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Uses of Versioning

Versioning includes the following uses:

• Problem Determination

  To correct a problem with a CI, you need to understand what changed in that CI’s environment. Versioning shows its current defective state, and its state at any point in the past. This 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 at any point in its change management life cycle to ensure that the CI is in compliance and to help identify attributes that need corrections.