An AdminServer is installed on every system that contains the following OpenEdge products:
OpenEdge databases: OpenEdge Personal RDBMS, OpenEdge Workgroup RDBMS, and OpenEdge Enterprise RDBMS
In Windows, the AdminServer starts automatically and runs as a service. The AdminServer must be running to use any of the OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer configuration tools, or any of the following command-line managing or validating utilities. For additional information about these topics, see
Overview of OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer .