Version.xml File in Datastage

Version.xml File

In many cases Datstage Admin  need to know the history of patches that have been applied to their DataStage or Information Server installations.We can get patch information from the file Version.xml.The file is loacated in $DSHOME/../.. for 8.x versions .For 7.5.x versions of DataStage, there is not a required place where patch history is kept.There is one case where you may not have a Version.xml file, and that is any 8.0 system where no patches or fix packs have been applied. Then there will not be a Version.xml file, and that will tell you that no patches or fix packs have been applied

1) Go to cd $DSHOME/../.. from Unix command prompt

2)In Version.xml we can see following information based upon patches that are applied to Datastage or Information Server

<History>
    <HistoricalEvent description="Information Server Installation" eventDate="2011-02-15T13:17:29.95" installType="INSTALL" installerId="information.server" rollback="/opt/IBM/InfoSphere/InformationServer/_uninstall" status="SUCCESS" userId="root" version="8.5.0.0"/>
    <HistoricalEvent description="Information Server Installation" eventDate="2011-02-15T16:02:15.642" installType="INSTALL" installerId="information.server" rollback="/opt/IBM/InfoSphere/InformationServer/_uninstall" status="SUCCESS" userId="root" version="8.5.0.0"/>
    <HistoricalEvent description="Information Server 8.5 FixPack 1 (fixpack.is_85.aix.FP1_RC1.2.110408)" eventDate="2011-07-15T16:29:15.511" installType="PATCH" installerId="fixpack_FP1_IS85_8500" rollback="/opt/IBM/InfoSphere/InformationServer/Updates/fixpack_FP1_IS85_8500" status="Success" userId="root" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <HistoricalEvent description="This modpack is Business Glossary V8.5.0.0. It contains updates to both Admin and Browser function." eventDate="2011-07-15T20:39:25.483" installType="PATCH" installerId="patch_JR39083_BG_all_85" rollback="/opt/IBM/InfoSphere/InformationServer/Updates/patch_JR39083_BG_all_85" status="Fail" userId="root" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <HistoricalEvent description="patch_JR39537_ISM_unix_8500-1: Fix for error - Object ID locked by another user" eventDate="2011-07-15T21:15:53.270" installType="PATCH" installerId="patch_JR39537_ISM_unix_8500-1" rollback="/opt/IBM/InfoSphere/InformationServer/Updates/patch_JR39537_ISM_unix_8500-1" status="Success" userId="root" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <HistoricalEvent description="patch_JR34358_ISM_unix_8500-1: Unable to include External Folder files in a package if a DataStage project is created in non default location." eventDate="2011-07-20T19:05:03.64" installType="PATCH" installerId="patch_JR34358_ISM_unix_8500-1" rollback="/opt/IBM/InfoSphere/InformationServer/Updates/patch_JR34358_ISM_unix_8500-1" status="Success" userId="root" version="8.5.0.1"/>
  </History>

3)We can also obtain IBM Product information  and their versions as below in Version.xml

<Products>
    <Product productId="metadata.server" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <Product productId="DataStageCommon" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <Product productId="datastage" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <Product productId="qualitystage" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <Product productId="InformationAnalyzer" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <Product productId="BusinessGlossary" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <Product productId="BusinessGlossaryAnywhere" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <Product productId="MetadataWorkbench" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <Product productId="FastTrack" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <Product productId="ISTools" version="8.5.0.1"/>
    <Product productId="ISALite" version="8.5.0.1"/>
  </Products>