The Installation Guide for Adaptive Server Enterprise provides:
An overview of the Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise installation infrastructure
Instructions for installing and upgrading Adaptive Server, and installing Backup Server™, Monitor Server, XP Server™, jConnect™ for JDBC™, Java utilities, and client products, including the Adaptive Server plug-in for Sybase Central™
Instructions for installing optional Adaptive Server functionality, such as auditing, and sample databases, and localization information
This guide is written for Sybase System Administrators and other qualified personnel who are familiar with their system’s environment, networks, disk resources, and media devices.
This book contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “Overview” provides an over view of Adaptive Server, and describes the Enterprise Edition, Small Business Edition, and Developer’s Edition of Adaptive Server. It also provicdes product descriptions and directory layout information.
Chapter 2, “Installing Adaptive Server” describes pre-installation procedures, and how to install server components.
Chapter 3, “Post-Installation Tasks” describes how to verify that servers are running, connect to servers, set passwords, and install sample databases.
Chapter 4, “Installing Sybase PC-Client Products” describes how to install Adaptive Server client products like the Adaptive Server plug-in to Sybase Central.
Chapter 5, “Upgrading Adaptive Server” describes how to upgrade an existing Adaptive Server to the current version.
Chapter 6, “Downgrading Adaptive Server” describes how to downgrade an existing Adaptive Server to the prior version.
Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting” provides installation error messages and possible solutions to installation problems.
Chapter 8, “Removing Adaptive Server” describes how to uninstall Adaptive Server.
Appendix A, “Alternative Installation Methods” describes how to install Adaptive Server in noninteractive mode.
Appendix B, “Creating Raw Partitions” describes how to create partitions, bind partitions for raw disk I/O, and access raw devices from Adaptive Server.
Appendix C, “Upgrading Servers with Replicated Databases” describes how to upgrade servers with replicated databases.
Appendix D, “Post-Upgrade Tasks” describes how to restore funcitonality to Adaptive Server after upgrading, and how to restore audition, and reenable Replication Server.
Appendix E, “Using sybsystemprocs” describes how to use the sysystemprocs database.
Appendix F, “Backup Server tape device support” describes Backup Server tape device support.
The Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise documentation set consists of the following:
The release bulletin for your platform – contains last-minute information that was too late to be included in the books.
A more recent version of the release bulletin may be available on the World Wide Web. To check for critical product or document information that was added after the release of the product CD, use the Sybase Technical Library.
The Installation Guide for your platform – describes installation, upgrade, and configuration procedures for all Adaptive Server and related Sybase products.
What’s New in Adaptive Server Enterprise? – describes the new features in Adaptive Server version 12.5.4, the system changes added to support those features, and the changes that may affect your existing applications.
ASE Replicator User’s Guide – describes how to use the ASE Replicator feature of Adaptive Server to implement basic replication from a primary server to one or more remote Adaptive Servers.
Component Integration Services User’s Guide – explains how to use the Adaptive Server Component Integration Services feature to connect remote Sybase and non-Sybase databases.
Configuration Guide for your platform – provides instructions for performing specific configuration tasks for Adaptive Server
EJB Server User’s Guide – explains how to use EJB Server to deploy and execute Enterprise JavaBeans in Adaptive Server.
Error Messages and Troubleshooting Guide – explains how to resolve frequently occurring error messages and describes solutions to system problems frequently encountered by users.
Full-Text Search Specialty Data Store User’s Guide – describes how to use the Full-Text Search feature with Verity to search Adaptive Server Enterprise data.
Glossary – defines technical terms used in the Adaptive Server documentation.
Historical Server User’s Guide – describes how to use Historical Server to obtain performance information for SQL Server® and Adaptive Server.
Java in Adaptive Server Enterprise – describes how to install and use Java classes as data types, functions, and stored procedures in the Adaptive Server database.
Job Scheduler User's Guide – provides instructions on how to install and configure, and create and schedule jobs on a local or remote Adaptive Server using the command line or a graphical user interface (GUI).
Monitor Client Library Programmer’s Guide – describes how to write Monitor Client Library applications that access Adaptive Server performance data.
Monitor Server User’s Guide – describes how to use Monitor Server to obtain performance statistics from SQL Server and Adaptive Server.
Performance and Tuning Guide – is a series of four books that explains how to tune Adaptive Server for maximum performance:
Basics – the basics for understanding and investigating performance questions in Adaptive Server.
Locking – describes how the various locking schemas can be used for improving performance in Adaptive Server.
Optimizer and Abstract Plans – describes how the optimizer processes queries and how abstract plans can be used to change some of the optimizer plans.
Monitoring and Analyzing – explains how statistics are obtained and used for monitoring and optimizing performance.
Quick Reference Guide – provides a comprehensive listing of the names and syntax for commands, functions, system procedures, extended system procedures, datatypes, and utilities in a pocket-sized book.
