Sybase ADAPTIVE 15.0.2 - Manual (Page 24)

Product descriptions and directory layout
8 Adaptive Server Enterprise
Table 1-2: Product description
Product Description
Adaptive Server and
Historical 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
• 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.
shared – on UNIX
platforms
Shared – on Windows
platforms and shared
executables and libraries
used by various
components.
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 $SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE directory. Provides system messages and
date/time formats.
Character Sets Installed into the charsets directory. Provides character sets available for use with
Adaptive Server.