How to find CA SiteMinder Policy Server version information

Products

• SITEMINDER

Issue/Introduction

There are several ways to find the CA SiteMinder Policy Server version information

Environment

Applicable to all 12.8.x

Resolution

Here are 4 ways to identify the Policy Server version.

1. Checking the ca-ps-version.info file (location: <Sitemnider-Install_location>/install_config_info)

2. Using the 'version' command in both Windows/Unix (location: <Sitemnider-Install_location>bin)

3. Checking the smps.log file (location: <Sitemnider-Install_location>log)

e.g: 

[4628/4120][Thu Feb 23 2023 03:35:17.331][CServer.cpp:4085][INFO][sm-Server-03540] Product: SiteMinder Policy Server
[4628/4120][Thu Feb 23 2023 03:35:17.331][CServer.cpp:4086][INFO][sm-Server-03550] Version: 12.8; Update: 06.00; Build: 2658; CR: 00;

4. Open the Policy Server Management Console and clicking Help will display the version info.