Uses of Versioning

Versioning includes the following uses:

Problem Determination: To correct a problem with a CI, you must understand what changed in the environment of the CI. Versioning shows its current defective state, and its state at any point in the past, which lets you compare the two states to help identify potential problems.
Performance and Capacity Planning: By reviewing the history of a CI, a performance or capacity planner is better able to determine the causes of performance impasses and to plan for future system growth.
Compliance: You can compare the state of a CI to its family Standard CI. Compare the state at any point in its change management life cycle to help ensure that the CI is in compliance and to help identify attributes that need corrections.
Change Verification: You can view the audit history of the object, such as which user modified a verification policy, the date of the request, the attributes and values that the user modified. You can compare and contrast the changes between specific dates.