Sybase DC35823-01-1500-04 manual Starting servers, Server start-up parameters

Starting servers

•The system environment variables discussed in Chapter 1, “Introduction”

•Access to SySAM licenses. For more information, see the Sybase Software Asset Management User’s Guide.

The installation program creates the interfaces file and system environment variables when you install servers on your computer.

Starting servers

You can start Adaptive Server, Backup Server, or Monitor Server from the command line by using RUN_server_name files and startserver commands. You can customize the starting options.

You can also customize the start up options by editing the RUN_server_name.

Server start-up parameters

The default start-up parameters are stored under

$SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/install/RUN_server_name, where server_name is the name of the server you installed.

Backup Server, Monitor Server, and Historical Server server names are appended with “_back”, “_mon”, and “_hs”, respectively.

Table 2-1 lists the default start-up parameters for Adaptive Server.

Table 2-1: Default Adaptive Server start-up parameters

Switch	Description
-d$SYBASE/data/master.dat	Location of the master device file
-sserver_name	Name of the Adaptive Server
-e$SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE	Location and name of the error log file
/install/errorlog
-M$SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE	Directory that stores shared memory files
-N$SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/sysam/	Location and name of license cache file.
<srv_name>.properties

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