Chapter 1: Overview


About this book

Audience

This guide is for Sybase® system administrators and other professionals who are familiar with their system’s environment, networks, disk resources, and media devices.

How to use this book

This book contains the following chapters:

Related documents

Unwired Accelerator documentation The following Unwired Accelerator documents are available on the Getting Started with Unwired Accelerator CD:

Unwired Accelerator online documentation The following Unwired Accelerator documents are available on the SyBooks CD:

jConnect™ for JDBC™ documents Unwired Accelerator 7.0 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 SyBooks CD.

Adaptive Server® Anywhere documents Unwired Accelerator 7.0 includes the ASA database to store system information including security authentication and authorization information. The ASA document set is included on the SyBooks CD.

Other sources of information

Use the Sybase Getting Started CD, the SyBooks CD, and the Sybase Product Manuals Web site to learn more about your product:

Sybase certifications on the Web

Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.

StepsFinding the latest information on product certifications

  1. Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.

  2. Select Products from the navigation bar on the left.

  3. Select a product name from the product list and click Go.

  4. Select the Certification Report filter, specify a time frame, and click Go.

  5. Click a Certification Report title to display the report.

StepsFinding the latest information on component certifications

  1. Point your Web browser to Availability and Certification Reports.

  2. Either select the product family and product under Search by Product; or select the platform and product under Search by Platform.

  3. Select Search to display the availability and certification report for the selection.

StepsCreating 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.

  1. Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.

  2. Click MySybase and create a MySybase profile.

Sybase EBFs and software maintenance

StepsFinding the latest information on EBFs and software maintenance

  1. Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.

  2. Select EBFs/Maintenance. Enter user name and password information, if prompted (for existing Web accounts) or create a new account (a free service).

  3. Select a product.

  4. Specify a time frame and click Go.

  5. Click the Info icon to display the EBF/Maintenance report, or click the product description to download the software.

Conventions

The syntax conventions used in this manual are:

Key

Definition

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:

  • Program variables, such as myServer

  • Parts of input text that must be substituted; for example:

    Server.log
    
  • File names

%SYBASE%

Variable used to represent the Sybase Unwired Accelerator installation directory.

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.”

package 1

Monospace font indicates:

  • Information that you enter in a GUI interface, a command line, or as program text

  • Sample program fragments

  • Sample output fragments

The installation and post-installation instructions refer to the %SYBASE%, %MBUSINESS_SERVER%, %RIM%, %JAGUAR%, %CATALINA_HOME%, and %JAVA_HOME% variables.

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.





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