Adaptive Server Enterprise
15.0
Document ID DC35823-01-1500-04
Contents
Adaptive Server Default Configuration
Configuring new servers with srvbuild
Configuring the Operating System
Contents
Configuring the server for multiple network handlers
Starting Adaptive Server Enterprise as IPv6-aware
Conversions between server and client
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Adding Optional Functionality to Adaptive Server 113
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About This Book
Media devices
This manual contains the following chapters
Introduction is an overview of Adaptive Server
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Related documents
About This Book
Adaptive Server Enterprise
Other sources of information
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Finding the latest information on component certifications
Formatted using modified Backus Naur Form BNF notation
Role to your MySybase profile
Product description to download the software
Following sections describe conventions used in this manual
For a command with more options
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Accessibility features
Examples of output from the computer appear as follows
Select, and select are the same
Information about these and other terms, see the Glossary
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If you need help
Topic
Introduction
About Adaptive Server
System-specific issues
System-specific issues
Introduction
System user roles
Environment variables
Environment variables
Sybase
Adaptive Server devices and system databases
Master device
Sybsystemdb device
Sysprocsdev device
Optional devices and databases
Adaptive Server devices and system databases
Introduction
Dsync option on by default for database device files
Adaptive Server database devices
Minimum Device Purpose Size Recommended size
Choosing a raw partition
Client/server communication
Changing Adaptive Server configuration
Changing Adaptive Server configuration
Adaptive Server specifications
Languages other than U.S. English
Adaptive Server specifications
Table specifications
Data row and data page tables
Maximum DOL table Number Column size Limits Columns 16K
Database requirements for varying page sizes
Databases 16K
Tables 16K
Databases 16K
Data limits for tables according to page size
Requirements for starting servers
A P T E R 2 Starting and Stopping Servers
Overview
Default start-up parameters are stored under
Starting servers
Server start-up parameters
Starting servers
Changing start-up parameters
Starting and Stopping Servers
Starting servers when the operating system restarts
Using the startserver command
Using the monserver and backupserver commands
Starting servers when the operating system restarts
For HP-UX
For IBM RS/6000
For Sun Solaris and Linux
So on. If your script is named sybstart, type the following
Returns
If your script is named sybstart, type the following
Starting XP Server after initial installation
Starting XP Server after initial installation
Where servername is the name of the Adaptive Server
Stopping servers
Stopping Backup Server
Enter
Stopping servers
Using the kill command
Stopping Monitor Server
Shutdown and shared memory files
UID PID Ppid Stime TTY Time Comd
Stopping servers
Configuring the Operating System
Setting environment variables
Variable Sample value Function
Configuring new servers with srvbuild
System environment variables
Configuring the Operating System
Configuring new servers with srvbuild
Using the stty setting
Restoring correct permissions
File descriptors and user connections
For AIX
Restoring correct permissions
For Linux
For Sun Solaris
Displaying current soft and hard limits
Increasing the soft limit
File descriptors and user connections
Setting up the sample program to increase the hard limit
Increasing the hard limit
Sample program
Maxconnections
Enabling asynchronous disk I/O
Enabling asynchronous disk I/O
This step is mandatory for HP users
HP technical support
To launch the Kernel Configuration use kcweb -F
Select asyncdsk and change the next boot to static
Issue the command
Owner of the /dev/async directory
Enable asynchronous disk I/O
Select Change/Show Characteristics of Asynchronous I/O
This step is mandatory for IBM users
Management Interface Tool Smit
To display the current timeout value, enter
Adjusting the client connection timeout period
To display the current timeout period, enter
To display the timeout value, enter
Checking for hardware errors
Checking for hardware errors
Monitoring the use of operating system resources
For Sun Solaris and Linux
Sample C shell maintenance script
Sample C shell maintenance script
Adaptive Server Default Configuration
Default settings
Defaults for Adaptive Server parameter settings
Default value
Server Default value
Default settings
Defaults for Backup, Monitor, and XP Servers
A P T E R 5 Setting Up Communications Across the Network
Where to find interfaces file tasks and topics
Type Interfaces file Task or topic See
Setting Up Communications Across the Network
How a client uses directory services
Creating a directory services entry
Contents of an interfaces file
Supported directory drivers
Heterogeneous and homogeneous environments
Heterogeneous and homogeneous environments
Chico
Understanding the format of the interfaces file
Components of an interfaces file entry
Understanding the format of the interfaces file
TCP style entry looks like
Components of an interfaces file
Setting Up Communications Across the Network
Using dsedit or dscp to create a master interfaces file
