This document provides information which you should be aware of before you install and use Adabas Version 6.3.
To install Adabas Version 6.3 on your machine, please follow the instructions given in the Adabas Installation Guide.
Please refer to the section Converting a Version 3, Version 5, Version 6.1 or Version 6.2 Database to and from Version 6.3 for information about how to convert older versions of Adabas to Version 6.3.
The installation documentation is in the doc directory of the distribution CD as a PDF file (install.pdf), it can also be accessed in HTML format from the documentation overview page overview.htm in the doc directory of the distribution CD. In order to access the installation documentation directly, the distribution CD must be mounted: if an automount daemon is running, insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive, otherwise you must mount it using an appropriate command from the following table. Modify the mount directory and the CD-ROM device name to the values used at your site.
| Platform | Mount Command and Options |
|---|---|
| AIX | /etc/mount -v-cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0/mnt |
| HP-UX | /usr/sbin/mount -F cdfs -o cdcase/dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /mnt |
| LINUX IA-32 | /bin/mount -t iso9960 /dev/cdrom /mnt -o ro, |
| Solaris | /sbin/mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /mnt |
On Windows platforms, insert the distribution CD into a CD-ROM drive, and navigate to the doc directory.
If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Adabas, for example from Version 3.3, Version 5.1, Version 6.1 or Version 6.2 to Version 6.3, you should first read the release notes of any intermediate or skipped versions in order to find out about any compatibility issues that might exist.
The reason for calling the current release version 6.3 is that this is the first release that supports Adabas in 64-bit mode on Windows platforms - this marks a big improvement for Windows users, as it removes the limitation of the buffer pool size to about 1 GB. Apart from this, the changes between Version 6.2 and version 6.3 are just the typical changes for a new service pack:
Bug fixes;
Limitations of the Version 6.2 functionality that still existed in version 6.2 SP1 have been removed.
As far as the maintenance policy is concerned, this means that Version 6.3 will be treated like a service pack on UNIX platforms; according to our maintenance policy, bugs are only fixed in the newest service pack, and the customer has to upgrade to this service pack. For Adabas Versions 6.2 and 6.3 this means that bugs in version 6.2 are only fixed in version 6.3 and that the customer must upgrade to version 6.3.
Adabas Version 6.3 is the official replacement for Adabas Version 5.1, Version 6.1 and Version 6.2. Details of when support for earlier versions will cease can be found in Empower.
In order to access an Adabas Version 6.3 database remotely you will require Entire Net-Work 7.4 or above (Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, 64 bit, and OpenVMS), or Net-Work 7.3.3 and above (all other platforms) and Entire Net-Work Client 1.3.3 or above.
