The installation process copies all of the files from the installation media to the hard drive and then configures a base Adaptive Server. At the end of the installation, the Adaptive Server and associated software is ready to be customized for the user’s environment – for example, creating devices, databases and tables, and loading data.
The basic process for installing Adaptive Server is:
Perform pre-installation tasks related to license administration as described in “Pre-installation tasks for SySAM”.
WARNING! SySAM 2.0 enabled products work for an initial period without a license. If you do not install a valid license for your configuration in this grace period, the product ceases to function. For general information about SySAM 2.0, see the Sybase Software Asset Management User’s Guide.
Perform the pre-installation tasks as described in “Pre-installation tasks for Adaptive Server”.
Perform the installation using any of the methods described in “Installation methods”.
Perform the post-installation tasks as described in Chapter 3, “Post-Installation Tasks.”
