Editing OpenVMS (section)

==Release history==
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|+ Release history of OpenVMS
|-
! Version
! Vendor
! Release date<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/openvms/os/openvms-release-history.html|title=HP OpenVMS Systems - OpenVMS Release History|date=June 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007091949/http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/openvms/os/openvms-release-history.html|archive-date=October 7, 2018}}</ref><ref name="vms-20-years" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vmssoftware.com/about/roadmap/|title=OpenVMS – A guide to the strategy and roadmap|website=VSI|access-date=September 27, 2021}}</ref>
! End of support<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/openvms/openvms_supportchart.html|title=HP OpenVMS Systems - Supported Software Versions - January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014105654/http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/openvms/openvms_supportchart.html|archive-date=October 14, 2018}}</ref><ref name="vsi-roadmap-2021">{{cite web|url=https://vmssoftware.com/docs/VMS_Software_Roadmap_2021.pdf|title=VSI OpenVMS Software Roadmap 2021|access-date=September 30, 2021|website=VSI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ftp.hp.com/pub/services/software/info/ovms.pdf|title=OpenVMS Software Technical Support Service|date=October 2003|publisher=Hewlett Packard|access-date=February 1, 2022|website=hp.com}}</ref>
! Platform
! Significant changes, new hardware support<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/vms/openvms-release-history.txt|title=OpenVMS Release History|publisher=HP|website=Bitsavers|access-date=January 23, 2022}}</ref><ref name="vaxmacro-release" />
|-
| {{Version |o |X0.5}}{{refn|group=n|X0.5 was also known as "Base Level 5".<ref name="vms-x0.5" />}}
| rowspan=72 | DEC
| April 1978<ref name="vms-x0.5">{{cite newsgroup|url=https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.vms/c/h3S9j5Q2LKU/m/v7ZNw_9Bja4J|author=Andy Goldstein|date=September 16, 1997|title=When Did VMS First Come Out?|newsgroup=comp.os.vms|access-date=March 5, 2022}}</ref>
| rowspan=54 {{dunno}}
| rowspan=57 | VAX
| First version shipped to customers<ref name="what-is-vms">{{cite web|url=http://www.hoffmanlabs.com/vmsfaq/vmsfaq_001.html|title=What is OpenVMS? What is its history?|author=Stephen Hoffman|date=September 2006|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=hoffmanlabs.com|archive-date=May 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518115130/http://www.hoffmanlabs.com/vmsfaq/vmsfaq_001.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V1.0}}
| August 1978
| First production release
|-
| {{Version |o |V1.01}}
| {{dunno}}{{refn|group=n|While an exact release date is unknown, the V1.01 change log dates in the release notes for V1.5 suggest it was released some time after November 1978.<ref name="vms-1.5" />}}
| Bug fixes<ref name="vms-1.5" />
|-
| {{Version |o |V1.5}}
| February 1979{{refn|group=n|For some of the early VAX/VMS releases where an official release date is not known, the date of the Release Notes has been used an approximation.}}
| Support for native COBOL, BLISS compilers<ref name="vms-1.5">{{cite book|title=VAX/VMS Release Notes Version 1.5|publisher=DEC|date=February 1979|id=AA-D015B-TE}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V1.6}}
| August 1979
| RMS-11 updates<ref>{{cite book|title=VAX/VMS Release Notes Version 1.6|publisher=DEC|date=August 1979|id=AA-J039A-TE}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V2.0}}
| April 1980
| [[VAX-11#VAX-11/750|VAX-11/750]], new utilities including [[EDT (Digital)|EDT]]
|-
| {{Version |o |V2.1}}
| {{dunno}}{{refn|group=n|The existence of releases V2.0 through V2.5 are documented in the V3.0 release notes.<ref>{{cite web|title=VAX/VMS Release Notes Version 3.0|publisher=DEC|date=May 1982|id=AA-D015D-TE|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/vms/3.0/AA-D015D-TE_VAX-VMS_Release_Notes_V3.0_May82.pdf|access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref>}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
| {{Version |o |V2.2}}
| April 1981
