Installing the Agent

Install the Sybase enterprise agent on each node in the cluster.

  To install the agent

1. Insert the software disk in a disk drive connected to the system.
2. Log in as root.
3. Set the display permission on your workstation:
   # xhost +myws
4. Configure the shell environment variable DISPLAY on your workstation. For example, if your workstation has the name "myws." type:

   For Bourne or Korn shell (sh or ksh):

   
       # DISPLAY=myws:0.0
       # export DISPLAY

   For C shell (csh or tcsh):

   
       # setenv DISPLAY=myws:0.0

   Setting the DISPLAY environment variable this way enables you to use the SD-UX graphical interface.

5. Create a mount point directory, /cdrom, if it does not exist. The directory must have read-write permissions.
6. Determine the block device file for the disk drive. The device file should have the form /dev/dsk/C#t#d#. Type:
   # ioscan -fnC disk
7. Run the following commands to start PFS (Portable File System):
   # nohup pfs_mountd &
   # nohup pfsd &
8. Mount the CD. For example, to mount the CD to the mount point /cdrom, type:
   # /usr/sbin/pfs_mount -t rrip /dev/dsk/clt2d0 /cdrom

   where /dev/dsk/clt2d0 is the drive's block device file.

9. Type the following command to install the agent:
   # swinstall -s /cdrom/sybase_agent/pkgs VRTSvcssy

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     Note    Repeat step 1 through step 9 on all nodes that will become part of the Sybase service group.

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