PC-Client product descriptions and directory layout

The following products are installed as Adaptive Server PC-Client products. In addition to these products, there are several separately installed products listed in the following sections.

Table 1-4: Products and platforms

Product

Description

Software Developer Kit (SDK)

Installed into the OCS-15_0 directory.

  • Open Client ( Ctlib, dblib)

  • ESQL/C

  • 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

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.

Unified Agent

Unified Agent is a management framework that provides runtime services to manage, monitor, and control distributed Sybase resources. Agents plug into the framework and provide the ability to manage specific components. It is installed into the ua directory.

jutils-2_0

A collection of Adaptive Server utility programs including:

  • jisql – a JDBC-based GUI isql tool.

  • ribo – a tool to trace TDS traffic between client program and Adaptive Server.