In SAS^® 9.2, the z/OS Configuration Guide incorrectly states that you can add a numeric suffix nto the SASVXMS module and set the option COMAMID=XMSn. However, if you do that and you set the SAS option COMAMID= or COMAUX1= to a value other than XMS such as XMS9, SAS fails with the following error:

   ERROR: Invalid option value xms9 for SAS option COMAMID.,                       
   ERROR: (SASXKRIN): KERNEL RESOURCE INITIALIZATION FAILED.,                      
   BPXP018I THREAD 1A599AC000000003, IN PROCESS 50334368, ENDED,                   
   WITHOUT BEING UNDUBBED WITH COMPLETION CODE 000003E7, AND REASON CODE,          
   00000000.,                                                                      
   ERROR: Unable to initialize the SAS kernel.,                                    
   BPXP018I THREAD 1A61B96000000002, IN PROCESS 50334368, ENDED,                   

Starting in SAS 9.2, you can no longer use a suffix on the SASVXMS module. It must be renamed to SASVXMS.

The SAS^®9 SASVXMS modules are backward compatible to SAS^® 8.2. If you are running SAS 9.2 or later with XMS on the same system with a release prior to SAS 8.2, then those prior releases must use XMSn.

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