# Summary of the utilities

Natural Access provides the following utilities:

Utility | Description
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ctaparm | Displays system parameter defaults if using the Natural Access Server.
ctavers | Verifies Natural Access installation and displays the version information of Natural Access and its components.
ctdaemon | Modifies system global default parameters, sets the global trace mask, performs remote tracing with a Java applet, and optionally logs trace messages to a file. Creates and manages processing contexts on behalf of the applications and enables applications to share and hand off server resources.
nmsabout | Displays names and versions of NMS products installed in the NMS root directory.
nmssearch | Displays names and versions of NMS products installed in a user-specified root directory.
pfencode | Encodes Parameter Management service text parameter files into binary (encoded) parameter files.
rtrace | Monitors trace messages from either a local or a remote Natural Access Server (ctdaemon).
setctatrace | Sets the global trace mask of ctdaemon while it is active.