Documentation Changes

Updates, corrections, and clarifications to the documentation released with Sybase Control Center 3.2.5.

Incorrect Commands for Starting and Stopping SCC in Windows

In the online help that was shipped with Sybase Control Center, the topic Starting and Stopping Sybase Control Center in Windows gives the wrong SCC release number in the section on starting and stopping the Sybase Control Center service from the command line. In both of the commands and in the screen output, the topic says 3.2.4 where it should say 3.2.5.

The correct command to start the service is 
net start "sybase control center 3.2.5"
The correct command to stop the service is 
net stop "sybase control center 3.2.5"
The topic appears in the installation guide and in two places in the help:
  • Get Started > Launching Sybase Control Center > Starting and Stopping Sybase Control Center in Windows
  • Get Started > Get Started in a Production Environment > Starting and Stopping Sybase Control Center in Window

This problem has been corrected in the help on the Product Documentation Web site. See the updated topic in Sybase Control Center 3.2.5 for Adaptive Server Documentation on the Product Documentation Web site at sybooks.sybase.com.

Redundant Topic Removed from SCC for ASE Help

The topic Properties for Engine Groups Incorrectly Displayed was included twice in the online help for Sybase Control Center for Adaptive Server that was shipped with SCC. In the version of the help on the Product Documentation Web site, the extra copy of the topic has been removed; the copy in the Troubleshoot section remains.

Alert Reference: SCC for Sybase IQ

This information was omitted from the online help for Sybase Control Center for Sybase IQ.

Data collection names are missing from the online help topic Configure > Creating an Alert > Sybase IQ Alerts, Collections, and KPIs. Alerts are based on key performance indicators (KPIs). For a listing of the KPIs in each data collection, consult the table in the online help at Configure > Setting Up Statistics Collection > Sybase IQ Data Collections. CR #683329-3.

Troubleshooting Sybase IQ Multiplex Login Authentication

This information was omitted from the online help for Sybase Control Center for Sybase IQ.

You must authenticate a multiplex resource monitored by SCC using a shared login account that has access to all nodes in the multiplex. If you try to authenticate with SCC using a login that does not have access to all nodes, you see a security error: Connection disallowed by login policy for this user. CR #653603.

Sybase IQ Configuration File Editor

This information was omitted from the online help for Sybase Control Center for Sybase IQ.

For Sybase IQ servers, you can select Edit Configuration File in the Administration Console. The Configuration File Editor opens and reads the params.cfg file, if one exists in the same directory as the database file, and populates the fields in the editor with the configuration parameters from params.cfg. The Configuration File Editor writes your changes to the params.cfg file when you click OK.

If no params.cfg file exists in the database directory, the Configuration File Editor opens with no parameters shown in fields, and writes a new params.cfg file to the database directory when you click OK.

The Configuration File Editor cannot currently open user configuration files stored in a location other than the database directory, or named something other than params.cfg. CR #647826

Launching the Administration Console

Some topics in the online help do not give the steps for launching the Administration Console that are best suited to the task described. The Administration Console can display information for a single resource, for a group of resources, or for all resources in the current perspective.
  • To populate the Administration Console with information on one or more resources: in the Perspective Resources view, select the resources and select Resource > Administration Console. This method is fastest.
  • To populate the Administration Console with information on all the resources in the current perspective: from the main menu bar, select View > Open > Administration Console. If you are monitoring a large number of resources, the Administration Console may take a few minutes to load. CR #668582.

Sybase IQ Default Data Collections

This information was omitted from the online help shipped with Sybase Control Center for Sybase IQ, but is included in the help on the Product Documentation Web site.

The following was added to Sybase Control Center for Sybase IQ > Configure > Setting up Statistics Collection > Sybase IQ Data Collections.

Sybase strongly recommends you always keep the default collections running: the Availability Collection in simplex, and the Multiplex Availability Collection in multiplex. CR #684685.

Request Logging for Sybase IQ Server Properties

Certain request logging options must be specified together. For a complete explanation, see SQL Anywhere Server - SQL Reference > System procedures > Alphabetical list of system procedures > sa_server_option_system procedure. CR #653592.

The sccinstance -host Option

The sccinstance -host option was omitted from the topic Get Started > Deploying an Instance from a Shared Disk Installation > sccinstance Command in some Sybase Control Center online help modules.

This optional flag specifies the host where the instance executes; you need it only when the instance name does not match the host name. Use -host with -create. CR #685883.