Installing components with the Installer in GUI mode

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 you can use some products.

As part of the installation, the Installer sets most of the environment variables needed for Adaptive Server products. However, you must source other environment variables by running the SYBASE.csh or SYBASE.sh script file after exiting the Installer.

To install server components:

1. Stop and shut down all programs before running the installer.

2. Insert the CD into the CD drive, or download and extract the Adaptive Server install image from the Sybase Product Download Center (SPDC).

   Launch the Adaptive Server Installer.

   Start the installer by entering:

   /cdrom/setup
   

3. The Welcome screen displays. Click Next.

4. When the license selection window displays, select the most appropriate location from the drop-down list, read the license terms, and then click “I agree...” to proceed. Click Next.

   Not every country is listed in the drop-down list. If the country you are located in is not listed, select the most appropriate area.

5. The Install directory window allows you to select a directory for the installation by clicking Browse. Click Next to accept the default of:

   /opt/sybase
   

   You can also enter a directory for installation.

6. You can choose from three types of installations in the Install Type window:

   • Typical

     Be aware that the Typical install does not install the license server. If you need to install the license server, select the Custom installation and select your components.

   • Full

   • Custom

7. If you select Custom, the Products and Features Selection window displays. Select the products you want to install by checking the box next to each product name.

   Some features are dependent on other features; therefore, you cannot unselect some items without first unselecting others.

   After you have made your selection, click Next. Before proceeding to the next window, the Installer verifies the selections, and checks for dependencies and available disk space.

8. The Product Selection Summary window displays the selections that you have made.

   Verify that you have selected the correct type of installation, and that you have enough disk space to complete the process. Click Next to proceed.

9. The Install Progress window shows the progress of the installation.

10. The Install Status window displays the result of the installation process.

    Click Next to configure the software.

11. The Sybase Software Asset Management License Server screen allows you to designate where Adaptive Server will find its licenses. Where you choose to store your license depends upon whether you have selected a served or unserved license model.

    For information about served and unserved licenses, and about choosing the best license server for your environment, seec Chapter 2, “Choosing a License Model” of the Sybase Software Asset Management User’s Guide.

    You must specify whether the licenses will be obtained from a license server.

    If you answer Yes, you must know the host name of the machine where the license manager is running, and the port number if you have used a non-default port number.

    If you answer No, you will be using unserved licenses. You will be reminded to download and install the license file after you have finished the installation.

    When you download the license file, copy it to $SYBASE/$SYBASE_SYSAM/licenses.

12. The Sybase Software Asset Management Notification screen asks you to configure your server for e-mail notification. When configuration is enabled, designated users receive information about license management events requiring attention.

    Provide the following information:

    • SMTP server host name

    • SMTP server port number

    • E-mail Return Address

    • Recipient e-mail addresses

    • Message severity that triggers e-mail messages

13. The Product Licenses screen asks you to indicate the edition of Adaptive Server you are installing. You can choose from:

    • Unknown

    • Enterprise Edition

    • Small Business Edition

    • Developers Edition

    • Express Edition

    You must select only the Adaptive Server edition for which you have a license. For more information about troubleshooting license type and edition problems, see Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting SySAM Issues.”

14. If you are installing Enterprise Edition or Small Business Edition, you must also enter the License Type under which Adaptive Server is licensed.

15. The Configure New Servers window asks if you want to configure new servers, depending upon the products you installed. A Full or Custom installation allows you to choose to:

    • Configure new Adaptive Server

    • Configure new Backup Server

    • Configure new Monitor Server

    • Configure new XP Server

    • Configure new Job Scheduler

    • Enable Self Management

    • Configure Web Services

    • Configure Enhanced Full-Text Search Server

    • Configure Unified Agent

    Select the servers you want to configure. If you do not want to configure the new servers at this point, unselect the item and click Next.

16. The Custom Configure New Server Options window allows you to select servers to custom configure. If you do not select any servers in this window, the Installer configures all the servers using default values.

    If you choose the default values, the Installer chooses everything including the server name, port number, and master device location. It also installs Backup Server, Monitor Server, and the XP Server, choosing the name, port number, and error log.

    If you accept the defaults, the server names are:

    • Adaptive Server – <host name>

    • Backup Server – <host name>_BS

    • Monitor Server – <host name>_MS

    • XP Server – <host name>_XP

    • Job Scheduler Agent – <host name>_JSAGENT

    • Enhanced Full Text Search Server – <host name>_TEXT

    If you configure the servers with default values, the Configure Server Attributes Summary window displays next.

