If the correct path to the java.exe file is not defined properly in your operating environment, the SAS Web applications that use SAS Remote Services might fail to execute. This problem occurs even though SAS Remote Services seems to start properly.

When the problem happens, the following error appears in the SAS Web Application Server's stdout log file:

[WARN ] sas.services.deployment.RMIConfiguration - 
A service registry is not available on "hostname:5099" and the 
preference is to not start a registry.
java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host:    
hostname; nested exception is: 
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect

Example

To set the JAVA_HOME environment variable in Windows operating environments:

1. Right-click My Computer on your desktop.
2. Select Properties.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Click Environment Variables at the bottom of the window.
5. Under System Variables, click New.
6. For the variable name, enter JAVA_HOME.

   Note: This variable name is case sensitive.

7. For the variable value, enter the path to your java.exe file. That pathname should be similar to the following example pathname:
   C:\jdk1.4.2_05
8. Click OK.

If SAS Remote Services is running as a Windows service, you also need to specify the full pathname to the Java executable in the wrapper.conf file. The wrapper.conf file is located in the \Lev1\web\Deployments\RemoteServices\WEB-INF\conf directory. To specify the full pathname, change the line wrapper.java.command=java, as follows:

After you make all of the changes, restart SAS Remote Services, and then restart the Web application server.

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