This document contains information that a database administrator (DBA) requires for the administration of Adabas.
The following topics are covered:
Database Design contains information on database design. It includes information on Adabas file structures, multiple-value fields and periodic groups, record design, the use of keys (descriptors), disk space usage (compression, null value suppression, padding factors), security planning and restart and recovery planning.
Container Files provides information about the Adabas container files.
Temporary Working Space contains information about allocating and deleting temporary working space if it is required by the Adabas nucleus or utilities.
Defining Descriptors defines how to create and delete descriptors for a file.
FDT Record Structure describes how to define the record structure of a file in the database.
Loading and Unloading Data describes various methods for loading data into the database and unloading data from the database.
Using Utilities provides general information on how to work with the Adabas utilities.
Adabas Manager contains information about the Adabas Manager, which provide the DBA with graphical user interface tools for monitoring and administrating Adabas databases.
Adabas Services on Windows describes the Adabas Database Service and the Adabas Shared Memory Service that are required on Windows platforms. (This section does not apply to UNIX platforms.)
Database Security Overview describes the security concepts of Adabas.
Database Monitoring and Tuning contains information related to database performance monitoring and tuning:
General procedures for monitoring database activity;
How to use the Adabas command logging facility.
Universal Encoding Support (UES) contains information about wide-character encodings and wide-character data support.
Date/Time Support contains information about how Adabas supports different date and time formats - this includes converting fro one format to another and also includes information about time-zone support.
Database Recovery gives general information about recovery procedures.
External Backup Support explains how to use foreign backup systems to backup and restore Adabas databases.
User Exits and Hyperexits contains an explanation of the user exits and hyperexits that are supported by Adabas.
Code Page Support explains how to use code pages in heterogeneous client/server architectures.
Terminal Server Support contains an explanation of how to run Adabas client applications on Microsoft’s Terminal Server architecture. (This section applies to Windows platforms only.)
XA Support contains information on the implementation of XA support in Adabas.
Adabas on Read-only Devices contains information about running Adabas on read-only devices (e.g. CD ROM), and any restrictions that apply in such an environment.
Adabas-to-Adabas (A2A) Replication contains information about how to set up and use Adabas-to-Adabas replication.
Appendix A - Code Page User Exit contains information about the code page user exit and how to create it.
Appendix B - Tracing contains information about when and how to activate tracing.