Installing in GUI mode

Shut down all programs before running the installer.

  1. Insert the Adaptive Server CD or DVD in the appropriate drive, or download and extract the Adaptive Server install image from the Sybase Product Download Center (SPDC).
  2. Enter:
  3. If the installer does not automatically launch, start the setup program manually by selecting Start > Run. Browse to setup.exe.
  4. Select the language to install.
  5. The Welcome screen displays. Click Next.
  6. Select a directory for the installation. Click Next to accept the default directory, or enter a new directory path.
    1. If you specify a destination that contains a previous version of the server, the Choose Update Installation panel displays. In this panel, you choose the features to update.
  7. If you are updating your pre-existing server, you will not see this step. Choose the type of installation to be performed:

    • Typical

    • Full

    • Custom

  8. If you select Custom, the Products and Features Selection window displays.

    Select the products to install by selecting the box next to the product name. Some features are dependent on other features; therefore, the installer prevents you from unselecting some items without first unselecting others.

  9. If you are updating your pre-existing server, you will not see this step. Select the software license type for the Adaptive Server suite. The available types to be selected are different for different platforms.
    • Install licensed copy of Adaptive Server Suite
    • Install Free Developer Edition of Adaptive Server Suite
    • Install Express Edition of Adaptive Server Suite
    • Evaluate Adaptive Server Suite which is valid for 30 days from the installation date
  10. Choose the most appropriate region, read the license terms, and then click “I agree.” Click Next.
  11. If you choose Free Developer Edition, Express Edition or Evaluate Adaptive Server Suite you will not see this step. If you chose to install a licensed installation you can:
    • Specify the license file — You are prompted to enter a license key and set up the license server.
    • Use an existing license server
    • Proceed without specifying license information for the duration of 30 days from the installation date.
    If you choose Free Developer Edition, Express Edition or Evaluate Adaptive Server Suite you will not see this step. If you choose Specify the License File and entered a served license key, you are prompted to set up the license server.
  12. If you choose Free Developer Edition, Express Edition or Evaluate Adaptive Server Suite you will not see this step. Select the Adaptive Server product edition.
    The available editions to be selected are different for different platforms.

    • Enterprise Edition

    • Small Business Edition

    • Developer Edition

    • Unknown

    1. Depending on the product edition selected, you can also select the license type under which the product is licensed. If you are unsure about the license type, select Unknown.
    If you choose Unknown for the Product Edition and then choose to use the Optimize Adaptive Server task later in the installation, it will fail.
  13. If you choose Free Developer Edition, Express Edition or Evaluate Adaptive Server Suite you will not see this step. Configuring your server for e-mail notification enables designated users receive information about license management events requiring attention.
    Provide the following information:

    • SMTP server host name

    • SMTP server port number

    • E-mail Return Address

    • Recipient e-mail addresses

    • Message severity that triggers e-mail messages


    A summary window appears. Click Next.
  14. Verify the type of installation, and that you have enough disk space to complete the process. Click Next.
  15. The installation Status window displays the result of the installation process.
  16. Select enable or disable the remember password feature then click Next.
  17. You are prompted to configure new servers depending upon the products you installed.

    • Configure a new Adaptive Server

    • Configure a new Backup Server

      For information on developing a backup and recovery plan and backing up and restoring user databases, see the System Administration Guide.

    • Configure a new Monitor Server

      Monitor Server requires additional configuration steps after the installation is complete. See the Monitor Server Users Guide.

    • Configure a new XP Server

      For information on using extended stored procedures in XP Server, see the Transact-SQL® Users Guide.

    • Configure Job Scheduler

      For information on using Job Scheduler, see the Job Scheduler Users Guide.

    • Enable Self Management

    • Configure Web Services

      Web Services Users Guide explains how to configure, use, and troubleshoot Web Services for Adaptive Server.

    • Configure an Unified Agent

      Unified Agent and Agent Management Console describes the Unified Agent, which provides runtime services to manage, monitor and control distributed Sybase resources.

    Select the servers you want to configure. If you do not want to configure the new servers at this point, unselect the item. Click Next.

  18. The Custom Configure Input window prompts you for the custom Adaptive Server configuration information.

    • Server name

    • Port number

    • Error log – name and location of the error log file.

    • Application type – the choices are:

      • MIXED – both OLTP & DSS. This is the default.

      • OLTP – online transaction Processing generally consists of smaller, less complex transactions.

