To install Rep Server
Download Rep Server either from the Sybase download site or from the CD that is provided.
From the download site, navigate to the directory where the Rep Server software has been downloaded, uncompressed, and extracted. Download the Rep Server – Replication Server 12.6 for Sun Solaris (CD62122-55-1260-03.tgz).
From the CD, insert the Rep Server CD into your CD drive.
Launch InstallShield by executing the setup routine for Solaris:
./setup
If you see an error message saying that there is not enough temporary disk space, add the following to your setup command:
./setup –is:tempdir someDirectory
where someDirectory is a directory with at least 100MB of disk space that the installation program can use.
On the Welcome window, click Next.
Select a geographic location that displays the license agreement. Select I agree and click Next.
Enter the directory where you want to install Rep Server:
If the directory does not exist, the installation program prompts you to create it. Click Yes to create it.
If the destination directory exists, you receive a warning message that you are installing into an existing directory. Click Yes.
Select Typical for the installation setup type and click Next.
The installation program displays a summary of what is to be installed. Click Next.
The installation program starts to install Rep Server, displaying the progress status. If you see a message, “there are newer files already installed and do you want to replace them?” Click ‘”No, to all.”
When you receive a message indicating that Rep Server is successfully installed, click Next.
This procedure uses the SAMPLE_RS Rep Server.
To start the SAMPLE_RS Rep Server, select Yes and click Next.
The following information is displayed and should be recorded:
This page contains detailed information regarding the sample Replication Server.Please record this information.The sample Replication Server will be called SAMPLE_RS and will run on port 11752. It will be configured with a user of sa and no password.The sample Replication Server will use an embedded RSSD called SAMPLE_RS_ERSSD that runs on port 11751. It will be configured with a user of SAMPLE_RS_RSSD_prim and a password of SAMPLE_RS_RSSD_prim_ps.The installer has updated the appropriate interfaces file or sql.ini file.All files and logs associated with the sample Replication Server will be located in the directory $SYBASE/REP-12_6/samp_repserver.The sample Replication Server will be configured using the file $SYBASE/REP-12_6/samp_repserver /SAMPLE_RS.res.
Click Next.
At this point, the SAMPLE_RS is running. After the “Installation was successful” message appears, click Finish.
