This manual is intended for Sybase System Administrators and Database Owners.
This book describes how to install, configure, and use Sybase Failover in a high availability system.
Chapter 1, “What is High Availability?” introduces the concepts of a high availability system and Sybase’s Failover.
Chapter 2, “Failover and Failback” provides an overview of the concepts of failing over and failing back between Adaptive Servers in a high availability system.
Chapter 3, “Asymmetric and Symmetric Setup” discusses the differences between asymmetric and symmetric configurations.
Chapter 4, “Modes of Failover” describes the different modes in which Adaptive Server operates when configured for failover.
Chapter 5, “Proxy Databases, User Databases, and Proxy System Tables” discusses the concepts of proxy databases, the effect of failover on user databases, and the concepts of proxy system tables.
Chapter 6, “Running do_advisory” describes how to configure two Adaptive Servers for failover.
Chapter 7, “Configuring Adaptive Server for Failover on HP” describes the steps for configuring Failover on HP.
Chapter 8, “Configuring Adaptive Server for Failover on IBM AIX” describes the steps for configuring Failover on IBM AIX.
Chapter 9, “Configuring Adaptive Server for Failover on HP Tru64 TruCluster Server 5.x” describes the steps for configuring Failover on Digital Unix TruCluster.
Chapter 10, “Configuring Adaptive Server for Failover on Sun” describes the steps for configuring Failover on Sun.
Chapter 11, “Configuring Adaptive Server for Failover on Sun Cluster 3.0,” describes the steps for configuring Failover on the Sun Cluster 3.0.
Chapter 12, “Configuring Adaptive Server for Failover on Veritas,” describes the steps for configuring Failover on Veritas.
Chapter 13, “Configuring Adaptive Server for Failover on Windows NT” describes the steps for configuring Failover on Windows NT.
Appendix A, “Troubleshooting Second Point of Failures” describes methods of troubleshooting second point of failures.
Appendix B, “Changes to Commands, System Procedures, System Databases, and New dbcc Commands, and Functions” describes how commands, system procedures, and system databases change when Adaptive Server is configured for failover.
Appendix C, “Open Client Functionality in a Failover Configuration” describes changes required for Open Client to work with Sybase’s ‘Failover.
The Glossary at the end of the book defines the terms used specifically with Sybase’s Failover.
The following documents comprise the Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise documentation:
The release bulletin for your platform – contains last-minute information that was too late to be included in the books.
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The Installation Guide for your platform – describes installation, upgrade, and configuration procedures for all Adaptive Server and related Sybase products.
Configuring Adaptive Server Enterprise for your platform – provides instructions for performing specific configuration tasks for Adaptive Server.
What’s New in Adaptive Server Enterprise? – describes the new features in Adaptive Server version 12.5, the system changes added to support those features, and the changes that may affect your existing applications.
Transact-SQL User’s Guide – documents Transact-SQL, Sybase’s enhanced version of the relational database language. This manual serves as a textbook for beginning users of the database management system. This manual also contains descriptions of the pubs2 and pubs3 sample databases.
System Administration Guide – provides in-depth information about administering servers and databases. This manual includes instructions and guidelines for managing physical resources, security, user and system databases, and specifying character conversion, international language, and sort order settings.
Reference Manual – contains detailed information about all Transact-SQL commands, functions, procedures, and data types. This manual also contains a list of the Transact-SQL reserved words and definitions of system tables.
Performance and Tuning Guide – explains how to tune Adaptive Server for maximum performance. This manual includes information about database design issues that affect performance, query optimization, how to tune Adaptive Server for very large databases, disk and cache issues, and the effects of locking and cursors on performance.
The Utility Guide – documents the Adaptive Server utility programs, such as isql and bcp, which are executed at the operating system level.
The Quick Reference Guide – provides a comprehensive listing of the names and syntax for commands, functions, system procedures, extended system procedures, data types, and utilities in a pocket-sized book. Available only in print version.
The System Tables Diagram – illustrates system tables and their entity relationships in a poster format. Available only in print version.
Error Messages and Troubleshooting Guide – explains how to resolve frequently occurring error messages and describes solutions to system problems frequently encountered by users.
Component Integration Services User’s Guide – explains how to use the Adaptive Server Component Integration Services feature to connect remote Sybase and non-Sybase databases.
Java in Adaptive Server Enterprise – describes how to install and use Java classes as data types, functions, and stored procedures in the Adaptive Server database.
Using Sybase Failover in a High Availability System – provides instructions for using Sybase’s Failover to configure an Adaptive Server as a companion server in a high availability system.
Using Adaptive Server Distributed Transaction Management Features – explains how to configure, use, and troubleshoot Adaptive Server DTM features in distributed transaction processing environments.
EJB Server User’s Guide – explains how to use EJB Server to deploy and execute Enterprise JavaBeans in Adaptive Server.
XA Interface Integration Guide for CICS, Encina, and TUXEDO – provides instructions for using Sybase’s DTM XA interface with X/Open XA transaction managers.
Glossary – defines technical terms used in the Adaptive Server documentation.
Sybase jConnect for JDBC Programmer’s Reference – describes the jConnect for JDBC product and explains how to use it to access data stored in relational database management systems.
Full-Text Search Specialty Data Store User’s Guide – describes how to use the Full-Text Search feature with Verity to search Adaptive Server Enterprise data.
Historical Server User’s Guide –describes how to use Historical Server to obtain performance information for SQL Server and Adaptive Server.
Monitor Server User’s Guide – describes how to use Monitor Server to obtain performance statistics from SQL Server and Adaptive Server.
Monitor Client Library Programmer’s Guide – describes how to write Monitor Client Library applications that access Adaptive Server performance data.
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