Testing the adaptive server upgrade – Sybase 15.0.2 User Manual

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Upgrading to Adaptive Server 15.0.2

70

Adaptive Server Enterprise

6

In the Password window, enter the administrator login name and
password.

7

Choose Continue.

8

If Adaptive Server is not running, the upgrade program starts it for you
automatically.

Before making any changes to the existing Adaptive Server databases, the
Installer states: You are advised to back up your databases before
upgrading. Do you want to proceed with the upgrade?

9

If you have not backed up the existing databases, choose No in the
Upgrade window and use the

dump database

command to make backup

copies.

If you have made the necessary backups, select Yes. Server Config begins
the database eligibility test.

After all pre-upgrade checks are successful, the old server is shut down
and the new Adaptive Server

dataserver

binary is started on the old

master

device.

sqlupgrade

or the Server Config utility internally runs the upgrade

binary to perform the upgrade.

Note

If the upgrade was successful, back up all the databases, including

the

master

database, in your upgraded Adaptive Server.

To check the upgrade, use the Windows Notepad to view the log file in
%SYBASE%\%SYBASE_ASE%\upgrade\errorlog.upg.

Log information can also be found by viewing the log file in
%SYBASE\%SYBASE_ASE%\init\logs\

The upgrade process:

Creates the RUN_servername file

Runs installmaster script

Testing the Adaptive Server upgrade

To start Adaptive Server and test the upgrade:

1

From the Windows task-bar, select Start | Programs | Sybase | Sybase
Central v4.3.

2

Select the upgraded Adaptive Server. You are prompted to start the server.

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