Display the software revision levels

You can use the nzcontents command to display the revision and build number of all the executable files on the host. This command takes several seconds to run and results in multiple lines of output.

Note: Programs with no revisions are scripts or special binary files.

When you enter the nzcontents command, IBM Netezza Appliance and IBM Netezza Appliance displays the program names, the revision stamps, the build stamps, and checksum. The following sample output shows a small set of output, and the checksum values are truncated to fit the output messages on the page.

Program        Revision Stamp            Build Stamp                   CheckSum
-------------- ------------------------  ----------------------------- --------------
adm                                                                    Directory
nzbackup       11.2.0.0-Bld34879    2021-01-08.34879...24438      3d5da...
nzcontents                                                             ab685...
nzconvert      11.2.0.0-Bld34879    2021-01-08.34879...24438      3a52...
nzds           11.2.0.0-Bld34879    2021-01-08.34879...24438      d3f2...

The following table describes the components of the Revision Stamp fields.

Table 1. Netezza Performance Server software revision numbering
Version	Release	Maintenance	Fixpack	-P`n`	-F`n`	-Bld`n`
Numeric Incremented for major releases.	Numeric Incremented for minor releases.	Numeric Incremented for maintenance releases.	Numeric Incremented for quarterly update releases.	Alphanumeric Incremented for a monthly patch release after a fixpack release. Commonly P1 and P2.	Alphanumeric Rare cases of a hot fix release.	Alphanumeric Incremented serially for a production build number.