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Policy Version Numbers

Each time a policy is edited, the relevant value in its version number increments by +1. Policy version numbers allow administrators to track local and inherited policy updates.

When you select a user, group or machine in the Console, the attributes in the right-hand pane show the policy version. Version numbers contain a series of dot-separated values, for example:

1.2.5.3

Each value represents the policy version at a specific level in the user or machine tree.

• 1st value This shows the version of the policy licensed for your organization. When you install a new license file, this value increments by +1 (1.2.5.3 to 2.2.5.3).
• 2nd value This shows the version of the master policy for your organization. When you upgrade CA DataMinder, this value increments by +1 (1.2.5.3 to 1.3.5.3).
• 3rd value For user groups, this shows the policy version for the top level 'Users' group. For machines, it shows the policy version for the CMS. These policy edits increment the value by +1  (1.2.5.3 to 1.2.6.3).
• 4th and subsequent values For users and groups, this shows the policy version of a next-level user group or user. For machines, it shows the policy version of a next-level gateway or client machine. These policy edits increment the value by +1 (1.2.5.3 to 1.2.5.4).