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 Database
Studio 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 command prompt 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 you use 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.
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.
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 using the 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