Reference Manual – is a series of four books that contains the following detailed Transact-SQL® information:
Building Blocks – Transact-SQL datatypes, functions, global variables, expressions, identifiers and wildcards, and reserved words.
Commands – Transact-SQL commands.
Procedures – Transact-SQL system procedures, catalog stored procedures, system extended stored procedures, and dbcc stored procedures.
Tables – Transact-SQL system tables and dbcc tables.
System Administration Guide – provides in-depth information about administering servers and databases. This manual includes instructions and guidelines for managing physical resources, security, user and system databases, and specifying character conversion, international language, and sort order settings.
System Tables Diagram – illustrates system tables and their entity relationships in a poster format. Available only in print version.
Transact-SQL User’s Guide – documents Transact-SQL, Sybase’s enhanced version of the relational database language. This manual serves as a textbook for beginning users of the database management system. This manual also contains descriptions of the pubs2 and pubs3 sample databases.
Using Adaptive Server Distributed Transaction Management Features – explains how to configure, use, and troubleshoot Adaptive Server DTM features in distributed transaction processing environments.
Using Sybase Failover in a High Availability System – provides instructions for using Sybase’s Failover to configure an Adaptive Server as a companion server in a high availability system.
Utility Guide – documents the Adaptive Server utility programs, such as isql and bcp, which are executed at the operating system level.
Web Services User’s Guide – explains how to configure, use, and troubleshoot Web Services for Adaptive Server.
XA Interface Integration Guide for CICS, Encina, and TUXEDO – provides instructions for using the Sybase DTM XA interface with X/Open XA transaction managers.
XML Services in Adaptive Server Enterprise – describes the Sybase native XML processor and the Sybase Java-based XML support, introduces XML in the database, and documents the query and mapping functions that comprise XML Services.
Use the Sybase Getting Started CD, the Sybase Technical Library CD and the Technical Library Product Manuals Web site to learn more about your product:
The Getting Started CD contains release bulletins and installation guides in PDF format, and may also contain other documents or updated information not included on the Technical Library CD. It is included with your software. To read or print documents on the Getting Started CD you need Adobe Acrobat Reader (downloadable at no charge from the Adobe Web site, using a link provided on the CD).
The Technical Library CD contains product manuals and is included with your software. The DynaText reader (included on the Technical Library CD) allows you to access technical information about your product in an easy-to-use format.
Refer to the Technical Library Installation Guide in your documentation package for instructions on installing and starting the Technical Library.
The Technical Library Product Manuals Web site is an HTML version of the Technical Library CD that you can access using a standard Web browser. In addition to product manuals, you will find links to EBFs/Updates, Technical Documents, Case Management, Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.
To access the Technical Library Product Manuals Web site, go to Product Manuals.
Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.
Finding the latest information on product certifications
Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Select Products from the navigation bar on the left.
Select a product name from the product list and click Go.
Select the Certification Report filter, specify a time frame, and click Go.
Click a Certification Report title to display the report.
Creating a personalized view of the Sybase Web
site (including support pages)
Set up a MySybase profile. MySybase is a free service that allows you to create a personalized view of Sybase Web pages.
Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Click MySybase and create a MySybase profile.
Finding the latest information on EBFs and software
maintenance
Select EBFs/Maintenance. Enter user name and password information, if prompted (for existing Web accounts) or create a new account (a free service).
Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.
Select a product.
Specify a time frame and click Go.
Click the Info icon to display the EBF/Maintenance report, or click the product description to download the software.
The following style conventions are used in this manual:
In a sample window display, commands you should enter exactly as shown are given in:
this font
In a sample window display, words that you should replace with the appropriate value for your installation are shown in:
this font
In the regular text of this document, the names of files and directories appear in this font:
/usr/u/sybase
The names of programs, utilities, procedures, and commands appear in this font:
sqlupgrade
Commands for both the C shell and the Bourne shell are provided in this document, when they differ. The initialization file for the C shell is called.cshrc. The initialization file for the Bourne shell is called .profile. If you are using a different shell, such as the Korn shell, refer to your shell-specific documentation for the correct command syntax.
Table 1 shows the conventions for syntax statements in this manual.
Key |
Definition |
|---|---|
command |
Command names, command option names, utility names, utility flags, and other keywords are in bold. |
variable |
Variables, or words that stand for values that you fill in, are in italic. |
{ }
|
Curly braces indicate that you choose at least one of the enclosed options. Do not include braces in your option. |
[ ] |
Brackets mean choosing one or more of the enclosed options is optional. Do not include brackets in your option. |
( ) |
Parentheses are to be typed as part of the command. |
| |
The vertical bar means you can select only one of the options shown. |
, |
The comma means you can choose as many of the options shown as you like, separating your choices with commas to be typed as part of the command. |
Each Sybase installation that has purchased a support contract has one or more designated people who are authorized to contact Sybase Technical Support. If you cannot resolve a problem using the manuals or online help, please have the designated person contact Sybase Technical Support or the Sybase subsidiary in your area.
