Configuration using resource files

Resource file variables

Table A-1 lists the resource file variables. Before running the resource file, change all variables that start with “PUT-THE-*” with the corresponding value of the variable in Table A-1, or delete the value entirely.

Table A-1: Resource file variable values

Variable, “PUT-THE-”

Description

BOOT-DIRECTORY (sybinit)

The directory in which to install Adaptive

 

Server, %SYBASE%. For example c:\sybase

 

 

RELEASE-DIRECTORY (sybinit)

The Program folder for the window icons.

 

 

PORT-NUMBER

The port number by which to identify

 

Adaptive Server on the network, such as 5000.

 

 

NAME-OF-THE-SERVER

The Adaptive Server name. Example names

 

include TEST, USE-DEFAULT, or any name

 

up to 31 characters in length.

 

 

PATH-OF -YOUR-MASTER-DEVICE-HERE

The master device path name and file name,

 

such as C:\sybase\data\master.dat.

 

 

SIZE-OF-YOUR-MASTER-DEVICE-HERE-MINIMUM-

The master device size, such as 30 for 30MB.

SHOULD-BE-30MB

 

 

 

PATH-AND-NAME-OF-YOUR-SYBSYSTEMPROCS-DEVICE-

The system procedures path name and file

HERE

name, such as C:\sybase\data\sybprocs.dat.

 

 

SIZE-OF-YOUR-SYBSYSTEMPROCS-DEVICE-HERE-

The size of the system procedures device,

MINIMUM-SHOULD-BE-124MB

which stores the sybsystemprocs database,

 

such as 120 for 132MB (default).

 

 

PATH-AND-NAME-OF-THE-ERRORLOG

The path in which Adaptive Server error logs

 

are placed, such as

 

C:\sybase\ASE-15_0\install\error.log.

 

 

CHARACTERSET (sqlsrv)

The character set used by Adaptive Server,

 

such as CP 850.

 

 

CHARACTERSET (sybinit)

The character set used to install Sybase

 

products, such as CP 850.

 

 

NAME-OF-THE-BACKUP-SERVER (default Backup Server)

The name of the default server to be used as a

 

model to create the Backup Server. Example

 

names include TEST_BS or USE-DEFAULT.

 

If you specified a custom Adaptive Server

 

name, add the extension “_BS” to the name.

 

 

NAME-OF-THE-BACKUP-SERVER (Backup Server)

The Backup Server name. Example names

 

include TEST_BS or USE-DEFAULT. If you

 

specified a custom Adaptive Server name, add

 

the extension “_BS” to the name.

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