Installation of Sybase ASE 15.5 on Solaris 10 is pretty easy to accomplish. Please, do follow the steps as below.

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1 Step by step installation of Sybase ASE 15.5 on Solaris 10 x64 bit Installation of Sybase ASE 15.5 on Solaris 10 is pretty easy to accomplish. Please, do follow the steps as below. DOWNLOAD/FIND THE SOFTWARE To get a licensed version, you need to go here: (account required) or to the eshop at sybase.com: To get a free download, you can go to this page You can download ASE 15.5 for various operating systems and hardware types. When you install Sybase ASE, you can choose to run without a license (developer s version, limited features) or install a licensed version (enterprise version) and buy a license from Sybase. Downloads are also available at the Sybase download center at Once you get registered, you can download the latest EBF (patch) for the desired platform. An EBF can also be used for a full installation. CONFIGURE SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM As a root user, open a shell terminal and type these lines. Here, I started with bash shell as it is easier to work with. Now, make directory for Sybase software and Sybase databases and related works.

2 mkdir p /opt/sybase mkdir p /var/sybase Add a group for Sybase and add a user for Sybase. groupadd sybase useradd g sybase d /opt/sybase sybase Create a password for Sybase user. Change ownership of Sybase directories to Sybase user and Sybase group. Add project Sybase with user as Sybase. Modify project for maximum shared memory to be used by Sybase. passwd sybase chown sybase:sybase /opt/sybase chown sybase:sybase /var/sybase projadd c sybase user.sybase projmod s K project.max-shm-memory=(privileged,4g,deny) user.sybase Note: for Linux people, use sysctl kernel.shmmax to see the current value. Configure new value with sysctl w kernel.shmmax= Add kernel.shmmax= to /etc/sysctl.conf PUTTING YOUR FILES

3 Sybase recommends storing all database files on raw devices except temporary databases like tempdb. master 60mb to 100mb sybsystemprocs 200mb sybsystemdb 20mb data01 100mb to your choice log01 20mb to your choice (chown) change ownership of raw devices to sybase user and ensure the setting is persistent after reboot of operating system. Files for temporary databases like (tempdb) should be stored on the file system. It may in size from 200mb to your choice as per applications need. INSTALLING SYBASE ASE Switch user from root to sybase. Make a directory to copy the Sybase software from Sybase CD or other media. Change directory to install directory. Copy files of Sybase as tar ball from disc media to install directory. Unzip the tar ball of Sybase software to install directory. su - sybase mkdir install cd install cp f <source file with path> /opt/sybase/install tar.xf /opt/sybase/install/ase155esd2_sol64.tgz Now, start with Sybase user and change directory to install directory. List the contents of the directory install. There is a file setup.bin that needs to be launched for GUI based setup of Sybase. Type on terminal as mentioned below being Sybase user../setup.bin

4 The GUI installer starts up. Choose Next and mention values for each and every details step by step. Choose default directory to install Sybase if you don t have specific reason. If a warning shows, you needn t care about.

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26 Finally, you finish the installation successfully. Now, this is the time to set environment of Sybase. Type below mentioned line if your default is bash shell. Pay special care for the. and space after that.

27 . /opt/sybase/sybase.sh echo $SYBASE You will get /opt/sybase in response. Now, check the connectivity of SQL by typing as follows. isql Usa P S[your Sybase server name] sa is your Sybase database administrator. There is no Password for sa, so P is blank. The Sybase server name must be typed with S option, so that it may connect to that specific server. After connecting to server, you will be prompted to check your SQL command. Just type a basic query for Sybase server information. go Another useful connectivity with Sybase Central is important. To do so, just type on terminal as Sybase user.

28 $SYBASE/ASEP/bin/aseplugin Now, you may enjoy working for interactive queries and database administration in Sybase Central.

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