How to start Sybase server
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How to start the sybase server?

After log in your Linux/Unix machine.

Step 1:  Find out current location or present working directory.
Step 2:  Locate environmental file SYBASE.sh or SYBASE.csh profile which is ,by default, located in $SYBASE.
Step 3:  Run environmental file.
Step 4:  Verify SYBASE.sh or SYBASE.csh run properly.
Step 5:  Find out RUN_Serverfile
Step 6:  Start server with startserver.
Step 7:  Start backup server with startserver.




Step 1: pwd   -- know your present working directory.
Step 2: cd  &lt;directory_name_where_SYBASE.sh_present&gt; --find out SYBASE.sh profile which can you find SYBASE ASE directory.
Step 3: . SYBASE.sh   -- run it and include it.
Step 4: echo $SYBABE  -- shows path where $SYBASE created which verify that SYBASE.sh run prperly.
Step 5: cd $SYBASE/SYBASE_ASE/install 
        ls -ltr  -- find out RUN_server_file name.
Step 6: startserver -f RUN_servername

Starting Back Up Server :
 Step 7:startserver -f RUN_SYB_BACKUP


Note: depends upon installation where SYBASE ASE Server installed, so relative path of Run_serverfile can be differ.