Important Information

This document covers the following topics:

Administrator Status

The person performing the installation must have administrator rights (Windows platforms).

Installation Directory

During the installation, you are asked to specify an installation directory. Specify the installation directory in which to install your Software AG products. By default, the name of the main installation directory is SoftwareAG (Windows platforms) or /opt/softwareag (UNIX platforms).

Note:
The directory name should not contain embedded spaces (Windows platforms). For further information, see Using the Software AG Installer.

Side-by-Side Installations

You can install the same Adabas Client for Java version more than once on the same machine. You can also install several different versions of Adabas Client for Java on the same machine. This may be necessary to test a new Adabas Client for Java version before it is taken over into a production environment.

Choose for instance /opt/softwareag/Suite1 (UNIX) or C:\SoftwareAG\Suite1 (Windows) for the first installation, and /opt/softwareag/Suite2 (UNIX) or C:\SoftwareAG\Suite1 (Windows) for the second one.

Since Empower only offers the latest version of Adabas Client for Java and other products, it is recommended that you create and keep an image of installed Adabas Client for Java versions for possible later use. Installing from an image rather than downloading it from Empower will usually be faster, too. For further information, see Using the Software AG Installer.