The database administrator (DBA) uses the Adabas utilities to create and maintain Adabas databases. For each utility, the following information is provided:
a description of the purpose of the utility;
a functional overview of the utility;
a description of the utility's control parameters;
examples to illustrate the use of the utility, where appropriate.
This manual is intended principally for the DBA. Certain Adabas utilities contain functionality for modifying or deleting existing database information, so caution is advised when these utilities are used. Some utilities, such as ADAREP, provide status information only, and can be used freely by the end user.
Note
The Adabas utilities also contain some undocumented features that can be
invoked using syntax that is not documented (this also includes the FDT syntax as described
in the Administration documentation). Software AG strongly recommends
that you do not use such undocumented features; there is no guarantee that undocumented
features will work correctly and that they will not have negative side effects on the
general behavior of Adabas.
