# Converting from 6.3 to 6.4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-Basics-on-Linux-Unix-Windows, Adabas-on-Windows-UNIX, Adabas-on-Linux\ **Created:** [October 17, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844 "2017-10-17T14:39:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ivan\_Jensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/53a042/32.png) [@Ivan\_Jensen](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ivan_Jensen)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/1 "2017-10-17T14:39:53Z")
For years I have been running adabas 6.3 on my windows PC (windows 10). After an automatically windows update I can’t start the DBA Workbench for adabas 6.3 Now I have installed ada642 communitu edition. And the adabas manager 8.2 is up and running. In the list of databases I can not see my 3 existing databases, which is explained in the documentation, 6.3 is not supported. How do I convert my existing 6.3 databases to 6.4? And get them into the DB-list in the new adabas manager? It says that I can just start the 6.3 databases, then it will be converted. But when I try to start adabas from the commandprompt it says that adazbuf.dll is missing. Regards Ivan Jensen ---
**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:** [October 17, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/2 "2017-10-17T15:37:17Z")
Try the ADACVT utility. ---
**Author:** ![Ivan\_Jensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/53a042/32.png) [@Ivan\_Jensen](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ivan_Jensen)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/3 "2017-10-17T16:20:29Z")
Please inform how do I run the ADACVT utility. Where do I find it? How do I start it? ---
**Author:** ![Ivan\_Jensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/53a042/32.png) [@Ivan\_Jensen](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ivan_Jensen)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/4 "2017-10-17T16:43:32Z")
Now I found the program. But again, when I run this in the new installatio it says adazbuf.dll is missing. When I run in the 6.3 installation with these paramaeters adacvt dbid=4 convert=640 it says ‘syntax error’ ---
**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:** [October 17, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/5 "2017-10-17T18:10:03Z")
My installation directory is C:\SoftwareAG. I see adazbuf.dll in subdirectory AdabasClient. ADACVT won’t work if the UCB needs to be reset. Try ```auto adadbm dbid=### reset=ucb, ident=* ``` ---
**Author:** ![Ivan\_Jensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/53a042/32.png) [@Ivan\_Jensen](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ivan_Jensen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 11:08am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/6 "2017-10-18T11:08:45Z")
Hi Ralph. Thanks for your guidance until now. But I have been strugling to get it work, without success. Now I have decided to uninstall adbas 6.3 and 6.4 on my machine and start from the beginning. Maybe I will need some assistance later 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ivan\_Jensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/53a042/32.png) [@Ivan\_Jensen](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ivan_Jensen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/7 "2017-10-18T17:07:17Z")
I have now uninstalled my 6.3 version end reinstalled adabas 6.4 Adabas Manager is up and running, and also I have created new databases in 6.4. But I can not convert/move the data from my 6.3 database to the new 6.4 databases. When I excute the ADACVT util from the commandprompt I am using these paremeters: ADACVT DBID=6,CONVERT=640 It says: ‘invalid keyword’ What to do? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/8 "2017-10-18T19:14:46Z")
Try it without the comma. ```auto ADACVT DBID=6 CONVERT=640 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Ivan\_Jensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/53a042/32.png) [@Ivan\_Jensen](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ivan_Jensen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/9 "2017-10-18T19:34:01Z")
Same result. I have been searching for the documentation for ADACVT, but coudn’t find it. Do you know where to look? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/10 "2017-10-18T20:11:33Z")
[http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/adabas/ada642luw/utils/cvt.htm#cvt](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/adabas/ada642luw/utils/cvt.htm#cvt) ---
**Author:** ![Ivan\_Jensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/53a042/32.png) [@Ivan\_Jensen](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ivan_Jensen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/11 "2017-10-18T20:23:24Z")
I found the documentation in Adabas Version 6.3 Release Notes. And I have used a wrong parameter. The last åarameter shpuld be CONVERT=V640 I forgot the ‘V’ ---
**Author:** ![Ivan\_Jensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/53a042/32.png) [@Ivan\_Jensen](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ivan_Jensen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 10:34am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/12 "2017-10-19T10:34:30Z")
Now everything is up and running Thanks a lot for your guidance. ---
**Author:** ![Kristen\_Waston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47c2d/32.png) [@Kristen\_Waston](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Kristen_Waston)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 8:19am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/13 "2019-07-29T08:19:20Z")
> [@Ralph Zbrog](#): > > My installation directory is C:\SoftwareAG. I see adazbuf.dll in subdirectory AdabasClient. > > ADACVT won’t work if the UCB needs to be reset. Try > > ```auto > adadbm dbid=### reset=ucb, ident=* > ``` same problem ---
**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/converting-from-6-3-to-6-4/196844/14 "2021-04-02T15:39:29Z")