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.
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
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
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>
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
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
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
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
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>
Database Manager CLI, inst_enum, dbm_getpath, dbm_version