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Adager Quick Start
      Using Adager
      Batch mode for routine tasks
      The privacy and security of your databases

What does Adager do for you?
      Adapt your databases to changes in your environment
      Manage and fine-tuning your databases
      Get archival databases into compliance with Y2K
      Examine, diagnose and fix database problems

Is Adager easy to use and maintain?
      You don't have to memorize cryptic commands
      Meaningful error messages
      What happens when you upgrade your OS or your hardware?

IMAGE/SQL databases and Adager
      Databases as repositories for your information
      Security
      Access to your information
      Global database flags
      Jumbo datasets (larger than 4 gigabytes)
      Dynamic Dataset Expansion (DDX for details and MDX for masters)
      SQL DBEnvironments
      Indexing (B-Trees and TPI)
      NetBase (and SharePlex) database mirroring
      Further information

Adager Model One and Adager Model Two
      Adager Model One
      Adager Model Two
      Upgrading from Model One to Model Two

Adager technology
      Adager goes straight to the point
      Consolidation of tasks
      Adager preprocess certification
      In-depth diagnostics
      Roll back
      Renaming and simultaneously renumbering
      Reviewing scheduled changes

Adager Technical Support

Adager Installation (or updating)
      Log on as the system manager (you must know the passwords)
      Restore the Adager installation program
      Run the Adager installation program
      Please abide by the Adager Licensing Agreements

Running Adager
      Run-time parms
      Job-Control Words (JCWs)
      Communicating with Adager
      Adager commands
      Adager menu
      :pscreen
      Comments
      Running Adager in batch mode
            Automatically creating a StreamFile
                  System Managers or Account Managers creating StreamFiles

Adager Therapy Functions
      Examine Chain
      Examine Path
      Fix Chain
      Fix Dataset
      Fix Path
      Replace Dataset
      AutoCheck

Adager Maintenance Functions
      Change Capacity
            Master Capacities
            Detail Capacities
            Fast dataset capacity changes
            Enabling datasets (masters or details) for dynamic expansion
                  Maximum Capacity
                  Initial Capacity
                  Increment
                  MDX primary and secondary storage areas
            Disabling datasets (masters or details) for DDX
            Verification of DDX values
            Automatic capacity management
                  MPEX's DBADGALT command
                  CapMgr from ICS
                  Command files
      Erase Dataset
      Move Dataset
      Reblock Database
      Reblock Dataset
      Repack Dataset
            MastPack (repacking a master dataset)
            DetPack (repacking a detail dataset)
                  Adager preserves chronology
                  You can optimize chained access for only one path per detail dataset
                  DetPacking & changing capacity
                  DetPack (serial)
                  DetPack (sorted)
                  DetPack (chained)
                  DetPack (SuperChained)
                  Differences between DetPack options
                  DetPack SuperChained and RISC

Adager Browsing Functions
      Copy Database
      Report Capacity
      Report Dataset
      Report Item
      Report Path
      Report Schema

Adager Remodeling Functions
      Add Dataset
      Add Field
      Add Item
      Add Path
      Add Sort
      Change Dataset
      Change Date
      Change Field
      Change Item
      Change Primary
      Change Security
      Delete Dataset
      Delete Field
      Delete Item
      Delete Path
      Delete Sort
      Examine Date
      Redefine Item
      Rename Database
      Rename Dataset
      Rename Field
      Rename Item
      Shuffle Datasets
      Shuffle Fields
      Shuffle Items


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