Use the wsadmin tool and scripting to obtain server version information. Before starting this task, the wsadmin tool must be running. See the Starting the wsadmin scripting client article for more information.
Perform the following steps to query the server version information:
set server [$AdminControl completeObjectName type=Server,name=server1,node=mynode,*]
server = AdminControl.completeObjectName('type=Server,name=server1,node=mynode,*') print server
Example output:
WebSphere:cell=mycell,name=server1,mbeanIdentifier=server.xml#Server_1, type=Server,node=mynode,process=server1,processType=ManagedProcess
Note: To run the following commands as a non-root user, have write permission for the app_server_root/properties/version/ and app_server_root/properties/version/history directories.
$AdminControl getAttribute $server1 serverVersion
print AdminControl.getAttribute(server1, 'serverVersion')
Example output for a Network Deployment installation follows:
IBM WebSphere Application Server VReport --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Platform Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: IBM WebSphere Application Server Version: 5.0 Product Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ID: BASE Name: IBM WebSphere Application Server Build Date: 9/11/02 Build Level: r0236.11 Version: 5.0.0 Product Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ID: ND Name: IBM WebSphere Application Server for Network Deployment Build Date: 9/11/02 Build Level: r0236.11 Version: 5.0.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- End Report ---------------------------------------------------------------------------