Learn about the installation workflow and server installation prerequisites.
The Cluster Edition implicitly requires your network
to be configured for the nodes included in the cluster.
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Install
operating system patches, and verify that the operating system meets the version-level,
RAM, and network protocol requirements for your platform.
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Before installing the software, shut down the clusters that use an earlier version
of the Cluster Edition.
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Create a “sybase” account on your
system to perform all installation tasks. This account should own
all devices and files, and must have permission to read and write
all devices the cluster uses.
Create all devices using this “sybase” account.
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Log in to the node on which you plan to install the first instance of the server as the “sybase” user.
Maintain consistent ownership and privileges for all files
and directories. A single user—the Sybase system administrator
with read, write, and execute permissions—should perform
all installation, upgrade, and setup tasks.
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If you are using an account that is local to only one
physical box, create the sybase user account on each machine with the same user ID.
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Decide where to install the Adaptive Server. Make sure there is sufficient available disk space. Do not use any spaces in the path name of the directory. The $SYBASE location
must be on a shared file system, accessible from all cluster nodes
using the same path.
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Ping the host to verify that your network software is configured.
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Adjust the operating system shared memory parameter
for your platform. See the Adjusting the Operating System Shared Memory Parameter topic for information on how to do this.
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Obtain your host ID. See the Obtaining The Host ID topic.
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Decide which SySAM model to use. See the Obtaining a License topic.
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Access SPDC. See the Accessing SPDC topic.
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Generate a license. See the Generating a License topic.
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Run the installer from the command line, sybcluster, or ASE Plug-in. Follow the license and install instructions in the wizard.