Displaying Information About Installed Software
Choose Start Menu -> SAP MaxDB -> Installation Manager -> Show SAP MaxDB Installations to display information about the installed software components, their versions, and their storage directories.
The installed software contains other tools, which you can use to display more information:
Database Studio
In the Start Menu choose All Programs -> SAP MaxDB -> Database Studio to call the SAP MaxDB administration tool. For details on how to display information, see the DatabaseStudio documentation.
Command Line Tools
On Windows, use the Command Line Prompt shortcut of the relevant installation in the Start Menu under All Programs -> SAP MaxDB, which opens a commandprompt for this software installation and therefore uses any program you call of exactly this version.
Note
If you request general information about all existing installations (for example using the inst_enum command), you can use the Command Line Prompt of any of your installations. However, we recommend that youuse the Command Line Prompt of the highest software version available. This way you make sure that the most recent output scheme is used to display the requested information.
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Example
If you call the DBMCLI tool in the Command Line Prompt of a version 7.8.00.01 instalation, you connect per default to the DBM server of that version. If you enter the db_create command in this command prompt to create a database,this database will be of software version 7.8.00.01 as well.
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Using Database Manager CLI, you can execute the indicated commands to request information about installations and databases:
SDBREGVIEW is another command line tool for displaying information about the installed software.
Listing All Registered Server and Client Installations
In the Start Menu under All Programs -> SAP MaxDB, open the Command Line Prompt of the installation of your highest SAP MaxDB version and enter the following:
>dbmcli inst_enum
Listing the Client Installations
In the Start Menu under All Programs -> SAP MaxDB, open the Command Line Prompt of the installation of your highest SAP MaxDB version and enter the inst_enum command usingthe -s option:
>dbmcli -s inst_enum
Displaying the Parameters of an Installation
In the Start Menu under All Programs -> SAP MaxDB, open the Command Line Prompt of the desired SAP MaxDB installation and enter the following:
>dbmcli inst_enum <installation_path>
Displaying the Installation Directories of an Installation
In the Start Menu under All Programs -> SAP MaxDB, open the Command Line Prompt of the desired SAP MaxDB installation and enter the following:
>dbmcli -s dbm_getpath
Displaying Information About the Database Manager of an Installation
In the Start Menu under All Programs -> SAP MaxDB, open the Command Line Prompt of the desired SAP MaxDB installation and enter the following:
>dbmcli -s dbm_version
Displaying the Software Components Installed on the Computer
In the Start Menu under All Programs -> SAP MaxDB, open the Command Line Prompt of the installation of your highest SAP MaxDB version and enter the following:
>sdbregview -l
Displaying the Installed Global Software Components
In the Start Menu under All Programs -> SAP MaxDB, open the Command Line Prompt of the installation of your highest SAP MaxDB version and enter the following:
>sdbregview -l -i GLOBAL
Displaying the Installed Version-Dependent Software Components of an Installation
In the Start Menu under All Programs -> SAP MaxDB, open the Command Line Prompt of the desired SAP MaxDB installation and enter the following:
>sdbregview -l -i <installation_name>
More Information
Database Manager CLI, inst_enum, dbm_getpath, dbm_version
