SAS Companion for the OpenVMS Environment

System Start-up

Job type All jobs.

User System manager.

Usage The OpenVMS Install facility can be used to make core SAS images resident in the memory.

Benefit Elapsed time of system start-up may decrease by as much as 30 percent when running the SAS System under X-windows, and by 40 percent in other modes.

Cost With Version 7 of the SAS System, installing all images listed in the sample commands consumes approximately 5500 global pages and 9 global sections.

Installing SAS System images can decrease the elapsed time of SAS System start-up by up to 40 percent. Installing images is most effective on systems where two or more users are using SAS simultaneously. Use the following commands to install the core set of SAS images:

$ install == "$sys$system:install/command"
$ install add/open/header/share SAS$IMAGE
$ install add/open/header/share-
_$ SAS$LIBRARY:SASSHR.EXE
$ install add/open/header/share-
_$ SAS$LIBRARY:SABXSPH.EXE
$ install add/open/header/share-
_$ SAS$LIBRARY:SASIMPTR.EXE

If you are using the Motif interface (X-windows), include the following command:

$ install add/open/header/share-
_$ SAS$LIBRARY:SASMOTIF.EXE

References for System Start-up

OpenVMS System Manager's Manual: Tuning, Monitoring, and Complex Systems
Installation Instructions and System Manager's Guide: The SAS System under OpenVMS Alpha, Version 7

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Job type	All jobs.
User	System manager.
Usage	The OpenVMS Install facility can be used to make core SAS images resident in the memory.
Benefit	Elapsed time of system start-up may decrease by as much as 30 percent when running the SAS System under X-windows, and by 40 percent in other modes.
Cost	With Version 7 of the SAS System, installing all images listed in the sample commands consumes approximately 5500 global pages and 9 global sections.