment Wizard to access the depot.
More about the sassd.lck file:
- Your .lck file is deleted at the end of your session when your SAS Download Manager or your SAS Deployment Wizard completes its task and exits.
- The .lck file is left behind only if the you exit your SAS Download Manager or your SAS Deployment Wizard by abnormal termination.
Note: For Windows, this abnormal termination is executed in this manner:
- Select CTRL+ALT+DEL.
- Select Task Manager.
- Select the Processes tab.
- Select the executable for the SAS Download Manager or the SAS Deployment Wizard (deploywiz.exe).
- Select End Process.
- If the .lck file does not exist, a new .lck file is created by your SAS Download Manager or your SAS Deployment Wizard and you can start with your task in the depot.
- If the .lck file exists but no file system lock exists on the file, a new .lck file is created by your SAS Download Manager or your SAS Deployment Wizard and you can continue with your task.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Deployment Wizard | OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Type: | Installation Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2009-01-12 15:09:34 |
| Date Created: | 2008-12-24 09:15:32 |