This document covers the following topics:
Adabas covers all components of the Database Management System itself. Adabas requires the Adabas Client and the Infrastructure subcomponent Security Libraries.
To complete the Adabas installation, you must activate the license files as described in the section Completing the Installation.
Adabas Client covers all components needed to access Adabas from Client applications. It is used by several Software AG products such as Adabas and Entire Net-Work.
The Adabas Client for Java is an interface to Adabas for Java-based applications. The product consists of three individual components:
The Java-based API itself;
the Adabas Rest Interface, which can be used to access data from any programming language that supports HTTP request handling;
the Adabas Data Designer, which is used to configure the Java API maps from Adabas FDT, Natural DDM or XSD definitions, as well as to browse the data in Adabas files.
If you have installed the Adabas Client for Java, see the description of the appropriate Adabas Client for Java documentation in Empower for further information. This documentation is available separately.
Adabas Administration Services is a communication component required by Adabas Manager. It must be installed and running if you want to monitor and administer Adabas databases with Adabas Manager.
See the appropriate Adabas Manager and Adabas Administration Services documentation in Empower for further information.
Adabas Manager is used to interactively monitor and administer Adabas databases. See the appropriate Adabas Manager documentation in Empower for further information.
Adabas, or the components installed with Adabas, require a number of infrastructure components that are automatically installed with the Software AG Installer. For instance, the Infrastructure Security Libraries are required by Adabas. These libraries contain the functionality required to implement the Adabas Authentication feature.
Depending on your credentials, you may see (and can select or deselect) further entries in the Adabas Products node. Please refer to the separate documentation of the individual product(s) for a detailed description of the required installation steps.