Problem Note 63773: The error "System abend B14 occurred outside of the SAS environment" occurs when you run PROC RELEASE on a PDS library on an EAV device with EATTR=OPT
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In SAS® 9.3, support was added for the RELEASE procedure for data sets with extended attributes (allocated with EATTR=OPT). However, PROC RELEASE fails when you use it with a partitioned data set (PDS) that is allocated with extended attributes and resides on an extended address volume (EAV).
For example, when you run PROC RELEASE for a data set with EATTR=OPT and the data set resides on an EAV, you see a return code 8 for the job step and an error that is similar to the following in the SASLOG:
ERROR: System abend B14 occurred outside of the SAS environment.
ERROR: Delete current task.
ERROR: Delete current task.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | N/A | z/OS | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M6 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D9T.html#63773A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M5 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B6Q.html#63773
When you run the RELEASE procedure on a partitioned data set (PDS) that resides on an extended address volume (EAV), you get a return code 8 and see a message similar to the following: "ERROR: System abend B14 occurred outside of the SAS environment. ERROR: Delete current task."
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2019-03-25 16:35:15 |
| Date Created: | 2019-02-28 10:00:45 |