Confirming the installation of the OpenVMS operating system

This section provides steps to confirm the installation of the OpenVMS operating system.

Use the show system command to show the current version of the OpenVMS operating system that you have installed. Figure 1 shows an example of what is displayed when you use the show system command.
Figure 1. Example of the command to show the current version of the OpenVMS operating system
```
$ show system
OpenVMS V7.3-2 on node DS20 5-FEB-2004 15:15:16.88 Uptime 1 01:45:09
```
Ensure that you have installed the most current version of patches and HP-recommended remedial kits. Some kits are dependent on other kits, so you must install some kits before you install another kit. See the documentation from Hewlett-Packard for more information.

Use the product show history command to check the patches that are installed on your system. Figure 2 shows an example of what you see when you use the product show history command.

Figure 2. Example of the command to check the versions of installed OpenVMS patches

$ product show history
----------------------------------- ----------- ----------- --------------------
PRODUCT                             KIT TYPE    OPERATION   DATE AND TIME
----------------------------------- ----------- ----------- --------------------
DEC AXPVMS VMS731_LAN V6.0          Patch       Install     04-AUG-2004 15:34:30
DEC AXPVMS VMS731_UPDATE V1.0       Patch       Install     04-AUG-2004 15:28:37
DEC AXPVMS VMS731_PCSI V1.0         Patch       Install     04-AUG-2004 15:22:10
CPQ AXPVMS CDSA V1.0-2              Full LP     Install     04-AUG-2004 13:59:00
DEC AXPVMS DWMOTIF V1.2-6           Full LP     Install     04-AUG-2004 13:59:00
DEC AXPVMS OPENVMS V7.3-1           Platform    Install     04-AUG-2004 13:59:00
DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.3-18            Full LP     Install     04-AUG-2004 13:59:00
DEC AXPVMS VMS V7.3-1               Oper System Install     04-AUG-2004 13:59:00
----------------------------------- ----------- ----------- --------------------
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