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***** Adabas Manager                               ***** 
***** Version 9.4                                  ***** 
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***** This file last updated: 25 September 2025    ***** 
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This file contains important information you must read before using 
Adabas Manager 9.4

Contents: 
A. About Adabas Manager

B. Software Requirements 

C. Installation and Configuration

D. New Features, Compatibility and Prerequisites

E. Updating Existing Environments

F. Known Problems


Please explore the Adabas Manager documentation on the Software GmbH 
web site:
 
https://documentation.softwareag.com/ 

The documentation on this site will be updated as required. 

A. About Adabas Manager 
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Adabas Manager provides a browser-based application with a graphical 
user interface for the administration and monitoring of Adabas 
databases running on one or multiple Linux, Windows, and mainframe 
hosts. Common administration tasks include listing databases and 
files, starting/stopping and creating/deleting databases, 
adding/deleting files, viewing and modifying database parameters, 
managing database containers and queues, and viewing information 
about high water marks, statistics and buffer pools.
In addition, it can manage Entire Net-work products such as 
Entire Net-Work clients, server, and kernels. Some of these tasks are 
modifying kernel parameters, adding new kernels, starting and 
stopping kernels, setting the traces of servers and kernels, adding 
new connections between kernels. 
Adabas Manager can also access mainframe kernels with authentication 
(including passphrase option), to display zIIP statistics and modify 
parameters, drivers, and links of a mainframe kernel. 
Furthermore, administering the Adabas Auditing server, such as 
creating and modifying objects (e.g., subscriptions, destinations, 
filters, and format buffers) now is possible. Authentication and 
authorization of using Adabas Auditing objects are supported by this 
version of Adabas Manager.
Adabas Manager can administer Adabas mainframe clustered or 
non-clustered databases, files, parameters, including stopping 
database, switching PLOG or CLOG, resetting interval statistics, 
deleting checkpoints and user queue elements, and also submitting 
mainframe JCL via AOZ server.
In addition, Adabas Manager can administer definitions such as 
Destination, Format Buffer, Initial-State, Filters, and Subscriptions 
on Event Replicator for Adabas. It is possible to administer 
Target Adapters. Functions previously delivered via the Target Adapter 
Administration tool are now available in Adabas Manager.

Architecture
Adabas Manager has an internal proxy server (Adabas Manager Runtime 
Server) to make API calls to various backend servers (e.g., Adabas 
REST server and Adabas Manager Communicator). 
The browser GUI application is a web application that is running on 
NestJS (Adabas Manager Runtime Server), which is running at 
port 4990 (default).
Adabas Manager Communicator (AMC) is required to connect Adabas 
Manager with the suite of Entire Net-work products and Adabas 
mainframe via Software AG Directory server (ADI). 
AMC can be installed remotely from Adabas Manager. 

Dropped Features
No dropped features compared to version 9.3 and 9.2.

See the documentation for more detailed instructions on using 
Adabas Manager.

B. Software Requirements 
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A working Adabas Manager environment requires the following software 
components installed either locally on the host where the 
Adabas Manager is running or remotely on different hosts in a 
distributed environment:

Adabas Client (ACL) is an internal component that is used by several 
Software GmbH products, including Adabas and Entire Net-Work. It is 
required to access Adabas (local and remote access).

Adabas Server (ADA) to access databases (on Linux or Windows) for 
monitoring and administering by the Adabas Manager. 

Adabas RESTful Administration Server that is called to administer and 
monitor Adabas environments. The Adabas RESTful Administration Server 
is installed together with the Adabas Server.

Adabas Manager Communicator (AMC) is called to administer the suite 
of Entire Net-Work products, including Entire Net-Work clients (WCL), 
servers (WCP), kernels, and Adabas mainframe databases. AMC can be 
installed locally or remotely from Adabas Manager. 

Adabas Directory Server (ADI) provides central management of directory 
services for the suite of Entire Net-Work products, which are 
registered to it. AMC looks into the list of WCL, WCP, kernels, and 
Adabas mainframe databases registered in ADI and returns the 
information to Adabas Manager.

Adabas on zOSMF (AOZ) server enables Adabas Manager to edit JCL 
members, to submit mainframe JCL, and to monitor the job outputs.