      • DSS – decision Support systems generally have less update activity with large complex queries.

    • Page size:

      • 2KB

      • 4KB – default

      • 8KB

      • 16KB

        Attention: The default page size selection has changed to 4KB in this version of Adaptive Server. The previous default was 2KB. If you plan to load database dumps from Adaptive Server whose page size is not 4KB, then change this page size to match the database dump.

    • Master device – name of master device and the path where it should be located.

    • Master device. The default master device sizes are:

      • 2KB page size – 30MB

      • 4KB page size – 60MB

      • 8KB page size – 120MB

      • 16KB page size – 240MB

    • Master database . The default master database sizes are:

      • 2KB page size – 13MB

      • 4KB page size – 26MB

      • 8KB page size – 52MB

      • 16KB page size – 104MB

    • System procedure device path

    • System procedure device

    • System procedure device and database default size is 150MB.

    • System device — The default sizes are:

      • 2KB page size server – 3MB

      • 4KB page size server – 6MB

      • 8KB page size server – 12MB

      • 16KB page size server – 24MB

    • System database size (in MB) The default sizes are:

      • 2KB page size server – 3MB

      • 4KB page size server – 6MB

      • 8KB page size server – 12MB

      • 16KB page size server – 24MB

    • Temporary database device path

    • Temporary database device size:

      • 2KB page size server – 100MB

      • 4KB page size server – 100MB

      • 8KB page size server – 100MB

      • 16KB page size server – 100MB

    • Temporary database size:

      • 2KB page size server – 100MB

      • 4KB page size server – 100MB

      • 8KB page size server – 100MB

      • 16KB page size server – 100MB

    • Enable PCI in Adaptive Server
      • PCI device and PCI database size are the same

        • 2KB page size server – 24MB

        • 4KB page size server – 48MB

        • 8KB page size server – 96MB

        • 16KB page size server – 192MB

    • Optimization configuration:

      • Available physical memory for Adaptive Server – on 32-bit windows, this value is the smaller between 80% of RAM and 1792M. On 64-bit Windows, this value is the smaller between 80% of RAM and 2816M.

      • Available CPU for Adaptive Server – round down 80% of the physical CPU. The minimum is 1.

      Note: If the value specified is larger than the available resource for allocation to the server, then the optimize configuration may fail causing the server to not start.

    Once you have customized the Adaptive Server configuration, select Next to record the input fields.

  19. Enter the Backup Server information.

    Once you have entered the appropriate information, click Next to record the information.

  20. Enter the Monitor Server configuration information.

    Once you have entered the appropriate information, click Next to record the information.

  21. Enter the XP Server configuration information.

    Once you have entered the appropriate information, click Next to record the information.

  22. Enter Job Scheduler information:

    • Agent name

    • Port number

    • Management device

    • Management device size

    • Management database size

    Once you have entered the appropriate information, click Next to record the information.

  23. Custom configure Self Management by entering the following information:

    • Self Management user name

    • Self Management password

    Note:

    If you choose the default user name “sa,” you cannot enter the password. The “sa” default password is null.

  24. Custom configure Web Service by entering the following information:
    • Producer HTTP Port Number
    • Producer Host Name
    • Certificate Password
    • Confirm Certificate Password
    • Keystore Password
    • Confirm Keystore Password
    • Producer Log File
    • Consumer Port Number
    • Consumer Log File
  25. Security Login Modules – choose the security login modules for the Unified Agent. You can choose:

    • Simple Login Module

      Note:

      If you double-click Simple Login Module, a dialog asks you to change the user name and password.


      • Adaptive Server Login Module

      • NT Proxy Login Module

    Select the Enable box to enable a login module.

  26. The Configure New Servers Summary window displays a summary of the values that are used to configure the servers. These values are either the default or custom values. After verifying the information, click Next, and the installer proceeds with the server configuration.
  27. The Configure Server Progress window displays the progress of the server configuration.
  28. The Restart window displays only when required. It reminds you to either log out or restart your machine to complete the installation process.
  29. The Installation Complete window is the last window.

    If you encounter any errors, see the Troubleshooting Guide.

  30. At the end of a successful installation click Done.

Adaptive Server and related products have been successfully installed, and minimally configured for use. See Installing sample databases, to begin experimenting with your servers, or see the System Administration Guide at Sybase Product Manuals for more advanced topics.

Parent topic: Installing Server Components