SUPPORT / SAMPLES & SAS NOTES
Problem Note 50138: When you use an alias file as the CONFIG file, an error appears in the SAS® 9.3 Metadata Server log
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If you use an alias for the SAS CONFIG file with a SAS 9.3 Metadata Server on a z/OS system, this error occurs in the SAS Metadata Server log every time the alias file is referenced.
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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.
ERROR: Unexpected error
For example, if high-level-qualifier.CONFIG.ALIAS is defined as an alias file for high-level-qualifier.Z64.CONFIG, the following occurs in the SAS 9.3 Metadata Server log:
ERROR: Unexpected error ERROR: Unexpected error ERROR: Unexpected error ERROR: Unexpected error ERROR: Unexpected error WARNING: CONFIG FILE high-level-qualifier.CONFIG.ALIAS(BATCH) WAS PREVIOUSLY READ, NOT READ AGAIN. ERROR: Unexpected error WARNING: CONFIG FILE high-level-qualifier.CONFIG.ALIAS(COMMON) WAS PREVIOUSLY READ, NOT READ AGAIN. ERROR: Unexpected error WARNING: CONFIG FILE high-level-qualifier.CONFIG.ALIAS(ENW0) WAS PREVIOUSLY READ, READ AGAIN. ERROR: Unexpected error WARNING: CONFIG FILE high-level-qualifier.CONFIG.ALIAS(SITE) WAS PREVIOUSLY READ, NOT READ AGAIN. WARNING: CONFIG FILE /SAS-configuration-directory/Lev1/SASMeta/MetadataServer/sasv9_usermods.cfg WAS PREVIOUSLY READ, NOT READ AGAIN.
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 | 9.4_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 |