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Upgrading ASE12.5 to 15.x

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Please take the backup of tables, files, dirs before making any changes. Below steps can be changed for working environment/platform. Before doing on Prod, first proceed with DEV/ !" env.

ASE 15.x Intsallation : (. Please first read all the plateform re) irement, os patch le!el before AS*(+, installation. If any patch is recommended, please get it apply with #ni, team. -. Install Adapti!e Ser!er (+, into its installation directory other than AS* (-.+. .. r n ./set p to install AS*(+, / 0 st install Binary / do not create any Instance. r n ./set p /console in command mode, do not create any instance here. Pre !gra"e Tas#s: (. Please r n dbcc chec&db, dbcc chec&alloc and dbcc chec&catalog in single ser mode with fi, option, and ma&e s re that there is no *rrors from the chec&, if there is any *rror, Please 1i, the problem. It is critical for s ccessf l migration. -. Bac& p database and D mp 2ransaction 3ogs. .. bcp system tables o t syslogins, sysloginroles, sys sages, sysser!ers, sysdatabases, sysde!ices 4. *ns re that Instance has sybsystemdb if it does not e,ist, create it. +. Disable a diting sing 'ommand Sp5'onfig re 6a diting7, 8 9. Sa!e the c rrent a dit settings for the pre:(+.8.- Adapti!e Ser!er sing the command: sp5displaya dit ;. 2here are recommendation to set allow password downgrade7 to ( / in case we want to downgrade from (+.8.- to (-.+.4 again / b t not re) ired in my case. Beca se encryption algo is changed in AS* (+. <. *,tract databse de!ices and databases creation scripts sing ddlgen,Sybase 'entral.
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>. Sa!e sp5config re o tp t. (8.Sa!e data cache information. ((. ?a&e s re, AS* is config red with eno gh loc& str ct res for the pgrade process to complete s ccessf lly, it is strongly recommended that yo perform the following steps: a% In e!ery ser database, e,ec te the following ) ery: (@ select - A $co nt$A%% B (88 from systabstats -@ go b% Cecord the highest !al e ret rned c% If the !al e from Step - abo!e is less than the c rrent n mber of config red loc& str ct res, then increase the config red !al e to the !al e from Step -, as shown below: (@ sp5config re 6n mber of loc&sD, -@ go (-. 2a&e the bac& p of cronEobs and comment o t/s spend all the dba maint Eobs and application Eobs in cron/a tosys. (.. Please ma&e s re there is no ser acti!ity on the ser!er. (4. 3oc& all the #ser and Application ID, f nctinal ids, system ids: repser!er dbo. ? st ta&e the bcp o t of syslogins before changing it. #S* master go *F*' sp5config re 6allow pdates to system tables7,( go select 6 pdate syslogins set stat s G - where name G H6 B nameB7D6 from syslogins where name not in $Hha serD,DprobeD,Dprobe5sybaseD,DsaD% order by name go (+. Set p blac& o t/define green Ione to a!oid alerts. $optional%. (9. 'reate a new profile named as .profile5(+ in sybase home directory by copying AS* (+, SJBAS*.sh . Kerify that yo r SJBAS* en!ironment !ariable points to the location of the new Adapti!e Ser!er software files yo E st installed.
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set the L3DSJBAS*, L3DSJBAS*5AS*, and L3DSJBAS*5L'S en!ironment !ariables to the location of the ser!er yo are pgrading,to a!oid any possibe error d ring s)l pgraderes. (;. ?a&e a bac& p of e,isting .profile and mo!e it with .profile5(-.+ (<. pre grade test : pre pgrade is need to r n for pgrade elibibilty test for fi,ing error/warning before act al pgradeM pre pgrade is e,e which is loacted nder /ase(+58/ pgrade/. i%If yo are in (-.+ en!iorment $ by e,ec ting .profile5(-.+%, go in the below mentioned dir and iss e the below command. /AS*:(+58/ pgrade@ pre pgrade :S :#sa ii% If yo are in (+, en!, $by e,ec ting .profile5(+%, please copy the interfaces filefrom (-.+ dir to (+, dir. 2hen r n the abo!e command. (>. C n Pre pgrde test: It may recommends lot of warning, errors for yo r databases and config params. Please fi, all these errors ntil all is not resol!ed and get it confirm with pre pgrade test. -8. 