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the Software AG general availability (GA) date of the Software AG product;
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The delivered ALLINPL file, ADAvrs.ALLINPL (where vrs is a number representing the version of Adabas), contains the Adabas Online System (AOS) base and also functions as a demo.
To use the full version of AOS, you must copy the contents of the AOS version 8.4 load library to the base Adabas version 8.4 load library with the REPLACE option to make AOS licensed (otherwise AOS will execute in 'Demo Mode'). This library must be available to the Adabas nucleus. To make it available, restart the Adabas nucleus. When allocated to the running Adabas environment, this completes the AOS to make it a licensed copy.
Note:
The AOS load modules can also be made available to Adabas by
concatenating the AOS load library to the Adabas load library in the Adabas
startup JCL.
The distributed INPL jobs (both the sample jobs and the SMA-generated jobs) that you use to load the Adabas INPL library load it in a date-sensitive manner. In other words, the load process will now check the dates of your existing INPL library and will not allow older members to overwrite members with newer dates. However, if you use your own Natural batch jobs to load the Adabas INPL library, you will need to modify them to be date-sensitive. To do this, specify the following CMSYNIN primary command input in your job (this setting assumes the Natural input parameters in the job are specified in comma-delimited mode, or IM=D):
B,,,,,,,Y
The "B" setting indicates that the INPL action should load everything; the next six fields (comma-delimited) are defaults, the eighth field is specified as "Y" to indicate that dates in the INPL library should be checked, and the ninth field is not included in the specification because the default for that field will be used. For more information about Natural CMSYNIN input, refer to your Natural documentation.
Note:
When migrating an Adabas 8.3 installation, this procedure does not
apply. Instead, you should replace the 8.3 INPL library members with the latest
Adabas 8.4 INPL library members, regardless of the dates of the members, to
avoid creating a library containing members from both releases.
AOS version 8.4 requires Natural version 8.2 or above.
If you do not upgrade or install Natural with the Adabas version 8.4 release, you will need to relink the Adabas version 8.4 AOSASM module with your Natural in order for AOS 8.4 to function correctly. This AOSASM module is downward compatible with previous versions.
Natural Security is a prerequisite for AOS Security. See the Adabas Security documentation for more information.
Adabas Online System (AOS) supports back-level versions of Adabas. However, Adabas 8.4 is a prerequisite for this version of AOS if you want to use AOS to manage any new features provided in Adabas 8.4.
Note:
Depending on the platforms supported, demo versions of Adabas Vista
(AVI), Adabas Fastpath (AFP), Adabas SAF Security (AAF), and Adabas Transaction
Manager (ATM) are automatically installed when you install either the demo or
full version of AOS.