Determining the installed IBM Flex System Manager version

Before you update an installation of IBM® Flex System Manager, determine the version of the IBM Flex System Manager or agent that is installed.

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This topic describes how to access this task in the IBM Flex System Manager Web user interface. If you are using the IBM FSM Explorer, use the finder at the top of the user interface (shown here) to locate this task:

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To determine the installed version of IBM Flex System Manager:

Web interface: From the Home page, click the Plug-ins tab. The current version number of the management software is displayed beside IBM Flex System Manager, at the top of the list of plug-ins.
CLI: Run the command smcli lsconfig.

To determine the installed version of IBM Flex System Manager agent:

From IBM Flex System Manager:
- Web interface: Open the navigation area (hidden by default) by clicking the tab with the arrow on the left side of the screen. Expand Release Management; then, click Agents. Click All Agent Packages. The version numbers for the installed agents are displayed in the Version column.
- CLI: Run the lssys command, with the ManagementSoftware attribute. For example: smcli lssys -A ManagementSoftware -i 9.22.103.245.

Note: Maintenance is not delivered for every manager at each update or patch. For example, the update for a particular version might be released for automation manager without the release of a corresponding update for configuration manager.