What a Client Installation Does

A typical client installation installs the network client components into a parent directory on a client machine.

Directory Variables

SAP Sybase IQ uses environment variables to point to different installation directories.

Directory Variables.
Variable Contents
%SYBASE% Points to the parent installation directory. This variable is set by the installer.
%IQDIR16% Points to the SAP Sybase IQ installation directory
%ALLUSERSPROFILE% Points to the Windows local resources directory. The location of local resources depends on the Windows version. On Windows 7, these resources are located in the C:\ProgramData\SybaseIQ directory.

Parent Installation Directory

The %SYBASE% directory contains the files, scripts, and other objects required to support the client. The default %SYBASE% directory is C:\Sybase.

Parent Installation Directory.
Directory Contents
IQ-16_0 SAP Sybase IQ client components.
jConnect-7_0 JDBC 4.0 compliant driver for SAP Sybase IQ.
Shared Shared software components.
Sybase_Install_Registry Client component registry file.
jre Java Runtime Environment directory.
jutils-3_0 Version 3.0 Java-based utilities, including Ribo, a Tabular Data Streams utility.
log Client log file directory.
ThirdPartyLegal Third-party license agreements.
sybuninstall Subdirectories for scripts that uninstall SAP Sybase IQ and SySAM.

Product Installation Directory

%IQDIR16% is a %SYBASE% subdirectory that contains the files, scripts, and other objects required to run the client.

Product Installation Directory.
Directory Contents
Assembly SQL Anywhere support files.
bin<platform> Utilities you use to start and manage your server. <platform> value is 64 or 32, depending on your installation.
install Installation history file.
Java Different JAR files.
support A Web page with links to online resources.

Local Resources Directory

The %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\SybaseIQ directory contains local resources, including the demo database, server logs, and utilities.

Local Resources Directory.
Directory Contents
Samples Sample scripts, drivers, and utilities.
Related concepts
Client Components
Installing Client Software