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, Solaris SPARC, Solaris x64, Linux Power, HP-UX Itanium, IBM AIX) – 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.

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 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_5 and jConnect-7_0 directories. Provides a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver for Adaptive Server.
uninstaller Installed into the sybuninstall/PCClient directory.