Operating system updates

The Maintenance Level 2 is required.

Additional operating system and firmware patches may be required when running on the IBM Regatta family of servers. See the Sybase Web site for detailed information.

To ensure that isql works properly in the new AIX 5.1 environment, set the environment variable IRS_NONISPLUS to 1. For more information, see your IBM documentation.

AIX 4.3.3 on 32-bit platforms requiring Level 7 requires the following operating system patches to run Adaptive Server 12.5.x components:

Patch name

Level

IMNSearch.bld.DBCS

1.2.3.0

IMNSearch.bld.SBCS

1.2.3.0

IMNSearch.rte.DBCS

1.2.3.1

IMNSearch.rte.SBCS

1.2.3.1

IMNSearch.rte.httpdlite

2.0.0.1

Java.adt.includes

1.1.8.4

Java.adt.src

1.1.8.8

Java.rte.bin

1.1.8.8

Java.rte.classes

1.1.8.8

Java.rte.lib

1.1.8.8

Java.samples.demos

1.1.8.1

Java.samples.examples

1.1.8.2

X11.Dt.helpinfo

4.3.3.10

X11.Dt.rte

4.3.3.25

bos.64bit

4.3.3.25

bos.rte

4.3.3.25

perfagent.tools

2.2.33.25

cluster.base.server.rte

4.2.2.13

For best performance, use JRE version 1.1.6 or higher.

If your operating system requires patches, install them before you install Adaptive Server components.

To determine which patches have been installed on your system, see “Viewing installed patches,” next.

For a complete list of patches, contact your operating system representative. Do not use a patch that is earlier than the version suggested for your operating system. Use the patch recommended by the operating system vendor, even if it supersedes the patch listed.

If you plan to use Sybase Failover in a high availability system, install all vendor-recommended operating system and high availability patches. For more information, contact your operating system and high availability vendors.

Viewing installed patches

To determine which patches have been installed on your system, enter:

/usr/bin/lslpp -l

To determine which OS has been installed on your machine, enter:

/usr/bin/oslevel -g

See “man instfix” for more information.