Installation and Administration Guide 41July 2004 Installing the Symposium Web Center Portal softwareInstalling Sybase Adaptive Server Enterpriseand Sybase ClientIntroductionFollow the procedures in this section to install and configure Sybase 12.5 on thePortal server. Before you install the Symposium Web Center Portal componentson the Portal server, you must install and configure the Sybase Adaptive ServerEnterprise and the Sybase Client.Install Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (Sybase SQL Server database) usingthe Sybase installation program included on the Symposium Web Center PortalSybase Distribution CD-ROM. This installation process supports only a freshinstallation of Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise with Symposium Web CenterPortal as the only database.Before you begin the installation of Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, ensureyou complete all of the items listed on the Sybase checklist (see “Sybaseinstallation checklist” on page 529).Notes:! You can only install the Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (Sybase SQLServer database) on one computer. For more information about Sybase12.5, refer to the Sybase documentation.! Wherever you install Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise and Sybase Client,you must also install Sybase Emergency Bug Fixes (EBFs).! When you configure the database, the Symposium Web Center Portal setupprocedure uses the sa account with no password. Do not change or removethe sa account. When the Portal Server component is installed, thispassword is disabled. The default user name (SWCP_ADMIN) andpassword ($nortel$admin) are updated during installation of the database.Nortel Networks recommends that you change this password after you
