# Where are the Adabas databases stored?

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/where-are-the-adabas-databases-stored/98985>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-on-Mainframes, Adabas-Basics-on-Mainframes, Adabas-Natural-Cloud\
**Created:** [November 17, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/where-are-the-adabas-databases-stored/98985 "2011-11-17T20:19:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mishra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mishra](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Mishra)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/where-are-the-adabas-databases-stored/98985/1 "2011-11-17T20:19:26Z")

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Hi All,

This might be a very silly question but I could not stay away from posting my question here.

Going thru the ducmenatations, I did not find any hint of the original storage location of the adabas databases.

Can someone please throw some light on ‘where exactly the Adabas databases are stored?’

My wild guess is in the form of VSAM files.

Thanks,  
Mishra

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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:** [November 17, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/where-are-the-adabas-databases-stored/98985/2 "2011-11-17T22:50:23Z")

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No, Adabas containers, assuming we are talking about z/OS, are BASM / QSAM.

[http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/adabas/ada824mfr/adamf/util/adafrm-ReqEx.htm](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/adabas/ada824mfr/adamf/util/adafrm-ReqEx.htm)

[http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/adabas/ada824mfr/adamf/install\_os3/device-file.htm](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/adabas/ada824mfr/adamf/install_os3/device-file.htm)

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**Author:** ![Mishra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mishra](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Mishra)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/where-are-the-adabas-databases-stored/98985/3 "2011-11-18T15:16:33Z")

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Thank you Wolfgang. I am clear now. 🙂

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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, 3:01pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/where-are-the-adabas-databases-stored/98985/4 "2021-04-02T15:01:14Z")

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