Sybase 15 manual Perform administrative tasks, Creating the sybase user account

Pre-installation tasks

•HP-UX – SHLIB_PATH

•IBM AIX – LIBPATH

Set the environment variable as follows:

$SYBASE/$SYBASE_OCS/lib

If you do not set this environment variable, dsedit does not start, and an error message reports that a shared library cannot be found. All libraries needed to run dsedit are in the $SYBASE/$SYBASE_OCS/lib directory. Use the SYBASE.csh and SYBASE.sh files to set this environment variable. See “Set environment variables” on page 41 for more information.

For more information on dsedit, see Chapter 5, “Using dsedit” in the Adaptive

Server Enterprise Utility Guide.

Perform administrative tasks

This section describes administrative tasks that you must complete before you begin the installation process.

1Back up your current replication system.

2Create the “sybase” user account and make sure it has read, write, and execute permissions. See “Creating the “sybase” user account” on page 20 for more information.

3Verify that the directory location for the Sybase installation has sufficient space.

4Verify that your network software is configured.

Sybase software uses network software, even if Replication Server and Sybase client applications are installed on a machine that is not connected to a network.

5If you are using an RSSD, verify that Adaptive Server Enterprise is up and running.

Creating the “sybase” user account

To make sure that Sybase product files and directories are created with consistent ownership and privileges, one user (typically the Sybase System Administrator, who has read, write, and execute privileges) should perform all installation, configuration, and upgrade tasks.