Managing ASE - DBACOCKPIT, CLI or SCC?

Hi experts,
first question, is it the correct category for ASE-discussions?
Regarding my question...
I am new on ASE and want to know, which tool are you using for managing your ASE and which one is the "best" or most powerfull.
I mean the CLI will be the most powerfull, for sure, but what about the DBACOCKPIT and SAP Control Center?
I am talking about activities like:
- enlarge DB
- changing DB parameter
- starting job scheduler
- check on errors
We are using ASE on Windows and Linux RH.
Kind regards

From an ASE management perspective (ie, more of a DBA related activity), and assuming you're *NOT* running a SAP *application* on ASE, the 'right' group would probably be:
SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (SAP ASE) for Custom Applications
On the other hand if you're running a SAP *application* on ASE, the 'right' group would be:
SAP Applications on SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (SAP ASE)
But you can take some comfort in knowing that there are quite a few folks who routinely post in the 'wrong' group anyway, which usually isn't too much of an issue since the same folks who can help with answers/suggestions typically troll all of the ASE related groups (the 2 above plus this one).
NOTE: While I've worked with ASE for 20+ years, I do *not* (at least not yet) work with any SAP applications running on ASE, so fwiw ...
dbacockpit comes with the SAP application suite and provides a buffer between the SAP administrator and the underlying database (which could be Oracle, MSSQL, Sybase, etc), freeing the SAP administrator from having to know a lot of nitty-gritty details about DBA-related activities.
So unless you're running a SAP application in your environment you likely won't be using dbacockpit.
But if you are running a SAP application and you do in fact have access to dbacockpit ... *shrug* ... I've never used dbacockpit so I can't say one way or the other if it's 'better' than the other options (though this will really come back to the skills and knowledge of the operator, eh).
If you're looking for a GUI tool to help with ASE management you'll probably want to lean towards SCC (SAP/Sybase Control Center) as this is designed more for the general ASE DBA.
Personally ... I use the good ol' 'isql' command line tool plus a library of UNIX shell scripts for most activities ... but then I'm more of a command line type of guy.
NOTE: I don't use ASE's job scheduler; found the early incarnations buggy and somewhat convoluted; I prefer to stick with UNIX cron most of the time, or Autosys/ControlM if the client really insists on using a corporate-wide scheduling tool.

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Dear Expert.
first of all i apologies that my English is not good.
i am using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 and using CiscoWorks
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