Product descriptions and directory layout

The Adaptive Server installation installs a wide array of software products into the SYBASE directory. Table 1-3 provides a brief description of the server products installed, and the top-level directory structure.

**Table 1-3: Product description**
Product	Description
Adaptive Server	Installed into the ASE-15_0 directory. Adaptive Server – the database server. Backup Server – an Open Server-based application that manages all database backup (dump) and restore (load) operations. Monitor Server – an Open Server-based application that obtains performance information on Adaptive Server and makes that information available to Monitor Server client applications. XP Server– an Open Server application that manages and executes extended stored procedures (ESPs) from within Adaptive Server. Job Scheduler – provides a job scheduler for Adaptive Server. Job Scheduler components are located in their own directory at ASE-15_0/jobscheduler/.
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.
shared – on UNIX platforms Shared – on Windows platforms	The shared or 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 Sybase servers 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.
Collation Sequences	Installed into the collate directory. Provides the collation sequences available for use with Adaptive Server.
ASE Replicator	Installed into the RPL-15_0 directory. Provides lightweight replication for those companies who do not need a full-featured replication product such as Sybase Replication Server.
Sybase Software Asset Management (SySAM)	Installed into the SYSAM-2_0 directory. Provides asset management of Adaptive Servers and optional features.
Web Services	Installed into the WS-15_0 directory. An optional product that provides access to Adaptive Server using HTTP/SOAP and WSDL.
Enhanced Full-Text Search	Installed into the EFTS-15_0 directory. An optional product that provides for faster searching of text data in the 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.