About this book

Audience

This book is for System Administrators and other qualified installers who are familiar with their system’s environment, networks, disk resources, and media devices.

How to use this book

Before you use this book, you can read Chapter 1, “Preparing to Install and Configure Replication Server” in the Replication Server Configuration Guide for UNIX to help you plan your installation. The step is unnecessary if you plan to install a sample Replication Server.

When you have completed the instructions in Chapter 1, follow the instructions in this book to install Replication Server® on your system.

This guide contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1, “Introduction,” provides an overview of the installation process.
Chapter 2, “Installing Replication Server,” describes how to prepare your system for Replication Server software installation and how to load the Replication Server software from CD onto your system.
Appendix A, “Sybase Software Asset Management (SySAM),” provides additional information about licensing concepts that you need to know before you begin installing additional copies of Replication Server, setting up the license manager in a network environment, or setting up redundant servers for high availability and failover.

Other sources of information

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.

Not available for Mac – 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.

Sybase certifications on the Web

Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.

Finding the latest information on product certifications

Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Select Products from the navigation bar on the left.
Select a product name from the product list and click Go.
Select the Certification Report filter, specify a time frame, 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.

Sybase EBFs and software maintenance

Finding the latest information on EBFs and software maintenance

Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.
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.

Conventions

This section describes the stylistic and syntactic conventions used in this book.

Style conventions Syntax statements (displaying the syntax and options for a command) are printed as follows:

alter user user
set password new_passwd
[verify password old_passwd]

Examples that show the use of Replication Server commands are printed as follows:

alter user louise
 set password hFE5t
 verify password hFE5t

Command names, command option names, program names, program flags, keywords, configuration parameters, functions, and stored procedures are printed as follows:

Use alter user to change the password for a login name.
Variables, parameters to functions and stored procedures, and user-supplied words are in italics in syntax and in paragraph text, as follows:

The set password new_passwd clause specifies a new password.
Names of database objects, such as databases, tables, columns, and datatypes, are in san serif font in paragraph text, as follows:

The base_price column in the Items table is a money datatype.
Names of replication objects, such as function-string classes, error classes, replication definitions, and subscriptions, are in italics.

Syntax conventions Syntax formatting conventions are summarized in Table 1. Examples combining these elements follow.

**Table 1: Syntax formatting conventions**
Key	Definition
variable	Variables (words standing for values that you fill in) are in italics.
{ }	Curly braces mean you must choose at least one of the enclosed options. Do not include braces in the command.
[ ]	Brackets mean you may choose or omit enclosed options. Do not include brackets in the command.
\|	Vertical bars mean you may choose no more than one option (enclosed in braces or brackets).
,	Commas mean you may choose as many options as you need (enclosed in braces or brackets). Separate your choices with commas, to be typed as part of the command. Commas may also be required in other syntax contexts.
( )	Parentheses are to be typed as part of the command.
...	An ellipsis (three dots) means you may repeat the last unit as many times as you need. Do not include ellipses in the command.

Obligatory choices

Curly braces and vertical bars – choose only one option.
```
{red | yellow | blue}
```
Curly braces and commas – choose one or more options. If you choose more than one, separate your choices with commas.
```
{cash, check, credit}
```

Optional choices

One item in square brackets – choose it or omit it.
```
[anchovies]
```
Square brackets and vertical bars – choose none or only one.
```
[beans | rice | sweet_potatoes]
```
Square brackets and commas – choose none, one, or more options. If you choose more than one, separate your choices with commas.
```
[extra_cheese, avocados, sour_cream]
```

Repeating elements An ellipsis (...) means that you may repeat the last unit as many times as you need. For the alter function replication definition command, for example, you can list one or more parameters and their datatypes for either the add clause or the add searchable parameters clause:

alter function replication definition function_rep_def
	{deliver as 'proc_name' |
	add @parameter datatype[, @parameter
		datatype]... |
	add searchable parameters @parameter
		[, @parameter]... |
	send standby {all | replication definition}
		parameters}

If you need help

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.