Installation tasks

This section discusses installing Unwired Accelerator in a network environment. Installation takes five to ten minutes, depending on the speed of your machine.

NoteSee “Upgrading from UA 7.0 to 8.0 (Tomcat)” if you are upgrading Unwired Accelerator software on Tomcat.

StepsInstalling Unwired Accelerator

  1. Insert the installation CD. If AutoStart is enabled, the InstallShield wizard starts and the Welcome window displays. This may take a few moments. If AutoStart is disabled, launch the installer from the CD by double-clicking ua80setup.exe. The Welcome screen appears.

    NoteRemote installation of UA 8.0 is not supported. You must install UA 8.0 using the installation CD or by copying all the installation files to the machine on which you are installing UA 8.0.

  2. Click Next. The End-User License window displays.

  3. Select the license agreement appropriate for the country or region where you are installing the software. The license displays.

    Read the license agreement and select “I agree to the terms of the Sybase license for the installation location specified.” Click Next.

  4. In the Installation Directory window, enter the installation directory where you want to install Unwired Accelerator, for example, C:\Sybase\UA80.

    NoteThe installation directory is referred to as %SYBASE% in this guide.

    Do not select an installation directory that uses double-byte characters or spaces anywhere in the path name.

    Click Next.

  5. The installer checks for available disk space. If there is not enough disk space, the Installer reports the problem and closes. You must free up disk space and start again.

  6. In the next window, enter:

    NoteIf you are performing an upgrade from UA 7.0, you must use the same domain name, host name, database port, HTTP port, and HTTPS port as you configured for your 7.0 installation.

    Click Next.

  7. The parameters window displays. Enter the values for these parameters or accept the defaults.

    This window also shows the ports used by Unwired Accelerator:

    Click Next. The installer starts.

  8. The Installation Progress window displays.

    The installer starts the Adaptive Server Anywhere database.

    The Installation Summary window displays and reports success or failure of the installation.

  9. Click Finish.

  10. To start UA, you must restart your machine. In the next window, select from these options:

  11. The Unwired Accelerator installation is complete. After restarting your machine, see “Verifying the installation” to verify the network installation works correctly