Invalid Entries in the Sybase Interfaces File -- Can't Start ASAP Servers (Doc ID 949447.1)

Symptoms

This is a fatal error that could occur when starting any of the ASAP servers (either by itself – starts (-d) $<server>), or as part of the series of ASAP servers starting when issuing the full ASAP startup script – start_asap_sys (-d).

In this situation, the SRP individual ASAP server can't start up. Diagnosing, in the SRP server dialogue file (SRP_${ENV_ID}.diag) …

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>> 132304.474:SANE:Initialize :573 :main.c
Ctrl Svr: , Master Ctrl Svr: <CTRL_SERVER_NAME>, SQL Svr: <DBNAME>, Control User: <CTRL_SERVER_USER_NAME>
>> 132304.474:SANE:Config Param :511 :config.c
Config: Defaulting SHIFT_ARGUMENTS to 0
>> 132304.478:PROG:Server Message :1473:ctlib.c
<SRP_SERVER_USER_NAME>: Msg 0 Severity 0 State 1 Server '<CTRL_SERVER_NAME>' Proc '' @ 0
'Successful Connection to <CTRL_SERVER_NAME> (146)'
>> 132304.489:PROG:CT Message :1452:ctlib.c
<SRP_SERVER_USER_NAME>: Msg 3 Layer 6 Origin 8 Severity 5
'ct_connect(): directory service layer: internal directory control layer error: Requested server name not found.'

Cause

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