    If you select to configure the server with custom values, you have the following choices:

    • Custom configure new Adaptive Server

    • Custom configure new Backup Server

    • Custom configure new Monitor Server

    • Custom configure new XP Server

    • Custom configure new Job Schedule

    • Custom configure Self Management

    • Custom configure Web Services

    • Custom configure new Enhanced Full Text Search Server

    • Custom configure new Unified Agent

    The Custom Configure Input window displays next.

17. The Custom Configure Input window prompts you for the custom Adaptive Server configuration information.

    • Server name

    • Port numbers

    • Page size

    • Error log – name of error log file and the path where it should be located.

    • Master device – name of master device and the path where it should be located.

    • Master device size (MB). The minimum master device sizes are:

      • 2K page size – 24MB

      • 4K page size – 45MB

      • 8K page size – 89MB

      • 16K page size – 177MB

    • Master database size (MB). The minimum master database sizes are:

      • 2K page size – 13MB

      • 4K page size – 26MB

      • 8K page size – 52MB

      • 16K page size – 104MB

    • System procedure device

    • System procedure device size. The minimum size is 120MB.

    • System procedure database size. The minimum size is 120MB.

    • System device

    • System device size (in MB) The minimum sizes are:

      • 2K page size server – 3MB

      • 4K page size server – 6MB

      • 8K page size server – 12MB

      • 16K page size server – 24MB

    • System database size (in MB) The minimum sizes are:

      • 2K page size server – 3MB

      • 4K page size server – 6MB

      • 8K page size server – 12MB

      • 16K page size server – 24MB

    Once you have customized the Adaptive Server configuration, select Next to record the input fields.

18. The Custom Configure Backup Server Input window prompts you for the Backup Server information.

    Once you have entered the appropriate information, click Next to record the information.

19. The Custom Configure Monitor Server Input window prompts you to enter the Monitor Server configuration information.

    Once you have entered the appropriate information, click Next to record the information.

20. The Custom Configure XP Server Input window prompts you to enter the XP Server configuration information.

    Once you have entered the appropriate information, click Next to record the information.

21. The Custom Configure New Job Scheduler Input window prompts you to enter Job Scheduler information:

    • Agent name

    • Port number

    • Management device

    • Management device size

    • Management database size

    Once you have entered the appropriate information, click Next to record the information.

22. Custom configure Self Management by entering the following information:

    • Self Management user name

    • Self Management password

    If you choose the default user name “sa,” you cannot enter the password. The “sa” default password is null.

23. The Custom Configure Enhanced Full-Text Search prompts you to configure Enhanced Full-Text Search. Once you have entered the appropriate information, click Next to record the information.

24. The Unified Agent – Discovery Services screen prompts you to choose either a “Jini” adaptor or a UDP adaptor. The UDP adaptor is the default. When you enter a Jini adaptor, it requires that you enter a:

    • Host name

    • Port number

    • Heart-beat period

25. Security Login Modules – prompts you to choose the security login modules for the Unified Agent. You can choose:

    • Simple Login Module

      If you double-click Simple Login Module, a dialog asks you to change the user name and password.

    • ASE Login Module

    • Unix Proxy Login Module

    Select the Enable box, to enable a login module. To order the modules according to priority, select the module, and click Move up, or Move down.

26. The Configure New Servers Summary window displays a summary of the values that are used to configure the servers. These values are either the default or custom values. After verifying the information, click Next, and the Installer proceeds with the server configuration.

27. The Configure Server Progress window displays the progress of the server configuration.

28. The Installation Complete window is the last window.

    If you encounter any errors, see the Troubleshooting Guide.

Adaptive Server and related products have been successfully installed, and minimally configured for use. See “Installing sample databases”, to begin experimenting with your servers, or see the System Administration Guide at Sybase Product Manuals for more advanced topics.

Adaptive Server

You have a running server, as well as various system databases and system tables. Some references that may help you get started using your new Adaptive Server include:

• “Initializing Database Devices” and “Creating User Databases” in the System Administration Guide – information about creating an Adaptive Server user database and its devices.

• Transact-SQL User’s Guide – learn how to write queries.

Backup Server

For information on developing a backup and recovery plan and backing up and restoring user databases, see the System Administration Guide.

Monitor Server

Monitor Server requires some additional configuration after installation. See the Monitor Server User’s Guide.

XP Server

For information on using extended stored procedures, see the Transact-SQL User’s Guide.

EFTS

For information on using full-text search capabilities, see the Full-Text Search Specialty Data Store User’s Guide (not available for SGI).

Job Scheduler

For information on using Job Scheduler, see the Job Scheduler User’s Guide.

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