User Guide

SAP AG November 2002
Client applications, such as the Database Manager GUI [Page 134], the Database Manager
CLI [Page 133], or Web DBM, the program integrated into the Web Server [Page 156] create
a connection to the DBM Server and exchange data with the DBM Server using a Request-
Response mechanism.
See also:
Architecture of the Database Manager [Page
54]
Loader
The Loader is the server part of the SAP DB Loader [Page 148]. The Loader must be installed
on the computer that the media [See SAP DB Library]
are located on.
The Loader creates the connection to the database instance [Page
132] and can access its
environment using operating system resources.
The Loader can communicate remotely with the database instance and with the client.
See also:
Architecture of the SAP DB Loader [Page
55]
SAP DB Loader: SAP DB 7.4 [See SAP DB Library]
Web Server
The Web Server is the client part of the SAP DB Web tools Web DBM [Page 154] and Web
SQL [Page 154]. The server for the Web DBM tool is the DBM Server [Page 58], the server
for the Web SQL tool is the database instance [Page 132].
Possible Web servers are the SAP DB Web Server or the well-known Web server Apache.
The SAP DB Web server is installed during the installation of the SAP DB Web tools. Apache
must be installed separately or configured. For more information, see the Installation Guide
Web Tools: SAP DB 7.4 [See SAP DB Library].
Web DBM and Web SQL are operating-system-independent. These tools are installed once,
and can then be called from any browser. This enables occasional users as well as frequent
users to make use of the Database Manager and SQL Studio functionalities quickly and easily
in the network.
See also:
Architecture of the SAP DB Web Tools [Page
57]
Database Manager
The Database Manager is a database tool [Page 136] for managing SAP DB database.
The tasks of the Database Manager comprise creating, controlling, and monitoring database
instances [Page 132] on the local computer or on remote computers. You can use the
Database Manager to carry out backups and, if necessary, recoveries.
Architecture
The Database Manager consists of a server part and a client part. The same functionality is
offered for the Database Manager regardless of which client you use.
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