Perform administrative tasks, Creating the “sybase” user account – Sybase 15 User Manual

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Pre-installation tasks

20

Replication Server

HP-UX – SHLIB_PATH

IBM AIX – LIBPATH

Set the environment variable as follows:

$SYBASE/$SYBASE_OCS/lib

If you do not set this environment variable,

dsedit

does not start, and an error

message reports that a shared library cannot be found. All libraries needed to
run

dsedit

are in the $SYBASE/$SYBASE_OCS/lib directory. Use the

SYBASE.csh and SYBASE.sh files to set this environment variable. See “Set
environment variables” on page 41 fo
r more information.

For more information on

dsedit

, see Chapter 5, “Using dsedit” in the Adaptive

Server Enterprise Utility Guide.

Perform administrative tasks

This section describes administrative tasks that you must complete before you
begin the installation process.

1

Back up your current replication system.

2

Create the “sybase” user account and make sure it has

read

,

write

, and

execute

permissions. See “Creating the “sybase” user account” on page

20 for more information.

3

Verify that the directory location for the Sybase installation has sufficient
space.

4

Verify that your network software is configured.

Sybase software uses network software, even if Replication Server and
Sybase client applications are installed on a machine that is not connected
to a network.

5

If you are using an RSSD, verify that Adaptive Server Enterprise is up and
running.

Creating the “sybase” user account

To make sure that Sybase product files and directories are created with
consistent ownership and privileges, one user (typically the Sybase System
Administrator, who has

read

,

write

, and

execute

privileges) should perform all

installation, configuration, and upgrade tasks.

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