A Step By Step Installation Manual

Sybase 12.5 and the upgrade to 12.5.3

Installation & 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-installation
Express:

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 Control

Panel.

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

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

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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 you
want to remove:
\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SYBASE\Server\<serve r_nam
e>
\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SYBASE\Server\<serve r_nam
e>_BS
\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SYBASE\Server\<serve r_nam
e>_HS
\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SYBASE\Server\<serve r_nam
e>_MS

7- Make the following changes to this Registry key:

\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Cont rol\Sessio
n Manager\Environment
Delete the settings for the Sybase variables DSLISTEN, DSQUERY, and
SYBASE, and edit the LIB, INCLUDE and PATH registries to remove all
Sybase-specific environment variables.

8- Remove the following references from this Registry key:

\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Serv ices
• SYBSQL_<server_name>
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 • SYBXPS_<server_name>_XP
• SYBBCK_<server_name>_BS
• SYBMON_<server_name>_MS
Chapter 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 did
not clean up all services. See the Event Viewer Application log for details.

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

If it is still there, check the same keys for the CurrentControlSet in

ControlSet001 and ControlSet003, and make sure you have deleted the
specified 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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