Software AG provides the Adabas Online System (AOS) as a selectable unit to Adabas customers who have exercised a separate purchase agreement for this feature. A demonstration version is included with Adabas and is documented in the Adabas DBA Reference documentation.
Adabas Online System (AOS) is an interactive, menu-driven analysis and control facility for Adabas and the related environment. A database administrator (DBA) uses it to
display Adabas user statistics, monitor and control access and operation for one or all users;
display and modify Adabas fields and files: add fields, allocate and remove file space, change file and database layout, view and remove field descriptors;
restrict file use to utility users only, or lock or unlock file access completely.
AOS is written in Natural, Software AG's fourth generation application development facility, and must be run in a Natural 8.2 or above environment.
In addition to the demonstration version provided as part of Adabas , the selectable unit Adabas Online System (AOS) provides:
the full interactive functionality of Basic Services, including the ability to modify and update aspects of system operation online; and
the Triggers Maintenance facility.
The Adabas products that can be managed from Adabas Online System are depicted in the following figure:
The Adabas Online System documentation describes the installation, operation, and use of the Basic Services component of AOS. The use of the other services available from the AOS is described in the documentation for those products and facilities.
The AOS Security functions are available only if Software AG's Natural Security is installed and operating at a version level that corresponds to the level of Natural being used. See the Adabas Security documentation for more information.