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Enterprise SQL Server Manager Installation and Planning Guide

About This Book

About This Book

This book provides the information you need to install Enterprise SQL Server Manager(TM).

Audience

This book is intended for system administrators responsible for installing Enterprise SQL Server Manager, and assumes you are already familiar with UNIX terminology and concepts.

Documentation Roadmap

The figures on the following pages provide a visual "roadmap" for using the Enterprise SQL Server Manager documentation set.

Installation Documentation Roadmap

The following figure shows the sequence of reading to follow when installing Enterprise SQL Server Manager:

Figure 1: Installation documentation roadmap

User's Documentation Roadmap

The following figure shows the sequence of reading to follow when learning to use Enterprise SQL Server Manager:

Figure 2: User's documentation roadmap

How to Use This Book

Use this book to install Enterprise SQL Server Manager in the Tivoli Management Environment (TME). This installation guide consists of the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, "Product Overview," gives a brief overview of the features in Enterprise SQL Server Manager.
• Chapter 2, "Planning an Enterprise SQL Server Manager Deployment," discusses issues you should consider when you plan an Enterprise SQL Server Manager installation.
• Chapter 3, "Preparing to Install Enterprise SQL Server Manager," describes the preparations you must make before installing Enterprise SQL Server Manager.
• Chapter 4, "Installing Enterprise SQL Server Manager," describes how to install Enterprise SQL Server Manager as a TME management application.
• Chapter 5, "Upgrading from a Previous Release of Enterprise SQL Server Manager," discusses the upgrade process.
• Chapter 6, "Installing Patches," describes how to install any required patches specified in Enterprise SQL Server Manager Release Bulletin.
• Chapter 7, "Getting Started with Enterprise SQL Server Manager," describes how to begin using Enterprise SQL Server Manager after you have installed the product.
• Appendix A, "Troubleshooting," lists common installation problems and suggested solutions.

Related Documents

The Enterprise SQL Server Manager documentation set consists of online help and the following Sybase and Tivoli books:

• Tivoli Management Platform Release Notes describe important release-specific information for the release of TME included with your Enterprise SQL Server Manager software.
• Tivoli Management Platform Planning and Installation Guide describes how to install the TME server and clients.
• Enterprise SQL Server Manager Release Bulletin describes release-specific information, including special installation instructions and known software and documentation issues.
• Enterprise SQL Server Manager Installation and Planning Guide (this book) provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Enterprise SQL Server Manager.
• Tivoli Management Platform User's Guide describes important concepts and features of the TME. Because Enterprise SQL Server Manager is a TME management application, it is important that you have a general understanding of the TME before you use Enterprise SQL Server Manager.
• Enterprise SQL Server Manager User's Guide describes Enterprise SQL Server Manager features and how to use them.
• Tivoli/Sentry User's Guide describes the Tivoli/Sentry management application tool. Using Tivoli/Sentry, you can configure Enterprise SQL Server Manager Event Monitoring Services to monitor SQL Server for specific events.
• Enterprise SQL Server Manager Reference Manual describes the Enterprise SQL Server Manager command line interface and contains reference pages for each command.
• Tivoli Management Platform Reference Manual contains reference pages for TME commands and policy methods.

Conventions

The following sections describe the style and syntax conventions used in this book.

Style Conventions

In this manual, the following conventions identify special information:

Table 1: Text formats

Text format	Identifies...
boldface	Terms that are being defined or emphasized text
italics	File names, variable names, and book titles
Courier	Characters that you type or that appear in output
Helvetica	Command names and keywords

Table 2: Margin symbols

Margin symbol	Identifies...
	Information you should write down for future use
	Documentation you should read and have readily available

Figure 3: Margin symbols

Command Notation

Examples showing the use of commands appear in boldface Courier font as:

sgetlogin -onlynames -server AGRA

Type only the characters that are in boldface (Examples do not include the command prompt). Examples of output appear as:

*** Logins on Server: AGRA ***
harryc
jhodges
jimmyh
paulgonz
russellp

For a command with too many options to fit on one line, such as:

sgetlogin -name harryc -summary 
-ownershipinfo -passwordinfo

you do not need to include line breaks when you enter the command.

Syntax Conventions

In this book, all command syntax statements use the following notational conventions:

Table 3: Command syntax conventions

Example	Description
scrtlogin	Command keywords appear in lowercase.
filename	Variable arguments (words that stand for values that you supply in the command) appear in italic.
[-help]	Brackets mean that including the enclosed items in the command is optional. Do not include the brackets in your command.
{name [-wildcard]}	Braces mean that you must include one or more of the enclosed items. Do not include the braces in your command.
{true | false}	The vertical bar means that you may select only one of the two items that appear. Do not include the vertical bar in your command.
[, device size]...	Ellipses (...) indicate that you may repeat the preceding item as many times as you like in the command. Do not include the ellipsis in your command.

Include all other characters (commas, parentheses, and others) just as they appear in the command syntax statement.

Figure 4: Shortcut symbols

Roles

Many activities in Enterprise SQL Server Manager are restricted to users with specific TME and SQL Server roles. This manual specifies required roles at the beginning of each procedure, for example:

	TME	ESSM	SQL Server
Required roles	none	security	sso_role

If You Need Help

Help is available for Enterprise SQL Server Manager in the form of documentation, online help, Sybase Technical Support, and training.

Online Help

Online help provides easy access to all Enterprise SQL Server Manager features. You can access online help from the TME desktop in either of the following ways:

• From the Help menu on any Enterprise SQL Server Manager window's menu bar, choose a help command.
• Choose the Help button that appears on Enterprise SQL Server Manager dialog boxes.

Technical Support

Each Sybase installation site has one person (or more) designated to contact Sybase Technical Support. If you cannot resolve a problem using the manuals or online documentation, ask the designated person at your site to call Sybase Technical Support for help.

Training

Sybase offers a comprehensive SQL Server and database administration class called "SQL Server Administration." For details, contact:

Mail: Education Registrar
Sybase Professional Services
77 South Bedford Street
Burlington, MA 01803

Phone: (800) 8-SYBASE or (617) 564-6970

Fax: (800) 792-2733 or (617) 564-6960

E-mail: registrars@sybase.com