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3. Verify that you can uncompress files on your UNIX machine. To uncompress:

Option Description

.zip files Use the unzip command

.tgz files Use gzip or GNU Tar

4. Ensure that the account used to start the server has read and write permissions for the directory in which you

are installing the server. You may need to create nonadministrative logins to install the server into personal

directories.

5. Unset the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL variable.

6. Review the SySAM licensing procedures, and plan your server configuration using the configuration guide for

your platform.

7. For consistency and security, create an account with administrative privileges. 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 system administrator with read, write, and execute

permissions—should perform all installation, upgrade, and setup tasks.

If you are installing SAP ASE on more than one computer, create the "sybase" user account on each machine.

8. Log in to the machine as “sybase.”

9. If you have enabled the Java in the database feature, create the sybpcidb database and disable the feature

during the installation.

10. Decide where to install SAP ASE:

○ Make sure there is sufficient disk space and temporary directory space available.

○ Ensure there are no spaces in the path name of the directory.

11. 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 SAP assigns any port numbers to you for use with SAP ASE, exclude these numbers from any port-

scanning software you run. SAP ASE attempts to service each scan as a login attempt, which may lead

to poor performance.

○ E-mail return address

○ Recipients of the notifications

○ Severity level of an event that triggers mail. Your choices are:

○ None

○ Informational

○ Warning

○ Error

12. Verify that your network software is configured.

Installation Guide for Linux

Planning Your SAP ASE Installation