SAS 9.3 includes a new module that validates whether the SAS SVC is installed at the correct level, and whether the SVC-related option settings are correct.

This module is named TKSVCTST with an alias entry of SVCTEST. The required DD names are as follows:

• STEPLIB- the SAS 9.3 installation load library.
• TKMVSENV- location where TKOPT_SVCNO and TKOPT_SVCR15 are set, which tells SAS how the SVC is installed.
• TKMVSJNL- location where the output results from the call to the SVC are written.

See examples on the Full Code tab.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.3	9.3	9.3 TS1M0	9.3 TS1M0
		Z64	9.3		9.3 TS1M0

* 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.

Sample JCL for using the SVC test routine:

• Set TKOPT_SVCNO and TKOPT_SVCR15 according to how the SAS SVC is installed at your site. If you installed the SVC as a user SVC (not SVC 109), then do not specify the TKOPT_SVCR15 option
• STEPLIB must refer to the library where TKSVCTST or SVCTEST module resides.

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If you installed the SAS SVC as an ESR (Extended SVC Routing SVC):  

//TKSVCTST JOB       
//SVCTST  EXEC PGM=SVCTEST,REGION=129M                           
//STEPLIB  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=your.installation.V930.load.library          
//TKMVSENV DD *                                                  
set TKOPT_SVCNO=109                                              
set TKOPT_SVCR15=4                                               
/*                                                               
//TKMVSJNL DD SYSOUT=*                                           
//                                                               

  
If you installed the SAS SVC as a user SVC:  
  
//TKSVCTST JOB       
//SVCTST  EXEC PGM=SVCTEST,REGION=129M                           
//STEPLIB  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=your.installation.V930.load.library          
//TKMVSENV DD *                                                  
set TKOPT_SVCNO=250                                                                                           
/*                                                               
//TKMVSJNL DD SYSOUT=*                                           
//   

         TKSVCTST: SAS SVC validation program, version 1.0.              
         TKMVSENV: Checking relevant variables.                          
                   TKMVSENV variable: TKOPT_SVCNO  set to "109".         
                   TKMVSENV variable: TKOPT_SVCR15  set to "4".          
NOTE: Calling the SAS SVC prior to version 9.3 will result in ABEND U0991
NOTE: Calling an uninstalled SVC could return ABEND S16D or SFxx         
                                                                         
         Attempting to invoke SVC 109 ESR 4                              
                                                                         
         SAS SVC Version: 9.30                                           
         SAS SVC Level: 9                                                
         SAS SVC Date: 20101013                                          
                                                                         
         TKSVCTST: Validation program terminating.                       

SAS 9.3 includes a new module which can be used to validate that the SAS SVC is properly installed at a site.

Type:	Installation Note
Priority:	low

Date Modified:	2011-07-12 11:03:45
Date Created:	2010-12-13 09:28:58