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.
To list all currently installed patches and display the operating
system version level, enter:
lslpp -L | grep devices.fcp.disk.rte
You see:
devices.fcp.disk.rte 6.1.0.3 COMMITTED FC SCSI CD-ROM, Disk,
IBM Requirements
Platform system requirements:
- IBM RS/6000,
eServer p5 and i5 systems, running Power3 and higher CPU – AIX 6.1 ML07
or higher patch. Supports TCP.
- Processor – 64-bit
- Recommended
RAM for Adaptive Server
– 124MB
- Default user
stack size
– 148KB
- Maximum CPUs per server
– 128
- Memory per user connection
– with default stack size, packet size,
and user log cache size, approximately 312KB.
- Input/Output Completion Port API – must be installed and available on your machine for Adaptive Server to run. See Making Input/Output Completion Port API Available for Adaptive Server.
IBM disk space requirements:
- Adaptive
Server typical installation
– 1487MB
- Default databases created
during installation
– 306MB
- Total – 1637MB
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 the IBM Web site about Java.