Each Adabas utility is described in a separate part. For a single-function utility, the part begins with a syntax diagram showing the utility statement and all possible parameters. Parts for utilities with multiple functions begin with a brief overview of the functions, followed by the individual function syntax diagrams and descriptions.

Each function description contains:

• syntax diagram with all parameters;

• individual parameter descriptions describing coding rules, restrictions, and defaults; and

• utility function examples.

Following the function descriptions are job control examples for the z/OS operating system.

This documentation is organized in the following parts:

ADACDC Utility: Changed-Data Capture	Describes the ADACDC utility, which allows you to produce a file containing the delta of all changes made to the database over the period covered by the input protection logs. You can also use this utility to produce a file that lists each individual insert and delete transaction made to the database over the period covered by the input protection logs (without producing a delta of these changes).
ADACHK Utility: Adabas Common Check Processing	Describes the ADACHK utility, the Adabas Common Check Processing utility. This utility can be used to check the integrity of the entire database and it can be executed while concurrent updates are running against the file. The ADACHK utility can also be used to print or dump Associator blocks, command log blocks, Data Storage blocks, the File Control Block, the field definition table, the free space table, the general control blocks, the normal index, the upper index, protection log blocks, recovery log blocks, sort data set blocks, temporary data set blocks, the upper index, and work data set blocks.
ADACMP Utility: Compress-Decompress Data	Describes the ADACMP utility, which allows you to edit and compress data records that are to be loaded into the database. This utility also allows you to decompress individual files in the Adabas database.
ADACNV Utility: Database Conversion	Describes the ADACNV utility, which allows you to convert an Adabas database to a higher version of Adabas or to revert an Adabas database to a lower version of Adabas.
ADADBS Utility: Database Services	Describes the ADADBS utility, which allows you to perform many database definition and maintenance functions.
ADADEF Utility: Define a Database	Describes the ADADEF utility, which allows you to define a database and checkpoint file or define a new Work file. It also allows you to modify file encodings for the database.
ADADRU Utility: Database Storage Usage Reports	Describes the ADADRU utility, which allows you to produce summary and detail reports about database storage usage.
ADAFRM Utility: Format Adabas Data Sets	Describes the ADAFRM utility, which allows you to format Adabas database components.
ADAINV Utility: Inverted List Management	Describes the ADAINV utility, which allows you to create descriptors in a file and identify the descriptors used to couple two files.
ADALOD Utility: File Loader	Describes the ADALOD utility, which allows you to load a file into a database and to add or delete a large number of records (ISNs) to or from an existing file.
ADAMER Utility: ADAM Estimation	Describes the ADAMER utility, which allows you to produce statistics that indicate the number of Data Storage accesses required to find and read a record when using an ADAM descriptor.
ADAORD Utility: Reordering Functions	Describes the ADAORD utility, which allows you to reorder the Associator or Data Storage for a database or specified files. This utility also allows you to restructure a database or file.
ADAPLP Utility: Protection Log/Work Print	Describes the ADAPLP utility, which allows you to print data protection records contained on the Adabas Work data set or the Adabas data protection log.
ADARAI Utility: Adabas Recovery Aid	Describes the ADARAI utility, which allows you to manage recovery logging.
ADAREP Utility: Database Status Report	Describes the ADAREP utility, which allows you to produce the database status report.
ADARES Utility: Database Recovery	Describes the ADARES utility, which allows you to perform database recovery functions.
ADASAV Utility: Save/Restore Database or Files	Describes the ADASAV utility, which allows you to save or restore a database or specific database files.
ADASEL Utility: Select Protection Data	Describes the ADASEL utility, which allows you to select and decompress information in the Adabas sequential (SIBA) or dual/multiple (PLOG) protection log and write it to a print data set (DDDRUCK/ DRUCK) or a user-specified output data set.
ADAULD Utility: Unload Files	Describes the ADAULD utility, which allows you to unload an Adabas file.
ADAWRK Utility: Work Area Recovery Reports	Describes the ADAWRK utility, which allows you to produce reports from records in the autorestart area of Work part 1. This information can be used when the database autostart fails and the database will not come up. It can help you determine how to handle database recovery.
ADAZAP Utility: Display or Modify Asso, Data, and Work Data Sets	Describes the ADAZAP utility, which allows you to display (in hexadecimal format) and optionally change the contents of the Associator, Data Storage, or Work data sets.
ADAZIN Utility: Print Adabas Maintenance and SVC Information	Describes the ADAZIN utility, which allows you to print Adabas maintenance and SVC information.
ADABAS Sequential Files	Describes the sequential files used by the Adabas utilities as well as characteristics of file and device definitions by operating system.
Adabas Personnel Demo File	Provides the FDT for the Personnel demo file distributed with Adabas.