In a SAS 9.3 and later spawner environments (a SAS/CONNECT^® spawner or an object spawner), you must modify the scripts for the spawned sessions to do any of the following:

• To access a tape data set
• To issue authorized commands using the SAS X command statement
• To use the SAS FILENAME PIPE engine

The scripts must be modified to use the /bin/tsocmd shell command instead of the /bin/tso shell command.

To implement the /bin/tsocmd shell command, for a SAS^® Intelligence Platform configured spawner under z/OS, add the following statements to the end of /SAS-configuration-directory/Lev1/SASApp/ConnectServer_usermods.sh and /SAS-configuration-directory/Lev1/SASApp/WorkspaceServer_usermods.sh (depending on which type of server needs access).

    TSOCMD=/bin/tsocmd  
    export BPXWRFD=YES

For a SAS^® Foundation installed SAS/CONNECT spawner, modify the spawner's USS shell script with the following changes (highlighted in yellow):

#  Initialize SAS startup command...     
#  Update language if not 'EN'           
#                                        
language='EN'                            
#cmd="/bin/tso -t %REXX${language}W0 $@" 
cmd="/bin/tsocmd %REXX${language}W0 $@"  
# When using /bin/tso, set TSOCMD=0.     
# When using /bin/tsocmd, set TSOCMD=1.  
TSOCMD=1
export BPXWRFD=YES 

Additional Notes

To access a tape data set, the connecting user ID must have TSO MOUNT authority.

To issue authorized commands from within SAS using the SAS X command statement, or to use the SAS FILENAME PIPE engine, you must disable the NOXCMD system option and then restart the spawner.

• To disable the -NOXCMD system option for a SAS/CONNECT spawner, set the spawner parameter -shell.
1. For a SAS Foundation SAS/CONNECT Spawner, add the -shell parameter in the spawner's PARMS file.
2. For a SAS Intelligence Platform SAS/CONNECT spawner running as a started task, add the -shell parameter to /SAS-cofiguration-directory/Lev1/ConnectSpawner/connectspawner.parm.
3. For a SAS Intelligence Platform SAS/CONNECT spawner running as a USS process, add the following statement to /SAS-configuration-directory/Lev1/ConnectSpawner_usermods.sh:
USERMODS_OPTIONS=-shell
• To disable the NOXCMD system option for a SAS Intelligence Platform object spawner, take the following steps in SAS^® Management Console:
  1. Right-click the Application Server - Workspace Server (also for Stored Process Server or Pooled Workspace Server).
  2. Select Properties.
  3. Click the Options tab.
  4. Click the Advanced Option button.
  5. Click the Launch Properties tab.
  6. Select the Allow XCMD box.
  7. Click OK.
  
  
  

  Operating System and Release Information

  Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
  			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
  SAS System	SAS/CONNECT	z/OS	9.3		9.3 TS1M0
  SAS System	SAS Integration Technologies	z/OS	9.3		9.3 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.