Recovering from a failed installation, If installation fails after files are created – Sybase 15.0.2 User Manual

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CHAPTER 7 Troubleshooting

Installation Guide

105

1

From Windows, go to the MS-DOS command prompt window.

2

Start

isql

and connect to Adaptive Server:

%SYBASE%\%SYBASE_OCS%\bin\isql -Usa -P -Sserver_name

Where:

%SYBASE% – is the Sybase installation directory

server_name – is the name of your Adaptive Server

3

Shut down Adaptive Server using the

shutdown

with nowait

command.

Using the

with nowait

option stops the Adaptive Server immediately,

without waiting for currently executing SQL statements to finish:

1> shutdown with nowait

2> go

Note

If you cannot connect to Adaptive Server with

isql

, or if the

shutdown with nowait

command fails, use the Task Manager (press

Ctrl+Alt+Del) or a Windows process monitoring utility, (for example, the

pview.exe

program included with the Microsoft Toolkit), to stop the

Adaptive Server process.

Recovering from a failed installation

If the installation does not succeed, the installation program displays error
messages. Review the error messages and your Adaptive Server error log to
determine the cause of the installation failure. For default error log locations,
see Table 7-2 on page 103.

If installation fails after files are created

If the installation program quits while you are configuring Adaptive Server:

1

View the contents of the log file generated by Adaptive Server. For default
error log locations, see Table 7-2 on page 103.

2

Take any suggested actions to correct the problem.

3

If the installation fails after the installation program has created any
operating system files, such as the

master

device or system procedures

device files, delete those files.

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