ERROR: A socket routine returned error: The connection was refused.
ERROR: Failed to connect to the Server: (servername).
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

• If the code has worked previously, reboot the machine on which the SAS PC Files Server resides. This often fixes the problem.
• The issue might be that a Windows firewall is blocking the port from the SAS PC Files Server itself. In this case, the system administrator must make a port available for the SAS PC Files Server.
• Similar errors can also be caused when the SAS PC Files Server and the SAS session are not at the same release level.
  See SAS Note 42687: "Error Allocating CLI Environment and Socket Errors when using the PC Files Server."

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