C. Installation and Configuration 
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Installing and running Adabas Manager requires no additional 
components to be installed on the host where it is running. When you 
select Adabas Manager in the product selection tree of the Software AG 
Installer, the installer will automatically preselect all shared and 
infrastructure components. No further Adabas components are required 
in the Adabas Manager installation environment. For detailed 
information, refer to the Installation documentation. Adabas Manager 
9.4.0 stores the host configuration for Adabas RESTful Administration 
Server, AMC, Adabas Audit Server, Event Replicator Server, and Target 
Adaptor into a single file (host_<user-id>.config) for each user in 
the folder <Installation Folder>\AdabasManager\config.

CORS should be enabled in Adabas Manager Communicator (AMC) for Adabas 
Manager to connect and administer Entire Net-Work. This can be done 
on one of the panels during the installation.
The flag (ENABLE_CORS=YES) is stored at 
<Installation Folder>\AdabasManagerCommunicator\config\amc.properties

To allow all connection to Adabas Manager Communicator:
ALLOW_ORIGIN=*

To allow specific Adabas Manager to connect:
ALLOW_ORIGIN=http://<host>:<port> (for example http://amn.com:4990)



D. New Features, Compatibility and Prerequisites
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New or enhanced Adabas Manager features require the latest supported 
versions of all required components. New features in Adabas Manager 
9.4.0 include, but not limited to, administering Event Replicator 
Target Adaptor and monitoring user queues on Adabas on Open System.

These are: 
•	Adabas Server 7.4 or above
•	Adabas Client 7.4 or above
•	Adabas RESTful Administration Server 7.4 or above
•	Adabas Manager Communicator 2.7 or above
•	Entire Net-Work Server (LUW) 7.9.4 or above
•	Entire Net-Work Client 1.8.4 or above
•	Adabas Directory Server 5.9.5 or above
•	Adabas Mainframe 8.6.1 or above
•	Adabas SAF Security 8.4.1 or above
•	Entire Net-Work Server (mainframe) 6.6.1 or above


We recommend applying the latest fixes directly after the installation 
of Adabas Manager 9.4

Important Note:

There is no plan to provide fixes (for backward compatibility) to 
older versions such as Entire Net-Work Server 7.8.0, Entire Net-Work 
Client 1.7.0, and Software AG Directory Server 5.8.0, so that they can 
be administered by Adabas Manager 9.4.0.

E. Updating Existing Environments
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To make use of the new Adabas Manager, the following steps for 
existing environments are recommended. 
1. Upgrade your Adabas Manager installation.
Back up the host config files (at …\AdabasManager\config) and 
uninstall your current Adabas Manager installation, and install the 
new Adabas Manager Version 9.4 or install the new version 
side-by-side. Apply the latest available fixes to Adabas Manager.


F. Known Problems
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Starting database immediately after stopping database:

As shutdown options (e.g., shutdown, cancel, and abort) take some 
time to take databases completely, there is a possibility that an 
AIF00651 error message (i.e., AIF00651 Failed to launch ADASTART) 
will be given when trying to start the database *immediately* after 
shutting down (especially "cancel") the database. In such a case, 
please click the 'Start' button to start the database again. 

Logging into Adabas Manager on Linux with Operating System User-ID:

If the local Linux user authentication does not work, do the 
following to reactivate the local Linux user authentication:
AMNPAM module for local Linux user authentication

1.	Perform the Linux command “ls –la” to check if /etc/pam.d/amn-auth 
is linked to <installation dir>/AdabasManager/etc/amn-auth. 
If not found, create a soft link as below:
sudo ln –s /etc/pam.d/amn-auth <installation_Dir>/AdabasManager/etc/amn-auth
2.	Execute the command “systemctl status *amnpam” to check that 
sag<N>amnpam is active.
 
<N> denotes the relevant Software AG Installer-id. To check the id, 
go to <your AMN install folder>/bin, and look for the line that 
contains "systemctl start …amnpam" in the script "afterInstallAsRoot.sh".
To start the daemon, perform “sudo systemctl start sag<N>amnpam” 
at Linux command prompt.


Failed to get the list of Format Buffers, Subscriptions, Filters, or 
Destinations in Adabas Auditing Server:

Due to network performance, failure to load the list of either Format 
Buffers, Subscriptions, Filters, or Destinations could occur when 
accessing Adabas Auditing Server initially. Click the ‘refresh’ icon 
at the top right corner of each table to load the objects to the list.


Replacing an existing output file:

Currently, it is not possible to replace an existing file in the file 
system (Windows or Linux). Output to a new file (i.e., new file name) 
when creating a new FDT file, exporting an Adabas file, backing up 
an Adabas database, etc.
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The https://documentation.softwareag.com website may contain more 
current information as updates become available. 