Installing the Sybase JDBC driver

To download the JDBC driver for Sybase:

1. From a Web browser, go to the Sybase JDBC download page.

   The browser displays the Web page titled jConnect 4.5 and 5.5 for JDBC Download

2. Select Download Now

   The browser displays the license agreement.

3. Select Agree at the end of the page.

   The browser displays the customer information form.

4. Enter the required information in the form and select Submit.

   The browser displays the download page.

5. Select jconnect55.zip and save the file to the /tmp directory on the Avaya IR system.

   If you cannot directly download the file to the Avaya IR system, download it to a temporary location. Then transfer the file (using the ftp command or some other method) to the /tmp directory on the Avaya IR system.

To install the Sybase JDBC driver:

1. Log in as root.
2. At the command prompt, enter cd /tmp
3. Enter jar xvf jconnect55.zip

   The driver software is extracted from the zip file.

4. Enter cp jConnect-5_5/classes/jconn2.jar /vs/java/jdbc/lib/sybase.jar

   The driver software is copied to the /vs/java/jdbc/lib directory where the Avaya IR software expects it to be. To enable the driver, you must restart the Apache Tomcat servlet engine.

5. Enter /etc/init.d/tomcat stop

   The system displays messages indicating that the Tomcat engine is stopped.

6. Enter /etc/init.d/tomcat start

   The system displays messages indicating that the Tomcat engine is started.

7. Configure and test the database DIP using the JDBC Administration - Edit screen in Web administration. Click the Help link to see individual field descriptions.

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