Using a text editor to create a master interfaces file
Using a text editor
Creating a master interfaces file
Configuring interfaces files for multiple networks
Configuring the server for multiple network handlers
Configuring the client connections
Configuring interfaces files for multiple networks
Using one network-independent Dsquery name
Configuring for query port backup
Adaptive Server supports IPv6 technology
IPv6 support
Understanding IPv6
IPv6 support
IPv6 infrastructure
IPv6 support
Starting Adaptive Server Enterprise as IPv6-aware
Server fails to start
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Error when executing an ESP
Investigating the port assignment
Information on how to bring XP Server up
Overview
Ldap directory services versus the Sybase interfaces file
Ldap directory services versus the Sybase interfaces file
Interfaces file versus Ldap directory services
For a list of attributes
Lists the Sybase Ldap directory entries
Sybase Ldap directory definitions
Libtcl*.cfg file on
Libtcl*.cfg file
Where the ldapurl is defined as
Enabling Ldap directory services
Enabling Ldap directory services
Ldapurl variables Keyword Description Default
For example
Adding a server entry to the directory service using dsedit
Adding a server to the directory services
Adding a server to the directory services
Multiple directory services
Encrypting the password
Encrypting the password
Replace the password with the encrypted string
Performance
Migrating from the interfaces file to Ldap
Migrating from the interfaces file to Ldap
Customizing Localization for Adaptive Server
Overview of localization support
Language modules
Overview of localization support
Default character sets for servers
Customizing Localization for Adaptive Server
Changing the default character set for servers
Supported character sets
Lists the Baltic character set
Lists the simplified Chinese character set
Arabic character sets
Character set Unilib required Description
Lists the traditional Chinese character set
Lists the Cyrillic character set
Lists the Eastern European character set
Lists the Greek character set
Lists the Hebrew character set
Lists the Japanese character set
10 lists the Korean character set
11 lists the Thai character set
15 lists the Western European character set
13 lists the Unicode character set
14 lists the Vietnamese character set
Character set conversion
Conversions between server and client
Sort orders
Sort orders
Available sort orders
At a later time using the sqlloc utility
Your character set definition files
Srt file for your language. Sort orders are stored
16 Sort orders available in Adaptive Server
For utf8, see , Configuring Character Sets, Sort Orders,
Message languages
Installing a new language module
Language modules
Localization
Localization
Localization directories
About the locales.dat file
About the directory
About the charsets directory
How client applications use locales.dat
Changing the localization configuration
Editing the locales.dat file
Changing the localization configuration
Adaptive Server localization
Backup Server localization
Configuring Adaptive Server for other character sets
Sort orders
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17 Available sort orders
Language or script Sort orders File name
Character sets
18 lists the supported character sets and their Sybase name
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18 Sybase character set names
Charset utility
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Keywords Options Description
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19 Keywords and options for charsets
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Logging Error Messages and Events
Adaptive Server error logging
Setting error log paths
Enabling and disabling error logging
Setting the Adaptive Server error log path
Setting error log paths
Logging Error Messages and Events
Managing messages
Logging user-defined messages
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Logging auditing events
Managing messages
Device requirements
Managing Adaptive Server Databases
Managing database devices
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Creating files for database devices
Managing database devices
Managing Adaptive Server Databases
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Adding auditing
Audit system devices and databases
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Overview of audit installation
Adding auditing
Pre-installation tasks for auditing devices
Installing auditing
Adding Optional Functionality to Adaptive Server
Auditinit displays the following menu
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Creating a device for an audit table
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Creating a device for the audit database transaction log
119
Press Ctrl+A again. auditinit prompts with
Enter y yes
Enter the number of the device to delete
Press return
Installing online help for Transact-SQL syntax
Spsyntax installation scripts
Online syntax help spsyntax
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Default device for the sybsyntax database
Installing sybsyntax
Installing online help for Transact-SQL syntax
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Symbols
Index
Index
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HP-UX
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Ldap
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Smit
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