How to start Sybase server I have installed Sybase(Developer's Edition for ASE 16.0) on a linux machine. I have executed the setup.bin file, and installed it using GUI. After this, I tried connecting to the localhost server, by running the dbisql executable in the DBISQL-16_0/bin folder of the base-installation-folder but couldn't connect to the 'localhost:5000' server, using the username/password of the server. I am not sure if the server is tarted. Do I need to run anything to start the server, or perform any other actions before trying to connect using this client?

Any help regarding this is highly appreciated.
Following information was found on sybasewiki Hope this helps !

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.