Upgrading the Old Server Interactively

Learn how to upgrade the old server interactively.

1. Start sybcluster. Enter:

   sybcluster -U uafadmin -P -F "node_name:port_number"

2. Start the upgrade. Enter:

   upgrade server server_name

3. Respond to the upgrade server prompts. Default values are displayed in square brackets. The prompts are:
   1. Enter the name of the cluster. [ server_name ]
   2. Enter the existing Sybase installation directory for server server_name using the complete path to the Sybase installation directory. For example, enter “/myserver/sybase15”.
   3. Enter the name of the subdirectory containing the ASE installation for server server_name. For example, enter “ASE-15_0”.
   4. Enter the name of the subdirectory containing the OCS installation for server server_name. For example, enter “OCS-15_0”.
   5. Enter the name of an sa login on server server_name.
   6. Enter the password for the sa login.
   7. Enter the maximum number of instances. [4]
   8. How many nodes (hardware hosts) will participate in this cluster. [1]
   9. Enter the number representing the cluster node 1. [1]
   10. Enter the full path to the quorum disk.
   11. Enter any traceflags.
   12. Enter the full path to the existing master device.
   13. Does this cluster have a secondary network. [Y]
   14. Enter the port number from which this range will be applied. [15100]
   15. Enter the SYBASE home directory. [Your default location.]
   16. Enter the environment shell script path. [Your default location.]
   17. Enter the ASE home directory. [Your default location.]
   18. Enter the interfaces directory. [Your default location.]
   19. Enter path to the dataserver configuration file. [Your default location.]
   20. Enter the name of the first instance in this cluster:
       Note: Create a cluster with a single instance; add instances later on using the add instance command.
   21. Enter the interface file query port number for instance_name.
   22. Enter the local system temporary database device name.
   23. Enter the local system temporary database device path.
   24. Enter local system temporary database device size (MB).[100]
   25. Enter the local system temporary database name, for example, [cluster_name_tdb_1 ]
   26. Enter the local system temporary database size (MB).[100]
   27. Would you like to save this configuration information in a file? [ Y ]
   28. Enter the name of the file to save the cluster creation information.
   29. Create the cluster now? [Y]
   
   If you enter “Y”, sybcluster upgrades the server, displaying informational messages as the process proceeds.