Server Component Descriptions and Directory Layout

Learn about the server components and directory layouts here.

Product Description
The Server Installation Package 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.
  • 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/.
Shared Disk Cluster Administration Tools
  • 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 $SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/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.
  • Unified Agent server – provides a container for mid-tier management application logic accessed by the ASE plug-in and sybcluster. It is installed in the UAF-2_5 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_OCS/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 shared directory
  • The Cluster Edition Administration Utility is installed to $SYBASE/SDCADMIN-15_0
Software Developer Kit (SDK)
Installed into the OCS-15_0 directory.
  • Connectivity:


    • Open Client™ (Client-Library, dblib)
    • Embedded SQL™/COBOL 15.0
    • XA interface for Adaptive Sever
Installed into the DataAccess directory:
  • ODBC (Windows, Solaris SPARC, Solaris x64, Linux Power, HP-UX Itanium, IBM AIX) – a driver used to connect to Adaptive Server from ODBC based applications.
Language Modules Installed into the $SYBASE/locales and $SYBASE_ASE/locales directories. 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.
Sybase Software Asset Management (SySAM) Installed into the SYSAM-2_0 directory. Provides asset management of Adaptive Servers and optional features.
Java Client Utility
Installed into the jutils-2_0 directory and is a collection of Adaptive Server utility programs including:
  • ribo – a tool to trace TDS traffic between client program and Adaptive Server.
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Installed into the jConnect-6_0_5 and jConnect-7_0directories. Provides a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver for Adaptive Server.
Uninstaller Installed into the sybuninstall/ASESuite directory.