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Problem Note 45960: The SAS/CONNECT® job spawner does not release file handles

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When several users connect in parallel to a SAS/CONNECT® job spawner that is running as a service, the number of file handles is increased by the process spawner.exe. When all handles are in use, no other users can connect to the job spawner until the spawner is restarted. When the last available handle has been taken, the following error occurs in the SAS log:

NOTE: Remote signon to MYNODE commencing (SAS Release 9.01.01M3P020206).
ERROR: A communication subsystem partner link setup request failure has occurred
ERROR: Cannot start remote process.

The following error messages might also appear in the Windows Event viewer:

SAS Error Event: SAS is aborting through vacrash() 
SAS Error Event: FATAL ERROR: WRCODE=8000583d, MODULE='VQTCP': readcon #2 failed on only link. 
Critical SAS error: z Read Access Violation In Task [ sasxkern ) Exception occurred at (67916f71) 
ERROR: A communication subsystem message transmission request failure has occurred. 
ERROR: Communication Subsystem Request Failure: Supporting communication link has been severed. 
ERROR: Insufficient memory; aborting the link.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS/CONNECTMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition9.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft® Windows® for x649.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition9.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition9.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition9.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems9.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition9.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition9.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x649.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x649.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional9.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
Windows Vista9.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
Windows Vista for x649.21_M19.3_M29.2 TS2M09.3 TS1M2
* 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.