This document covers the following topics:
The person performing the installation must have Windows system administrator privileges (Windows platforms).
During the installation, the Sudo panel may appear. When you enter the sudo password in this panel, the installer will execute the scripts which require sudoers privileges. For you to use sudo in the installer, the user that you are using to install must be in the sudoers configuration. (Unix/Linux).
During the installation, you are asked to specify an installation directory. Specify the installation directory in which to install your Software AG products.
The default installation directory under Windows is SoftwareAG, under Unix/Linux is /opt/softwareag, but any other directory is also possible.
You can only install Adabas Manager on a local hard drive on a Windows/Linux system. You cannot install Adabas Manager on a network-mounted drive or a SUBST drive (Windows only).
You can install the same Adabas Manager version more than once on the same machine. And you can also install several different versions of Adabas Manager on the same machine. This may be necessary to test a new Adabas Manager version before it is taken over into a production environment. Each version, however, must be installed in a separate directory and you must specify a separate Start menu group name. That is, when Adabas Manager is already installed, for example, in the directory SoftwareAG, you can install a second instance of Adabas Manager, for example, in a directory named SoftwareAG2.
Since Software AG Empower only offers the latest version of Adabas Manager and other products, it is recommended that you create and keep an image of installed Adabas Manager 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.
While Adabas Manager is being installed, it is not possible for another user to install Adabas Manager on the same machine. A message with the following information will then be shown: the name of the user who is currently installing Adabas Manager, when this installation has been started, and into which directory Adabas Manager is currently being installed.
Before you start Adabas Manager for the first time, you should be aware that Adabas Manager stores user-related data, such as user IDs, in configurations files and log files.
| File Path |
<install-dir>\AdabasManager\config\ adaHost_<uid>.config |
| Content |
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| Administration |
User IDs in the entries can be managed (created, modified, deleted) by the owner of the configuration file from within the Adabas Manager. If a user ID is deleted, there is no longer access to the respective Adabas REST administration server with this user ID. |
| Access |
Access to the configuration file and its directory can be secured, based on operating system file permissions. |
| Deletion |
Single entries in the file: see Administration above. File: manually or automatically by operating system means or scripts. |
| File Path |
<install-dir>\AdabasManager\config\amn_yyyymmdd.log |
| Content |
Contains user IDs. |
| Administration |
Not possible via Adabas Manager. |
| Access |
Access to the configuration file and its directory can be secured, based on operating system file permissions. |
| Deletion |
Single entries in the file: manually or automatically by operating system means or scripts. File: manually or automatically by operating system means or scripts. |