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About This Book

This manual, the Configuration Guide, provides instructions for performing specific configuration tasks for Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise on UNIX platforms.

The operating system release levels for the UNIX platforms on which Adaptive Server is certified to execute is in the installation documentation or release bulletin for your platform.

	This manual covers the following topics:
	• Instructions for reconfiguring certain attributes of your existing
		Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Backup Server™, Adaptive
		Server Enterprise Monitor™, and XP Server™ to meet your specific
		needs.
	•	Creating network connections.
	•	Configuring optional functionality.
	• Performing operating system administration tasks.
	• Working with system administration issues that are relevant to
		Adaptive Server running on UNIX platforms. This manual
		supplements the System Administration Guide and the Performance
		and Tuning Guide.
	Note Before configuring Adaptive Server according to the instructions in
	this book, you should have a newly installed or upgraded Adaptive Server
	on your system. If you do not, follow the installation and upgrade
	instructions in the installation documentation for your platform.
Audience
	This manual is for System Administrators or other qualified installers who
	are familiar with their system’s environment, networks, disk resources,
	and media devices.
How to use this book	This manual contains the following chapters:
	• Chapter 1, “Introduction” is an overview of Adaptive Server and the

configuration changes you might want to make to Adaptive Server after installing or upgrading the server.

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