Is there a version of Sybase Central that is Certified with Windows 8

[Former Member]

We are upgrading users to Windows 8 and we are running into issues installing Sybase Central on the OS. Is there a version of Sybase Central that is certified? I also understand that development on Sybase Central has been discontinued, is there a replacement client for this software. Our users have mainly used this tool to view objects, run queries and create stored procedures.

[Former Member]

Extract the .zip folder and go to client folder which you want to use and find setup.exe.

Open command prompt in that folder, Run the command as below

setup.exe -i GUI LAX_VM "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\<Your Java Version>\bin\java.exe"

It also works to install Download Manager on Windows 2012 and Windows 8

[former_member552724]

Havent tried this on Windows 8 or above but have tried in Windows 7 .

You personalize your windows theme to windows classic option and then run the setup .

Let me know if it works

Cheers,

Mayuresh

[ryan_hansen]

Hi Courtney,

Looks like PCClient 15.7 ESD#4 was certified on Windows 8.

http://certification.sybase.com/ucr/platformDetail.do?certId=3603&platformId=133&productId=2

I would download the last PC Client:

Downloads:

Service Marketplace-

https://websmp206.sap-ag.de/~SAPIDP/002006825000000234912001E

PC Client-

Sap Support Portal > Software Downloads (top grey tab) > A-Z index: Installatio and Upgrades > A > SAP Adapativer Server Enterprise > Sybase ASE 15.7 > installation > 
Sybase ASE 15.7 Refresh PC-Client

The migration is to Sybase Control Center.

This handles monitoring of servers and can handle tasks as Sybase Central did.
I've only used Sybase Central for basic functionality and it seemed to carry over.

I don't have a SCC installed currently to test what you are looking for but hopefully someone else who uses this can help verify.

Also, Sybase Control center is a html client that is hosted on a bigger box rather than a client on every machine.

Regards,

Ryan

[Former Member]

Hi Ryan,

I downloaded the version as per your instruction and we are still having issues installing the client. I don't know how important this additional information is but we are using Windows 8.1. During the install it aborts with the following error.

Invocation of this Java Application has caused an InvocationTargetException. Thi

s application will now exit. (LAX)

Stack Trace:

ZeroGu2: Windows DLL failed to load

        at ZeroGa2.b(DashoA10*..)

        at ZeroGa2.b(DashoA10*..)

        at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.b(DashoA10*..)

        at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.a(DashoA10*..)

        at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.main(DashoA10*..)

        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.

java:39)

        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces

1. sorImpl.java:25)

        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)

        at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(DashoA10*..)

        at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA10*..)

Thanks

[ryan_hansen]

Courtney,

Looking at the infobase, it looks like this is the error given for older releases trying to install.

What version are you using?

I thought this was above ESD#4.

Note says another customer used:

PCCLIENT1570100_0-20011197.ZIP  
EBF 21162: 15.7 SP100 - PC Client

This can be searched for in the download center you were already at.

There is a search for downloads on the right bar.

I do not have a Windows 8 machine to test this.
Apologies for the previous step not working.
Hopefully this will help.

Regards,
Ryan

[ryan_hansen]

Courtney,

Also, I do not know what version of Windows 8 this was certified on. It only says 8.

PC Client is EOL so if this doesn't work with a newer version, then I'm unsure what the next step would be besides using Sybase Control Center or DBA cockpit(sap business suite tool).

Regards,

Ryan

[Former Member]

Hi Ryan,

The version I downloaded was 15.7 ESD #4 client ( 2012/09/17 51044415 #). The version you suggested using is for 32 bit machines. I will download it and see if it works

Is DBA Cockpit a licensed tool $$?

Regards

[ryan_hansen]

Courtney,

DBA cockpit is a SAP tool.
I believe this comes with the SAP business suite.

Don't believe this is a stand alone tool.
Just brought it up just incase this was something you or your company was looking into or implementing.

Regards,

Ryan

[Former Member]

Thanks Ryan,

I am downloading the SP100 32Bit client. I will let you know if it works

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi Ryan,

The new downloads have updated client but Sybase Central is missing. It leaves me to conclude that there are no version of Sybase Central that works with Windows 8.1.

Thanks