1i, all reported errors and repeat pre pgrade process ntil no error. And see the sentence as below. Pre pgrade of Adapti!e Ser!er to (+.8 is complete. #pgrade eligibility test s cceeded. !gra"e Ste!s: Before proceeding with any further steps , please make sure preupgrade step is clean and you have backup of all databases, tables etc. (. ?a&e s re yo are in ASe (+ en!iorment, $ by e,ec ting .profile5(+% -. cd to sample reso rce files directory. .. copy the s)l ser!er reso rce file with new name before modifying original file. 4. *dit the reso rce file for the old sybase home dir $AS* (-.+%,for reser!er word chec& yes and pdate the reso rce file as per yo r en!iorment. +. No need to sh tdown yo r AS* (-.+ ser!er, s)l pgradres will ta&e care all the things.
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9. Lnly e,ec te this command once yo ha!e done with all abo!e steps and yo ha!e ta&en all bac& p. $?LS2 I?PLC2AN2% s)l pgraderes again perform pre pgrade, before act al pgrade.$ yo can modify its beha!io r in reso rce file%. s)l pgraderes will copy a tomatically the interface file, cfg file , r n ser!er file in ase (+,. *,ec te the following command with reso rce file: s)l pgraderes :r Oreso rce5file5name@ 'opying interfaces file entry to new directoryP 2he interfaces file entry has been copied to the new directory. C nning pre pgrade programP 2he pre pgrade program has completed s ccessf lly. 'hec&ing reser!ed words in each databaseP No reser!ed word conflicts were fo nd. 'hec&pointing all databasesP All databases ha!e been chec&pointed. 'opying config ration file to new directoryP 2he config ration file has been copied to the new directory. #pdating C#N5S*CK*C fileP 2he C#N5S*CK*C file has been pdated. Doing pre: pgrade modificationsP Pre: pgrade modifications s cceeded. Cestarting Adapti!e Ser!erP. Adapti!e Ser!er has been restarted. C nning pgrade programP 2he pgrade program has completed s ccessf lly. Cestarting Adapti!e Ser!erP. Adapti!e Ser!er has been restarted. C nning installmaster scriptP installmaster: (8Q complete. installmaster: -8Q complete. installmaster: .8Q complete. installmaster: 48Q complete. installmaster: +8Q complete. installmaster: 98Q complete. installmaster: ;8Q complete. installmaster: <8Q complete. installmaster: >8Q complete. installmaster: (88Q complete. 2he installmaster script has been s ccessf lly installed. C nning installcommit scriptP 2he installcommit script has been s ccessf lly installed.
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Installing common character sets $'ode Page 4.;, 'ode Page <+8, ISL 3atin:(, ?acintosh and RP Coman:<%P 'haracter sets installed. Cestarting Adapti!e Ser!erP. Adapti!e Ser!er has been restarted. Done ;. 3og in the ser!er, chec& the c rrent !ersion with SS!ersion, SSboottime, database/de!ice stat s. Post$%!gra"e tas#s: (. Installing (+, stored proced res after pgrade depending which f nction is being sed on the ser!er. installsec rity / C n this script if the Adapti!e Ser!er A diting f nctionality was enabled in yo r earlier installation. installhas!ss / C n this script if the RA f nctionality is enabled and the RA feat re is c rrently in se in the pgraded installation of Adapti!e Ser!er. Installmodel instmsgs.ebf 'hec& the installation script !ersion sing sp5!ersion by logging in AS*. -. 'ompare sp5config re o tp t to see if there is any difference. Kerify proced re cache allocation after pgrading. Kerify data cache has no change. .. ?a&e s re license file is sed. sa!e the license files with a .lic file name e,tension to the SJSA?:-58/licenses directory of the license ser!er installation. ?odify the !ariable in .profile for any instances on the same bo,. 1or e,ample: 3?53I'*NS*51I3*Gser!ername.lic If yo not ha!ing lic file, it will r n nder grace period of ( months, yo will get same warning in errorlog. 4. Ceboot the instance +. Ceenabling a diting if needed.

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