The Unified Broker Framework provides a consistent interface for managing all OpenEdge RDBMS products installed on your network, and consists of the following elements:
AdminServer
An AdminServer provides secure administrative access to OpenEdge server products. An AdminServer is installed on every system where you install an OpenEdge database. The AdminServer grants access to each instance of an installed OpenEdge product. The AdminServer must be running in order to use OpenEdge Explorer, OpenEdge Management, or the command-line configuration utilities to manage your database.
In Windows-based systems, the AdminServer starts automatically and runs as a service. For UNIX-based systems, a command-line utility (PROADSV) is used to start and stop the AdminServer. For more information about the AdminServer, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration.
Command-line configuration utilities
The command-line configuration utilities allow you to start, stop, and configure installed OpenEdge RDBMS components. The database related command-line configuration utilities include:
DBMAN — Starts, stops, and queries the current configuration of an OpenEdge database.
PROADSV — Starts-up and shuts-down an AdminServer on UNIX. For more information about the AdminServer, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration.
OpenEdge provides several tool options for managing your database configuration, as discussed in the following sections:
AdminServer
