This guide is for Sybase® system administrators and other professionals who are familiar with their system’s environment, networks, disk resources, and media devices.
This book contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “Overview,” is the overview of the Unwired Accelerator installation.
Chapter 2, “Installation Procedures,” describes how to install Unwired Accelerator on your system, how to perform special installation and upgrade procedures, how to stop and start system components, and how to uninstall Unwired Accelerator.
Chapter 3, “Troubleshooting,” provides information for some common installation problems.
Appendix A, “Setting Up Authentication and Authorization,” describes how to set up authentication and authorization using Tomcat, and either the portal database or a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server.
Unwired Accelerator documentation The following Unwired Accelerator documents are available on the Getting Started with Unwired Accelerator CD:
The Unwired Accelerator release bulletin for your platform contains up-to-date information not documented elsewhere.
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 Products Manuals Web site.
The Unwired Accelerator installation guide (this document) contains installation instructions.
The Unwired Accelerator Quick Start Guide shows how to deploy a database application to either a PDA or BlackBerry device.
The Unwired Accelerator Mobile Application Development Tutorial provides tutorials that show how you can use Mobile Web Studio to develop and deploy mobile applications.
Unwired Accelerator .NET API Cookbook – describes how to use the .NET API.
Adaptive Server Enterprise documents – Unwired Accelerator 8.0 includes the Adaptive Server® Enterprise database to store system information including security authentication and authorization information.
The SyBooks Installation Guide describes how to install SyBooks™.
jConnect for JDBC documents – Unwired Accelerator 8.0 includes the jConnect™ for JDBC™ driver to allow JDBC access to Sybase database servers and gateways. The release bulletin and installation guide are included on the Getting Started CD.
Unwired Accelerator online documentation The following Unwired Accelerator documents are available on the SyBooks CD:
The Unwired Accelerator Developer’s Guide includes developer-related topics for Unwired Accelerator components, Portal Interface applications, and Java Template Framework pages.
The Unwired Accelerator Administration Guide provides administration topics for Unwired Accelerator and its components.
The Portal Interface User’s Guide describes the Portal Interface user interface and how to use Portal Interface to build and manage your enterprise’s portal.
jConnect for JDBC documents – Unwired Accelerator 8.0 includes the jConnect for JDBC driver to allow JDBC access to Sybase database servers and gateways. The Programmer’s Reference jConnect for JDBC is included on the SyBooks CD.
Use the Sybase Getting Started CD, the SyBooks CD, and the Sybase 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 SyBooks CD. It is included with your software. To read or print documents on the Getting Started CD, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download at no charge from the Adobe Web site using a link provided on the CD.
The SyBooks CD contains product manuals and is included with your software. The Eclipse-based SyBooks browser allows you to access the manuals in an easy-to-use, HTML-based format.
Some documentation may be provided in PDF format, which you can access through the PDF directory on the SyBooks CD. To read or print the PDF files, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Refer to the SyBooks Installation Guide on the Getting Started CD, or the README.txt file on the SyBooks CD for instructions on installing and starting SyBooks.
The Sybase Product Manuals Web site is an online version of the SyBooks CD that you can access using a standard Web browser. In addition to product manuals, you will find links to EBFs/Maintenance, Technical Documents, Case Management, Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.
To access the Sybase 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.
Click Certification Report.
In the Certification Report filter select a product, platform, and timeframe and then click Go.
Click a Certification Report title to display the report.
Finding the latest information on component certifications
Point your Web browser to Availability and Certification Reports.
Either select the product family and product under Search by Base Product; or select the platform and product under Search by Platform.
Select Search to display the availability and certification report for the selection.
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
Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.
Select EBFs/Maintenance. If prompted, enter your MySybase user name and password.
Select a product.
Specify a time frame and click Go. A list of EBF/Maintenance releases is displayed.
Padlock icons indicate that you do not have download authorization for certain EBF/Maintenance releases because you are not registered as a Technical Support Contact. If you have not registered, but have valid information provided by your Sybase representative or through your support contract, click Edit Roles to add the “Technical Support Contact” role to your MySybase profile.
Click the Info icon to display the EBF/Maintenance report, or click the product description to download the software.
The syntax conventions used in this manual are:
Key |
Definition |
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commands and methods |
Command names, command option names, utility names, utility flags, Java methods/classes/packages, and other keywords are in lowercase Arial font. |
variable |
Italic font indicates:
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$SYBASE |
Variable used to represent the Sybase Unwired Accelerator installation directory on UNIX/LINUX systems. |
%SYBASE% |
Variable used to represent the Sybase Unwired Accelerator MobiLink installation directory on Windows 2003 or XP systems. |
File | Save |
Menu names and menu items are displayed in plain text. The vertical bar shows you how to navigate menu selections. For example, File | Save indicates “select Save from the File menu.” |
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Monospace font indicates:
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The installation and post-installation instructions
frequently refer to these variables:
$SYBASE refers to the Unwired Accelerator installation directory; for example, /opt/sybase/UA80. In this document, $SYBASE/ASE indicates the location where Adaptive Server Enterprise is installed.
%SYBASE% refers to the Unwired Accelerator MobiLink installation on Windows 2003 or XP.
$CATALINA_HOME refers to the Apache Tomcat application server installation directory. Unwired Accelerator integrates the Tomcat application server in its installation directory, so $CATALINA_HOME is equivalent to $SYBASE/UA80/tomcat).
$JAVA_HOME refers to a valid JVM directory.
%RIM% refers to the Research in Motion installation directory; for example, C:\Program Files\Research In Motion or C:\RIM.
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.
