A sizeable memory leak caused by the SAS Logging Facility occurs in the SAS^® Metadata Server on z/64 systems only. This leak will result in the SAS Metadata Server having to be restarted more frequently and it could also degrade performance due to excessive resource usage.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Metadata Server	z/OS	9.3	9.3	9.3 TS1M0	9.3 TS1M1

* 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.

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A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel Core Routines 9.3 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/E79.html#44590

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A fix for this issue for Threaded Kernel Log for SAS 9.3 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/F44.html#44590

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The SAS Logging Facility causes a memory leak in the SAS® Metadata Server on z/64 systems only.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2011-10-21 13:20:43
Date Created:	2011-10-07 15:23:14