Problem Note 56186: The object spawner might fail when you use load balancing with SAS® Cost and Profitability Management 8.1
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A load-balanced object spawner might fail when you use it with SAS Cost and Profitability Management 8.1.
This problem occurs when an uninitialized variable in the load-balancing algorithm causes the algorithm to fail to return the expected status. This problem happens when there are no servers available at that moment to be used. The uninitialized memory is returned instead. This memory is then dereferenced by the load-balancing processor, which leads to the failure.
The object spawner continues to run after the first instance of the failure. However, the threads that fail eventually accumulate and, ultimately, nothing is available. That is, the object spawner is unresponsive. The only workaround in this scenario is to restart the object spawner.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Integration Technologies | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M3 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/V01.html#56186A fix for this issue for Threaded Kernel IOM 9.4_M3 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/V88.html#56186A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M2 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/R19.html#56186| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2015-07-16 15:35:00 |
| Date Created: | 2015-07-15 09:57:44 |