This issue can occur during an upgrade in place (UIP) or when performing the Apply Hot Fixes task via SAS^® Deployment Manager. This behavior was reported for both the SAS^® Environment Manager M2T004 and M2T005 hot fixes.

SAS Deployment Wizard or SAS Deployment Manager fails with the pop-up message below:

In addition, the IT_yyyy-mm-dd-xx.xx.xx.log might display the following error toward the bottom of the log:

To locate the log referenced in the above errors, navigate to the following location: <SASHome>/SASEnvironmentManager/2.5/hotfix/.

The referenced sasevM8_jarfix_ddMmmyyyy.xxxxxx_error.log displays messages similar to the following for several files:

Solutions

The following workarounds are available for this issue:

• A hot fix is available to replace the affected hot fixes for this issue. If you experience the above problem when running the Apply Hot Fixes task, see the Hot Fix tab to obtain the latest hot fix.
• If you experience this problem when running a UIP or deployment, you can run the Retrieve Hot Fixes task to update your SAS Software Depot with the latest hot fix, which also pulls down the latest hot fix for SAS^® Environment Manager 2.5.

To run the Retrieve Hot Fixes task, complete the following steps:

1. Launch the SAS Deployment Wizard from the affected SAS Software Depot by running setup.exe (for Windows operating systems) or setup.sh (for UNIX operating systems).
2. Select the options Manage this SAS Software Depot ► Retrieve Hot Fixes.
3. SAS Deployment Wizard updates your depot with any hot fixes that are available and are applicable to your depot.

If you continue to experience problems or have questions, contact SAS Technical Support.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for SAS Environment Manager 2.5_M5 is available at: