Installation Workflow

Learn about the installation workflow and server installation prerequisites.

The Cluster Edition requires your network to be configured for the nodes included in the cluster.
  1. Install operating system patches, and verify that the operating system meets the version-level, RAM, and network protocol requirements for your platform.
  2. Before installing the software, shut down the clusters that use an earlier version of the Cluster Edition.
  3. Create a “sybase” account on your system to perform all installation tasks. This account should own all devices and files, and must have permission to read and write all devices the cluster uses. Create all devices using this “sybase” account.
  4. Log in to the node on which you plan to install the first instance of the server as the “sybase” user. Maintain consistent ownership and privileges for all files and directories. A single user—the Sybase system administrator with read, write, and execute permissions—should perform all installation, upgrade, and setup tasks.
  5. If you are using an account that is local to only one physical box, create the sybase user account on each machine with the same user ID.
  6. Decide where to install the Adaptive Server. Make sure there is sufficient available disk space. Do not use any spaces in the path name of the directory. The $SYBASE location must be on a shared file system, accessible from all cluster nodes using the same path.
  7. Ping the host to verify that your network software is configured.
  8. Adjust the operating system shared memory parameter for your platform. See Adjusting the Operating System Shared Memory Parameter for information on how to do this.
  9. Obtain your host ID. See Obtaining The Host ID.
  10. Decide which SySAM model to use. See Obtaining a License.
  11. Access SPDC. See Accessing SPDC.
  12. Generate a license. See Generating a License.
  13. Run the installer from the command line, GUI mode or silent mode. Follow the license and install instructions in the wizard.