Sybase DC35823-01-1500-04 User Manual
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Contents
Configuration Guide
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Introduction ..................................................................................... 1
About Adaptive Server ..................................................................... 1
System-specific issues ..................................................................... 2
System user roles ............................................................................ 3
Environment variables...................................................................... 3
Adaptive Server devices and system databases.............................. 5
The master device ..................................................................... 5
The sybsystemdb device ........................................................... 6
The sysprocsdev device ............................................................ 6
Optional devices and databases ............................................... 6
dsync option on by default for database device files ................. 8
Determining the location, type, and size of a database device . 9
Client/server communication .......................................................... 11
Changing Adaptive Server configuration........................................ 12
Languages other than U.S. English ............................................... 13
Adaptive Server specifications ....................................................... 13
Starting and Stopping Servers .................................................... 17
Overview ........................................................................................ 17
Requirements for starting servers ........................................... 17
Starting servers .............................................................................. 18
Server start-up parameters ..................................................... 18
Using a RUN_server_name file ............................................... 19
Using the startserver command .............................................. 20
Using the monserver and backupserver commands ............... 20
Starting servers when the operating system restarts ..................... 20
For HP-UX ............................................................................... 21
For IBM RS/6000..................................................................... 21
For Sun Solaris and Linux ....................................................... 22