Installation guide

Preparing to Install Adaptive Server
Prepare your system before starting the installation.
1.
Ensure that the account used to start the server has read and write permissions over the
directory in which you are installing the server. You may need to create nonadministrative
logins to install the server into personal directories.
2.
Unset the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL variable.
3.
Review the SySAM licensing procedures, and plan your server configuration using the
configuration guide for your platform.
4.
Create a Sybase account with administrative privileges for consistency and security. This
user account could be "sybase" or any other user name. Use this account to perform all
installation and device-creation tasks.
This user must have permission privileges from the top (or root) of the disk partition or
operating system directory down to the specific physical device or operating system file.
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.
If you are installing Adaptive Server on more than one computer, create the "sybase" user
account on each machine.
5.
Log in to the machine as "sybase."
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.
6.
If you have enabled the Java in the database feature, create the sybpcidb database and
disable the feature during the installation. See Managing Java in the Database During
Installations and Upgrades on page 33.
7.
Decide where to install Adaptive Server:
• Make sure there is sufficient disk space and temporary directory space available.
• Ensure there are no spaces in the path name of the directory.
8.
Decide whether you want licensing events to trigger e-mail alerts, and the severity of the
events that generate e-mail messages.
If you choose to have e-mail notifications for license events, know your:
• SMTP server host name
• Port number for an SMTP server
Note: If Sybase assigns any port numbers to you for use with Adaptive Server, exclude
these numbers from any port-scanning software you run. Adaptive Server attempts to
service each scan as a login attempt, which may lead to poor performance.
CHAPTER 5: Planning Your Adaptive Server Installation
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