Before installing Adaptive Server, ensure that your system is updated with the latest patches and system requirements. 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.
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Adaptive Server 15.7 ESD #2 supports Pentium and higher chip sets.
Hardware | Operating system | Preferred RAM |
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x86_64 processor (AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon with EM64T) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release
5.5 (Tikanga)
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At least 1GB |
x86_64 processor (Intel Xeon with EM64T) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release
6.0 (Santiago)
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1GB |
x86_64 processor (AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon with EM64T) | SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
(x86_64); version 11 patch level 0:
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1GB |
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Required libraries for Linux |
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Required X/Motif-related RPM package manager
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In addition, there is a known OS kernel bug in scheduling threads in RHEL 6.0 that has been fixed in RHEL 6.1; for this reason, Sybase recommends that you use 6.1.
Product | Linux X64 Requirements | Linux X64 PSeries Requirements |
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Adaptive Server typical installation | 921MB | 1092MB |
Default databases created during installation | 306MB | 164MB |
Total | 1071MB | 1256MB |
Before you can install a 64-bit Adaptive Server version 15.7 ESD #2 to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x x86_64, install the 32-bit GNU C Libraries package (glibc-2.xx-x.xx.el6.i686.rpm).
Ensure that you have the required operating system patches for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 6.
Information about the required operating system patches is available from http://www.java.com/en/download/help/linux_install.xml.