PC-Client product descriptions and directory layout
10 Adaptive Server Enterprise
Table 1-3: Products and platforms
Product Description
Software Developer Kit
(SDK)
Installed into the OCS-15_0 directory.
• Open Client ( Ctlib, dblib)
•ESQL/C
• Monitor Client Library
• ESQL/COBOL
• XA
Installed into the DataAccess directory:
• ODBC (Windows and Linux only ) – a driver used to connect to Adaptive Server
from ODBC based applications.
• OLEDB (Windows only) – a provider used to connect to Adaptive Server from
OLE DB-based applications.
• ADO.NET (Windows only) – a provider used to connect to Adaptive Server from
.NET based applications.
Windows Cluster Server
Admin utilities
Windows Cluster Administrator is a GUI tool for managing Microsoft Cluster Server
(MSCS). It can be used to create, modify and displays the information of groups,
resources and the cluster itself. There is also an alternative command-line tool called
Cluster.exe for cluster administration.
Shared-executables and
libraries used by various
components
The shared directory contains components and libraries that are shared by several
other components. In earlier versions, this directory was named shared-1_0.
• Sybase Central – Sybase Central is a Java-based framework used by the system
management tools. In earlier versions, this component was placed into a top-level
directory rather than in a shared directory.
• JRE – The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is a runtime Java virtual machine
used to execute Java-based programs such as Sybase Central.
Adaptive Server Plug-in Installed into ASEP directory. This plug-in contains the management software for
managing Adaptive Server and its associated servers.
Language Modules Installed into the locales directory. Provides system messages and date/time formats.
Character Sets Installed into the charsets directory. Provides character sets available for use with
Adaptive Server.
jConnect Installed into the jConnect-6_0 directory. Provides a Java Database Connectivity
(JDBC) driver for Adaptive Server.
Agent Management
Console
This is a Sybase Central plug-in that manages the Unified Agent. It is installed into
the AMCP directory.
Interactive SQL Interactive SQL is a GUI tool that allows you to execute SQL statements, build
scripts, and display data from Adaptive Server. It is installed into the DBISQL
directory.