Identifying the Watch4net version from the CLI

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

• This article explains how to identify the version of Watch4net from the command line.
• The Watch4net web interface is down, and you need to quickly determine what version of Watch4net the system is running, so you can troubleshoot issues appropriately.
  
  

Environment

Watch4Net/MnR - 7.x

Resolution

Navigate to <APG_BASE>/bin on the MnR host and run 

manage-modules.sh list installed 

Sample output is below:

[<USER>@<HOSTNAME> bin]# ./manage-modules.sh list installed
 * task-scheduler                      Default                : Tools            Task-Scheduler                      v1.12u5            linux-x64
 * alerting-frontend                   alerting-frontend      : Web-Applications Alerting-Frontend                   v7.8.0u1           linux-x64
 * frontend                            APG                    : Web-Applications APG-Frontend                        v7.8.0u1           linux-x64
 * frontend-report-generator           Default                : Tools            Frontend-Report-Generator           v7.8.0u1           linux-x64
 * frontend-ws                         APG-WS                 : Web-Applications APG-Web-Service                     v7.8.0u1           linux-x64

As highlighted above, there are many modules in Watch4net. However, the frontend module most closely resembles the Watch4net application version, and in most cases the versions for the frontend module and Watch4net application are identical or near similar.