This installation procedure requires one of the following:
A GUI environment (with a monitor, keyboard, and pointing device) on the Replication Agent host machine, or
A remote machine configured to provide a GUI environment for the Replication Agent host machine.
Installing Replication Agent with the GUI wizard
Log in to the Replication Agent host machine using an operating system user account with authority to start, stop, and administer the Replication Agent instance (for example, the “sybase” user).
Close all nonessential applications, and minimize any open windows.
Insert the Replication Agent 15.5 distribution media in the appropriate drive.
Start the installation program:
On Microsoft Windows platforms, the installation program should start automatically. If it does not, select Start | Run, and enter:
x:\setup.exe
where x: is your media drive.
You can also start the installation program from Microsoft Windows Explorer by double-clicking the setup.exe file icon.
On UNIX platforms, enter the following at the command prompt:
cd /cdrom ./setup
Click Next.
You can click Cancel to stop the installation at any
point.
Select your geographic location.
Read the Sybase license agreement and select “I agree to the terms of the Sybase license for the install location specified.”
You must agree to the terms of the software license
before you can continue.
Click Next.
Specify an installation directory. The default installation directory is:
Existing %SYBASE% or c:\sybase on Microsoft Windows platforms
Existing $SYBASE or /opt/sybase on UNIX platforms
Click Next to accept the default installation directory, or:
Click Choose to select an installation directory in the file browser. Click Next.
Enter a directory name. Click Next.
If the directory name does not exist, click Yes when prompted to create it:
The directory does not exist. Do you want to create it?
If the directory you specified (either by default or by entering a directory name) exists, you see:
Warning: You have chosen to install into an existing directory. If you proceed with this installation, any older versions of the products you choose to install that are detected in this directory will be replaced.
If you continue and the older products were not installed with Replication Agent 15.5, the installation program overwrites the common files.
On Microsoft Windows platforms, if you are prompted
to overwrite a DLL, click Yes only if the version
of the new DLL is newer than the one the installation program is
attempting to overwrite.
Select the primary database the Replication Agent will connect to:
Oracle
Microsoft SQL Server
UDB
Click Next.
Select one of these options to enter the license:
Specify license keys – browse for or to directly specify the license file.
Use previously deployed license server – use a previously deployed license server. Enter the host name of the machine where the license server is running and the port number if the port number you are using is not the default.
Continue installation without a license key – install and use Replication Agent without a license for a grace period of 30 days. To continue using Replication Agent after the end of the grace period, obtain valid license from the Sybase Product Download Center, and install it.
For more information on SySAM licensing, see the Sybase Software Asset Management Users Guide.
Click Next until you see the Sybase Software Asset Management Notification window.
On the Sybase Software Asset Management Notification window, configure your server for e-mail notification. When configuration is enabled, you receive information about license management events that require attention. Select Yes and either accept the default values that are supplied, or enter values for the following (from your worksheet):
SMTP server host name
SMTP server port number
E-mail return address
Recipients of the notification
Message severity level of an event that triggers e-mail notification. Your choices are:
Informational
Warning
Error
If you choose not to have e-mail alerts or severity messages logged, select No.
Click Next.
Review the product features or components listed on the Pre-Installation Summary window. Click Install.
The installation program installs the components in the installation directory you specified, and displays an installation progress indicator.
If errors occur during the installation, the installation program displays error messages. Exit the installation program wizard to correct the cause of the error, then restart the installation program. See “Installation troubleshooting”.
If the software is installed successfully, you see a window confirming the successful installation.
Click Done to complete the installation and close the installation program.
To verify that the software components were installed correctly, see “Verifying the installation”.
Set up the SYBASE environment on the Replication Agent host machine. See “Setting up the SYBASE environment variable”.
