Installing Server Components

Sybase recommends installing products while logging in as a "sybase" user.

Note:

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.5 includes new major versions of Adaptive Server and many of the supporting components. Installing Adaptive Server version 15.5 into the same directory with existing products should not impact the existing products. However, installing other products on top of Adaptive Server version 15.5 results in one or more products not working correctly.

Sybase strongly recommends that you install Adaptive Server version 15.5 be installed into its own directory if possible. Where this is not practical and other products must be installed into the same directory, Adaptive Server version 15.5 should be installed last.

You must source the environment variables needed for Adaptive Server products by running the SYBASE.csh or or SYBASE.shscript file after exiting the installer.

The installer creates the target directory (if necessary) and installs the selected components into that directory.

At the end of the installation, you can verify the product installation. You may need to perform additional configuration procedures before using some products.

Installing in GUI mode
Shut down all programs before running the installer.
Installing From the Command Line
The steps for installing components in console mode are the same as those described in the Installing in GUI Mode topic, except that you run the installer from the command line using the setup command, and you enter text to select the installation options. Look here to learn how to install from a command line.
Response File Change
Please note changes to the installation response file from previous releases.
Installing Server in Silent Mode
After running the installer in GUI mode and recording the responses into a response file, edit the file to customize the responses. Then use that response file to answer the installer when you run the installer in silent mode.
Installing Adaptive Server Using Binary Overlay
Read “Special Installation Instructions” in the release bulletin for the latest information that may affect specific 15.5 configurations.
Upgrading an Adaptive Server Configured with High Availability
Learn how to upgrade a server configurged with high availability.
Monitoring and Diagnostic (MDA) Tables
The installmontables script for installing Monitoring and Diagnostic tables (MDA) uses the materialized parameter when defining the MDA proxy tables.
Removing Adaptive Server
Only actions performed by the installer are removed during an uninstallation process. This means that files or registry entries created after installation are not removed by the uninstaller and must be removed by the customer after the uninstall is completed. Where possible, these actions are identified.
Installer Changes from Adaptive Server 12.5.4 to Adaptive Server 15.5
From Adaptive Server 12.5.4 to 15.5 a number of changes to the directory structures occurred.