Using the CHANGESASHOME option during subsequent SAS^® 9.4 Foundation installations might result in a failed installation. The SAS Deployment Wizard behaves as if the SAS Private JRE components are already present for the SAS installation. Consequently, the SAS Deployment Wizard does not perform the necessary installation of the SAS Private JRE. 

Multiple product installation failures similar to the one depicted below occur during the installation. The Install Post Processing also fails.

After installation, SAS Foundation returns the following Java error messages during start-up:

The sassw.config file located in SASHOME contains an invalid JREHOME path. The default path for SASHOME is c:\program files\sashome.

Workaround

To install the SAS 9.4 Private JRE, follow these steps:

1. Specify the "-changesashome" option and click OK:
   
2. Specify a SASHome path that has not been created yet:
   

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Linux for x64	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Solaris for x64	9.4	9.4	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 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.

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Post-installation ERROR: The Java proxy is not responding. ERROR: The Java proxy's JNI call to start the VM failed. ERROR: Java failed to start during the SAS startup.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2013-08-12 16:20:26
Date Created:	2013-08-01 15:22:48