Upgrading Adaptive Server on Windows

Use the Server Config utility to upgrade Adaptive Server.

If you are upgrading from:
- Adaptive Server version 12.5.4:
  1. Run sysconfig.exe.
  2. Choose Configure Adaptive Server > Server_Name > logon > Command line.
  3. Add -T7841, then save the changes. This is unnecessary if you are upgrading from version 12.5.4 to version 15.7 under the IPv4 environment.
- Adaptive Server 12.5, run sybatch.exe to perform the upgrade:
```
set OLDSYBASE=<old_$SYBASE_directory>
set OLDSYBASE_ASE=ASE-12_5
```
  Install the new Adaptive Server into the same directory as the Adaptive Server you are upgrading.
Go to Start > Programs > Sybase > Adaptive Server Enterprise > Server Config, and click Upgrade Adaptive Server in the Configure Sybase Servers window.
If you are upgrading from Adaptive Server 12.5.4, enter ASE-12_5 for the name of the old Sybase directory, and OCS-12_5 for the old OpenClient Server directory, then click Continue.
In Existing Servers, select the Adaptive Server to upgrade.
In Password, enter the administrator login name and password, then click Continue. Adaptive Server starts running.
Before making any changes to the existing Adaptive Server databases, you see: You are advised to back up your databases before upgrading. Do you want to proceed with the upgrade?
If you have backed up the databases, click Yes.

If you have not, choose No in the Upgrade window and use dump database to make back-up copies before proceeding.

Server Config begins the database eligibility test. Once all preupgrade checks succeed, it:
1. Shuts down the old server and starts the new Adaptive Server dataserver binary on the old master device.
2. Creates the RUN_servername file.
3. Runs installmaster script.
If the upgrade is successful, back up all the databases, including the master database, in your upgraded Adaptive Server.

To check the upgrade, use a text editor to view the log file in %SYBASE%\%SYBASE_ASE%\upgrade\errorlog.upg.

View log information in %SYBASE\%SYBASE_ASE%\init\logs\.