I have investigated further and found the following:
Got error while installing Sybase 15.7
My servers environment/ explainer:
Hostname and SID: SIS
/etc/hosts
| 10.10.50.50 | s25.domain.tld s25 |
10.10.50.50 sis_bs.domain.tld sis_bs
10.10.50.51 sis.domain.tld sis
/sybase/hosts.allow
sis.domain.tld +
s25.domain.tld +
sis_bs.domain.tld +
10.10.50.50 +
10.10.50.51 +
RUN_SIS_BS:
s25:/sybase/SIS/ASE-15_0/install # cat RUN_SIS_BS
#!/bin/sh
#
# Error log path: /sybase/SIS/ASE-15_0/install/SIS_BS.log
# Maximum number of network connections: 25
# Maximum number of server connections: 20
# Multibuf executable path: /sybase/SIS/ASE-15_0/bin/sybmultbuf
# Backup Server name: SIS_BS
#
/sybase/SIS/ASE-15_0/bin/backupserver \
-e/sybase/SIS/ASE-15_0/install/SIS_BS.log \
-N25 \
-C20 \
-M/sybase/SIS/ASE-15_0/bin/sybmultbuf \
-SSIS_BS \
SIS_BS.log
Jul 13 14:20:32 2014: Backup Server/15.7 SP122/EBF 22779/P/Linux AMD Opteron/Enterprise Linux/ase157sp12x/4489/64-bit/OPT/Fri Apr 18 23:08:01 2014
Jul 13 14:20:32 2014: Confidential property of Sybase, Inc.
Copyright 1987, 2014
Sybase, Inc. All rights reserved.
Unpublished rights reserved under U.S. copyright laws.
This software contains confidential and trade secret information of Sybase,
Inc. Use, duplication or disclosure of the software and documentation by
the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions set forth in a license
agreement between the Government and Sybase, Inc. or other written
agreement specifying the Government's rights to use the software and any
applicable FAR provisions, for example, FAR 52.227-19.
Sybase, Inc. One Sybase Drive, Dublin, CA 94568, USA
Logging Backup Server messages in file '/sybase/SIS/ASE-15_0/install/SIS_BS.log'
Jul 13 14:20:32 2014: Backup Server: 1.78.1.1: The interfaces file used by the backup server is '/sybase/SIS/interfaces'.
Jul 13 14:20:32 2014: Backup Server: 1.88.1.1: The hosts authentication file used by the backup server is '/sybase/SIS/hosts.allow'.
Jul 13 14:20:32 2014: Backup Server: 1.79.1.1: The backup server name is 'SIS_BS'.
Jul 13 14:20:32 2014: Backup Server: 1.70.1.1: Configuring the maximum shared memory usage to 48 MB.
Jul 13 14:20:32 2014: Backup Server: 1.69.1.2: Configuring the number of service threads to 48.
Jul 13 14:20:32 2014: Backup Server: 1.70.1.3: Configuring the maximum shared memory per stripe to 1048576 bytes.
Jul 13 14:20:32 2014: Backup Server: 2.24.2.1: The host '10.10.50.50' is not authorized to connect to this Backup Server.
Jul 13 14:20:32 2014: Backup Server: 5.40.2.1: Login host authentication has failed.
Jul 13 14:20:32 2014: Open Server Error: 16240.10.0: Net-Library routine sybnet_listen() failed in srv__start_net
Network error: status = 23 - Net-Lib protocol driver call to register a listener failed
.
Jul 13 14:20:32 2014: Open Server Server Fatal Error: 16029.20.0: Failed to start any network listeners
.
Jul 13 14:20:42 2014: Backup Server: 2.24.2.1: The host '10.10.50.50' is not authorized to connect to this Backup Server.