Recovering From A Failed Installation - Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.0.2 Installation Manual

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

Recovering from a failed installation

If installation fails after files are created
Installation Guide
1 From Windows, go to the MS-DOS command prompt window.
2 Start and connect to Adaptive Server:
isql
Where:
• %SYBASE% – is the Sybase installation directory
• server_name – is the name of your Adaptive Server
3 Shut down Adaptive Server using the
Using the
with nowait
without waiting for currently executing SQL statements to finish:
1> shutdown with nowait
2> go
Note If you cannot connect to Adaptive Server with
shutdown with nowait
Ctrl+Alt+Del) or a Windows process monitoring utility, (for example, the
program included with the Microsoft Toolkit), to stop the
pview.exe
Adaptive Server process.
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 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
device files, delete those files.
CHAPTER 7
shutdown with nowait
option stops the Adaptive Server immediately,
command fails, use the Task Manager (press
device or system procedures
master
Troubleshooting
command.
, or if the
isql
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