First of all, it's not new. Until 7.5 Version Control had to be installed as a separate client, but it was all there on the CD.
Its function is to promote DataStage components (in named and described batches) from development to test and production environments, automatically managing version numbers. Optionally you can recompile, and make objects read-only in the target environment.
It does not, currently, have check-out and check-in capability. So in that respect it is not quite exactly like Source Safe. On the other hand, VC can manage DataStage design objects; Source Safe can not.
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