Adaptive Server releases later than 12.5 do not use the buildmaster utility. Instead, this functionality is included in the dataserver -b option (sqlserver.exe on Windows), which runs the build mode. The dataserver command allows you to create master devices and databases with logical pages of size 2K, 4K, 8K, or 16K.
To create a new Adaptive Server, issue dataserver using the -b and -z options. For example, to build a 100MB master device using the default logical page size (2K) and start the server, issue:
dataserver -d /var/sybase/masterdb.dat -b100M -sMASTER2K
To build a 100MB master device with a logical page size of size 4K:
dataserver -d /var/sybase/masterdb.dat -b100M -z4K -sMASTER4K
For more information about the dataserver utility, see the Utility Guide.
WARNING! Because of changes in the master device and database, as well as the elimination of the buildmaster command, recovery is more complex if you lose your master device or database following an upgrade. Before upgrading, make both a physical dump and a bcp copy of the master database.
