A Step By Step Installation Manual

Sybase 12.5 and the upgrade to 12.5.3Installation & Un-installation

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Go to this path {C:\sybase\ASE-12_5\bin } as shown below;

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In case you have Windows Vista or above, you will have to {Run as administrator}, so the system would be affected.

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The process may appear as seen above “Not Responding”, this is a normal behavior as the process runs normally in the background.

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Un-installationExpress:

1- Normally uninstall from the Control Panel;

XP: Add\Remove Programs

Vista\ Windows 7: Programs and Features

2- delete a file called { vpd.properties } inside the Windows folder.

Reinstall A New Server.

Custom:

1- Shut down Adaptive Server.

2- Turn off Automatic Server Startup in the Windows NT Services ControlPanel.

3- Shut down, then restart, the Windows NT server. Restarting the serverreleases the DLLs (dynamic link libraries) being used by Adaptive Serverproducts. See Chapter 11, “Starting and Stopping Servers†for instructions.�

4- From the Windows task bar, select Start | Run, and enter regedt32 forWindows NT or regedit for Windows 95/98 to start the Registry Editorutility.

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5- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sybase\Server.

6- In Server, delete the following keys related to the Adaptive Server that youwant to remove:\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SYBASE\Server\<serve r_name>\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SYBASE\Server\<serve r_name>_BS\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SYBASE\Server\<serve r_name>_HS\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SYBASE\Server\<serve r_name>_MS

7- Make the following changes to this Registry key:\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Cont rol\Session Manager\EnvironmentDelete the settings for the Sybase variables DSLISTEN, DSQUERY, andSYBASE, and edit the LIB, INCLUDE and PATH registries to remove allSybase-specific environment variables.

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8- Remove the following references from this Registry key:\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Serv ices• SYBSQL_<server_name>• SYBXPS_<server_name>_XP• SYBBCK_<server_name>_BS• SYBMON_<server_name>_MSChapter 12 Troubleshooting• SYBHIS_<server_name>_HS

9- Restart your computer to update the changes to the Registry.Note If you get an Event Viewer warning upon restart, you probably didnot clean up all services. See the Event Viewer Application log for details.

10- Use the Start | Control Panel | Settings | Services to verify that the AdaptiveServer service has been removed.

If it is still there, check the same keys for the CurrentControlSet inControlSet001 and ControlSet003, and make sure you have deleted thespecified entries from the Registry.

11- Delete the master device and system procedures device files from the%SYBASE%\data directory in the Sybase installation directory.

Reinstall Adaptive Server as a new server.

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