On production systems, you can restart Adaptive Server automatically whenever the UNIX operating system restarts. To have Adaptive Server restart automatically, place the startserver command in the /etc/inittab file.
Here is a suggested format for an Adaptive Server start-up command to add to /etc/inittab:
"sybase:2:wait:/release_directory/install/startserver -f \ RUN_servername /dev/console 2>&1"
Where release_directory is the full path to the Sybase installation directory (specified as the SYBASE environment variable), and RUN_servername is the runserver file for the server you are starting.
Make sure that the entry for starting Adaptive Server follows any entry for /etc/rc.tcpip and /etc/rc.nfs in the /etc/inittab file. All network resources must be available before you start Adaptive Server; otherwise Adaptive Server will not start. Also, your server will not start if the network is not up.
Slow start-up of network operations can also prevent Adaptive Server from starting, even when the commands in the /etc/rc.tcpip file are in the correct order. You can designate a period of time for Adaptive Server to wait before starting by inserting a sleep command before the server start-up command in the runserver file. The sleep command is in the form:
sleep seconds_of_rest
To enable restart of a Backup Server when the operating
system starts, add a Backup Server start-up command to /etc/inittab.
Use the path of the Backup Server runserver file in this command.
