This guide is for Sybase system administrators and other qualified professionals who are familiar with their system’s environment, networks, disk resources, and media devices.
This book contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “Overview,” is an overview of the Enterprise Portal (EP) installation and system requirements.
Chapter 2, “Installing Enterprise Portal 6.0 – Enterprise Edition,” describes how to install EP 6.0 on your system.
Chapter 3, “Distributing the Enterprise Portal Installation,” describes how to perform a multimachine installation and distribute Enterprise Portal across multiple EAServers.
Chapter 4, “Upgrading from Enterprise Portal 5.x,” describes how to upgrade Enterprise Portal 5.x to Enterprise Portal 6.0.
Chapter 5, “Uninstalling Enterprise Portal 6.0,” describes how to uninstall Enterprise Portal 6.0.
Appendix A, “Starting and Stopping Sybase Services Manually,” describes how to start the Sybase services manually if they do not start automatically or if you have to shut them down and restart them for any reason.
Appendix B, “Manually Upgrading the Databases,” describes how to manually upgrade the databases in a production environment.
Appendix C, “Troubleshooting,” describes some of the errors you may encounter during installation, and how to fix them.
Appendix D, “Enabling Multibyte Character Support,” describes how to enable multibyte character support.
Enterprise Portal printed documentation Enterprise Security is included in the Enterprise Portal 6.0 package. The following Enterprise Portal documents are available on the Getting Started with Enterprise Portal CD:
The Enterprise Portal release bulletin for your platform contains last-minute information not documented elsewhere. You can also access the release bulletin from the Enterprise Portal installer.
Enterprise Portal online documentation The following Enterprise Portal documents are available in PDF and DynaText format on the Enterprise Portal 6.0 Technical Library CD:
The Enterprise Portal Developer’s Guide includes developer-related topics for Enterprise Portal components, Portal Interface portlets, and Java Template Framework pages.
The Portal Interface User’s Guide describes the Portal Interface user interface and how to use Portal Interface to build and manage your enterprise’s portal.
The Enterprise Security Administration Guide explains Enterprise Portal security architecture and describes how to set up both basic and advanced security models in Enterprise Portal and Portal Interface.
The Enterprise Portal Administration Guide is
not being released for EP 6.0. Many functional changes have occurred
in EP 6.0, and much of the Administration Guide’s content was either
obsolete or has been incorporated into other books in the EP 6.0
documentation collection. An EP-specific administration guide may
be released at a future date with new content (for example, performance
and tuning information).
EAServer documentation EAServer is one of the applications servers into which you can install Enterprise Portal. These EAServer documents are available in HTML format in your EAServer software installation, and in PDF and DynaText format on the EAServer Technical Library CD.
What’s New in EAServer summarizes new functionality in the latest version of EAServer.
The EAServer Feature Guide explains application server concepts and architecture, such as components, transactions, and Web applications. This book also explains how to use the optional EAServer products such as Message Bridge for Java™ and the Web Services Toolkit.
The EAServer Programmer’s Guide explains how to create, deploy, and configure component-based applications, Web applications, Java servlets, JavaServer Pages, and how to use CORBA and Java APIs.
The EAServer System Administration Guide explains how to manage EAServer with the Jaguar Manager plug-in, create new application servers, monitor servers and application components, define connection caches, and so on.
The EAServer Security Administration and Programming Guide explains how to configure role-based security, configure SSL certificate based-security, implement custom security services for authentication, authorization and role-membership, and so on.
The EAServer Cookbook contains tutorials and explains how to use the sample applications included with your EAServer software.
The EAServer API Reference Manual contains reference pages for proprietary EAServer Java classes, ActiveX interfaces, and C routines. This document is available only online.
The EAServer Installation Guide for your platform explains how to install the EAServer software; it is available on the Getting Started CD.
The EAServer Troubleshooting Guide describes problems you may encounter running EAServer and possible solutions; it is available online—see the EAServer Troubleshooting Guide.
jConnect™ for JDBC™ documents Enterprise Portal 6.0 includes the jConnect for JDBC driver to allow JDBC access to Sybase® database servers and gateways. The Programmer’s Reference jConnect for JDBC is included on the Enterprise Portal Technical Library CD.
See the Technical Library Installation Guide in
your documentation package for instructions on installing and starting
the Technical Library.
Use the Sybase Getting Started CD, the Sybase Technical Library CD and the Technical Library Product Manuals Web site to learn more about your product:
The Getting Started CD contains release bulletins and installation guides in PDF format, and may also contain other documents or updated information not included on the Technical Library CD. It is included with your software. To read or print documents on the Getting Started CD you need Adobe Acrobat Reader (downloadable at no charge from the Adobe Web site, using a link provided on the CD).
The Technical Library CD contains product manuals and is included with your software. The DynaText reader (included on the Technical Library CD) allows you to access technical information about your product in an easy-to-use format.
Refer to the Technical Library Installation Guide in your documentation package for instructions on installing and starting the Technical Library.
The Technical Library Product Manuals Web site is an HTML version of the Technical Library CD that you can access using a standard Web browser. In addition to product manuals, you will find links to EBFs/Updates, Technical Documents, Case Management, Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.
To access the Technical Library Product Manuals Web site, go to Product Manuals.
Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.
Finding the latest information on product certifications
Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
From Tech Docs by Doc Type, select Certification Report.
Specify a time frame for your search, and click Go.
Click a Certification Report title to display the report.
Creating a personalized view of the Sybase Web
site (including support pages)
Set up a MySybase profile. MySybase is a free service that allows you to create a personalized view of Sybase Web pages.
Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Click MySybase and create a MySybase profile.
Finding the latest information on EBFs and software
maintenance
Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.
From the menu on the left, under Support Services, select EBFs/Maintenance. Enter user name and password information, if prompted (for existing Web accounts) or create a new account (a free service).
Select a product.
Specify a time frame and click Go.
Click the Info icon to display the EBF/Maintenance report, or click the product description to download the software.
The syntax conventions used in this manual are:
Key |
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commands and methods |
Command names, command option names, utility names, utility flags, Java methods/classes/packages, and other keywords are in lowercase Arial font. |
variable |
Italic font indicates:
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$SYBASE |
Variable used to represent the Sybase Enterprise Portal installation directory on UNIX systems. |
File | Save |
Menu names and menu items are displayed in plain text. The vertical bar shows you how to navigate menu selections. For example, File | Save indicates “select Save from the File menu.” |
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Monospace font indicates:
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The installation and post-installation instructions
frequently refer to the $SYBASE and $JAGUAR variables.
$SYBASE refers to the installation directory of EAServer, Portal Studio, and Portal Search; for example, /work2/sybase/ or /work/sybase.
$JAGUAR refers to the installation directory of the EAServer installed with Enterprise Portal 6.0; for example, /work2/sybase/EAServer or $SYBASE/EAServer when $SYBASE is already set.
Each Sybase installation that has purchased a support contract has one or more designated people who are authorized to contact Sybase Technical Support. If you cannot resolve a problem using the manuals or online help, please have the designated person contact Sybase Technical Support or the Sybase subsidiary in your area.
