PC-Client Product Descriptions and Directory Layout

Learn about the PC-Client product and directory layout here.

Product Description
Software Developer Kit (SDK) Installed into the %SYBASE_OCS% directory.
  • Connectivity:
    • Open Client (Client-Library, dblib)
    • Embedded SQL™/COBOL 15.0
    • XA interface for Adaptive Sever
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.
PC-Client Administration Tools The ASEPlugin.jar file is located in ASEP\lib, while the scjview.exe executable to start up Sybase Central with the ASE plug-in is located in shared\Sybase Central 6.0.0\win32.
  • Sybase Central™ 6.x is a Java-based framework used by the system management tools. Installed into the Shared directory.
  • Adaptive Server plug-in – Sybase Central plug-in that provides cluster configuration and complete administration functionality. Installed into ASEP directory.
  • sybcluster – interactive command line interface for configuring and managing the cluster installed in the %SYBASE%\SDCADMIN-15_0\bin directory.
  • Job Scheduler templates and utilities – Predefined templates from which the database administrator can create and schedule useful, time-saving jobs. They are installed into the %SYBASE%\%SYBASE_ASE%\jobscheduler directory.
  • Agent Management Console – Sybase Central plug-in that manages the Unified Agent. It is installed into the AMCP directory.
  • Interactive SQL– interactive command line interface for configuring and managing the cluster. It is installed into the %SYBASE%\%SYBASE_ASE%\bin directory.
  • JRE – the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is a runtime Java virtual machine used to execute Java-based programs such as Sybase Central. Installed into the %SYBASE%\Shared\JRE-6_0_6_32BIT directory.
  • The Cluster Edition Administration Utility is installed to %SYBASE%\SDCADMIN-15_0
  • 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.
Language Modules Installed into the %SYBASE%\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.


Created June 23, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com