# Adabas Manager Configuration Error

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-manager-configuration-error/196260>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-Add-on-Products, Adabas-Administration-and-Monitoring\
**Created:** [September 5, 2017, 9:15am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-manager-configuration-error/196260 "2017-09-05T09:15:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Ricky\_Li](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@Ricky\_Li](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ricky_Li)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:15am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-manager-configuration-error/196260/1 "2017-09-05T09:15:25Z")

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Would anyone here help me?

 ![image001.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/2X/a/af0a2a418f5ea882888e3b4ba70808d113f304ad.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-manager-configuration-error/196260/2 "2017-09-05T18:45:55Z")

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The data base must be active.

START menu  
 → Software AG  
 → Start Command Prompt  
 → adabas dbid=1

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**Author:** ![Ricky\_Li](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@Ricky\_Li](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ricky_Li)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-manager-configuration-error/196260/3 "2017-09-06T06:03:21Z")

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Thanks a lot.When I active the data base I got the same error.

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-manager-configuration-error/196260/4 "2017-09-08T17:57:19Z")

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Does file 5 already exist in database 1? Try specifying a new file number and let Adabas Manager create it for you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-manager-configuration-error/196260/5 "2021-04-02T15:39:14Z")

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