This manual, the Configuration Guide, provides instructions for performing specific configuration tasks for Sybase® Adaptive Server™ Enterprise on UNIX platforms.
The operating system release levels for the UNIX platforms on which Adaptive Server is certified to execute is in the installation documentation or release bulletin for your platform.
This manual covers the following topics:
Instructions for reconfiguring certain attributes of your existing Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Backup Server™, Adaptive Server Enterprise Monitor™, and XP Server™ to meet your specific needs
Creating network connections
Configuring optional functionality
Performing operating system administration tasks
Working with system administration issues that are relevant to Adaptive Server running on UNIX platforms. This manual supplements the System Administration Guide and the Performance and Tuning Guide.
Before configuring Adaptive Server according to the
instructions in this book, you should have a newly installed or
upgraded Adaptive Server on your system. If you do not, follow the
installation and upgrade instructions in the installation documentation
for your platform.
This manual is for System Administrators or other qualified installers who are familiar with their system’s environment, networks, disk resources, and media devices.
This manual contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “Introduction” presents an overview of Adaptive Server and the configuration changes you might want to make to Adaptive Server after installing or upgrading the server.
Chapter 2, “Starting and Stopping Servers” describes how to start and stop Adaptive Server, Backup Server, Monitor Server, and XP Server.
Chapter 3, “Configuring the Operating System” describes how to set up your operating system to work with Adaptive Server.
Chapter 4, “Adaptive Server Default Configuration” provides information about the default parameter settings of Adaptive Server.
Chapter 5, “Setting Up Communications Across the Network” describes how to use the interfaces file to establish network connections for servers and clients.
Chapter 6, “Lightweight Directory Access Protocol in Adaptive Server” provides information about using LDAP directory services to establish connections.
Chapter 7, “Customizing Localization for Adaptive Server” provides background information about Sybase’s localization support as well as task information for reconfiguring character sets, sort orders, and language modules.
Chapter 8, “Logging Error Messages and Events” describes how to use the error logging features of Adaptive Server.
Chapter 9, “Managing Adaptive Server Databases” provides information about the administration of Adaptive Server databases, including both routine tasks and performance and tuning considerations.
Chapter 10, “Adding Optional Functionality to Adaptive Server” provides instructions for adding optional functionality, such as auditing and the sample databases.
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.
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 Technical Library.
The Installation Guide for your platform – describes installation, upgrade, and configuration procedures for all Adaptive Server and related Sybase products.
Configuraiton Guide 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 datatypes. 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.
Utility Guide – documents the Adaptive Server utility programs, such as isql and bcp, which are executed at the operating system level.
Quick Reference Guide – provides a comprehensive listing of the names and syntax for commands, functions, system procedures, extended system procedures, datatypes, and utilities in a pocket-sized book. Available only in print version.
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 datatypes, 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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Table 1 shows the conventions used in this manual.
Item |
Example |
|---|---|
Command names, keywords, command options, utility names, utility flags, and system procedure names |
create database isql -U sp_configure |
Database names |
master, model, and tempdb databases |
Datatypes |
int, datetime, and varchar datatypes |
File names and path names |
interfaces $SYBASE/bin |
Variables, or words that placeholders for values that you fill in |
select column_name from table_name where search_conditions |
Examples showing the use of Transact-SQL commands |
select * from publishers |
Examples of output from the computer |
0736 New Age Books Boston MA 0877 Binnet & Hardley Washington DC 1389 Algodata Infosystems Berkeley CA |
Parentheses – if shown in the syntax, type them as part of the command. |
compute row_aggregate (column_name) |
Comma – choose one or more options. Type commas as part of the command. |
cash, check, credit |
Vertical bar – choose only one option. Do not type the bars. |
cash | check | credit |
Curly braces around options separated by commas – you must choose at least one option. You may choose more than one. Do not type the braces. |
{cash, check, credit}
|
Curly braces around options separated by vertical bars – you must choose only one option. Do not type the braces. |
{cash | check | credit}
|
Brackets around options separated by commas – choosing an option is optional. You may choose more than one. Do not type the brackets. |
[cash, check, credit] |
Brackets around options separated by vertical bars – choosing an option is optional. You may choose only one. Do not type the brackets. |
[cash | check | credit] |
An ellipsis (...) means that you can repeat the preceding optional unit (between the square brackets) as many times as you like. In this example, you must specify at least one toy and enter its price. You must choose only one method of payment: cash, check, or credit. You may also buy additional toys. Separate each toy with a comma. You may put each item on a separate line for readability, but this is not required. |
buy toy = price {cash | check | credit}
[, toy = price {cash | check | credit} ]...
buy doll = 25.50 check, train = 60.00 credit, bicycle = 150.00 credit, paint set = 6.00 cash |
Transact-SQL does not restrict the number of words you can put on a line, or where to break a line. However, for readability, examples and syntax statements in this manual are formatted so each clause of a statement begins on a new line. Clauses that have more than one part extend to additional lines, which are indented.
You can disregard case when typing Transact-SQL keywords. For example, Adaptive Server understands SELECT, Select, and select to be the same. In this manual, most examples are in lowercase. Case sensitivity of database objects, such as table names, depends on the sort order installed on Adaptive Server. You can change case sensitivity for single-byte character sets by reconfiguring the Adaptive Server sort order. For more information, see Chapter 7, “Configuring Character Sets, Sort Orders, and Languages,” in the System Administration Guide.
Commands for both the C and Bourne shells are included in this document, when they differ. The initialization file for the C shell is called .cshrc. The initialization file for the Bourne shell is called .profile. If you are using a different shell, such as the Korn shell, see your shell-specific documentation for the correct command syntax.
The following terms appear repeatedly throughout this book. For more detailed information about these and other terms, see the Adaptive Server Glossary.
/work/sybase – is given as an example of the Sybase installation directory.
Text editor – refers to an ASCII text editor or any editor that can save files to text format.
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