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Configuration Guide iii
About This Book .......................................................................................................................... vii
CHAPTER 1 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
CHAPTER 2 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
Starting XP Server after initial installation ...................................... 24
Stopping servers ............................................................................ 24