62 Administrator Guide for SAS 9.1.3 Foundation for Microsoft Windows
The current date of xxxxx is past the final expiration date for your SAS
System, which is xxxxx.
After the Renew SAS Software tool finishes and you receive the message “The setinit was
successfully applied,” you may receive the following error message when you try to
start a SAS 9.1.3 session:
ERROR: The current date of xxxxx is past the
final expiration date for your SAS system, which is xxxxx.
Please contact your SAS Software Representative to obtain your
updated SETINIT information.
ERROR: Initialization of SETINIT information from SASHELP failed.
FATAL: Unable to initialize the options subsystem.
ERROR: (SASXKINI): PHASE 3 KERNEL INITIALIZATION FAILED. UNABLE
TO INITIALIZE THE SAS KERNEL
To work around this issue, perform the following steps:
1. Obtain a current SAS Installation Data file from your SAS Installation Representative.
2. Rerun the Renew SAS Software tool and point to the correct SID file.
If you have a personal installation, you need to obtain your SAS Installation Data file and run
the Renew SAS Software Tool. There are two ways to do this:
1. Click Start > Programs (or All Programs on WinXP) > SAS > SAS 9.1 Utilities
> Renew SAS Software.
2. Click Start > Run, and follow these steps:
A. Type Explorer and click OK.
B. Go to the !sasroot directory (default location C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\).
C. Go to the core\sasinst\ directory and run sasrenew.exe.
If you have a Client installation, your administrator will have to update the SAS Installation
Data on the server using the SAS Administrator Wizard. Please refer to the section Using
Main
tenance Mode to Update SAS Installation Data on the Server Image on page 65.
For more information, ref
er to the following usage note:
http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/010/010792.html
The SAS folder is not valid
When you run Step 3 (Specify product location) of the Renew SAS Software tool using SAS
9.1.3, the following error message might appear:
Renew SAS Software - sas91_xxxxxx.txt
Error: The SAS folder is invalid. Please verify the folder.
To work around this issue, perform the following steps to point to the correct folder where
SAS was installed:
1. Click OK.
2. Click Browse on the Folder where SAS 9.1.3 was installed and point to the correct folder.
3. Click Renew.
Important: When you install SAS 9.1.3, make sure that you are logged in as the
Administrator. Make sure there are no applications running in the