| Process limit increased to 8,192<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/vms/2.2/AA-K785A-TE_VAX_VMS_2.2_Internals_and_Data_Structures_Apr81.pdf|title=VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures|date=April 1981|publisher=DEC|access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V2.3}}
| May 1981<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/vms/2.3/AA-D016D-TE_VAX-11_2.3_Information_Directory_and_Index_May81.pdf|title=VAX-11 Information Directory and Index|date=May 1981|id=AA-D016D-TE|publisher=DEC|access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref>
| Security enhancements<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skip.net/DEC/spr-grpnam.txt|title=GRPNAM SECURITY HOLE IN LOGIN|publisher=DEC|access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V2.4}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
| {{Version |o |V2.5}}
| {{dunno}}
| BACKUP utility<ref>{{cite newsgroup|url=https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.vms/c/jcT66erFNek/m/0-cfcv9x1fEJ|title=First Introduction of BACKUP utility|author=Bob Boyd|date=September 18, 1987|newsgroup=comp.os.vms|access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V3.0}}
| April 1982
| [[VAX-11#VAX-11/730|VAX-11/730]], [[VAX-11#VAX-11/725|VAX-11/725]], [[VAX-11#VAX-11/782|VAX-11/782]], [[Asymmetric multiprocessing|ASMP]]
|-
| {{Version |o |V3.1}}
| August 1982
| PL/I runtime bundled with base OS<ref>{{cite book|title=VAX/VMS Release Notes Version 3.1|publisher=DEC|date=August 1982|id=AA-N472A-TE}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V3.2}}
| December 1982
| Support for RA60, RA80, RA81 disks<ref>{{cite book|title=VAX/VMS Release Notes Version 3.2|publisher=DEC|date=December 1982|id=AA-P763A-TE}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V3.3}}
| April 1983
| HSC50 disk controller, BACKUP changes<ref>{{cite book|title=VAX/VMS Release Notes Version 3.3|publisher=DEC|date=April 1983|id=AA-P764A-TE}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V3.4}}
| June 1983
| Ethernet support for DECnet,<ref>{{cite book|title=VAX/VMS Release Notes Version 3.4|publisher=DEC|date=June 1983|id=AA-P765A-TE}}</ref> VAX-11/785
|-
| {{Version |o |V3.5}}
| November 1983
| Support for new I/O devices<ref>{{cite book|title=VAX/VMS Release Notes Version 3.5|publisher=DEC|date=November 1983|id=AA-P766A-TE}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V3.6}}
| April 1984
| Bug fixes<ref>{{cite book|title=VAX/VMS Release Notes Version 3.6|publisher=DEC|date=April 1984|id=AA-V332A-TE}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V3.7}}
| August 1984
| Support for new I/O devices<ref>{{cite book|title=VAX/VMS Release Notes Version 3.7|publisher=DEC|date=August 1984|id=AA-CJ33A-TE}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.0}}
| September 1984
| [[VAX 8000|VAX 8600]], MicroVMS, VAXclusters<ref>[http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/microfiche/vms-source-listings/AH-BT13A-SE__VAX-VMS_V4.0_SRC_LST_MCRF/AH-BT13A-SE__VAX-VMS_V4.0_SRC_LST_MCRF/ vms-source-listings]</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.1}}
| January 1985
| MicroVAX/VAXstation I, II<ref>[http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/microfiche/vms-source-listings/AH-BT13A-SE__VAX-VMS_V4.0_SRC_LST_MCRF/AH-EF71A-SE__VAX-VMS_V4.1_SRC_LST_MCRF_UPD/ vms-source-listings]</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.2}}
| October 1985
| [[Text Processing Utility]]
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.3}}
| December 1985
| DELUA Ethernet adapter support
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.3A}}
| January 1986
| VAX 8200
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.4}}
| July 1986
| VAX 8800/8700/85xx, Volume Shadowing
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.5}}
| November 1986
| Support for more memory in MicroVAX II
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.5A}}
| December 1986
| Ethernet VAXclusters
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.5B}}
| March 1987
| VAXstation/MicroVAX 2000
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.5C}}
| May 1987
| MicroVAX 2000 cluster support
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.6}}
| August 1987
| VAX 8250/8350/8530, RMS Journalling
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.7}}
| January 1988
| First release installable from CD-ROM
|-
| {{Version |o |V4.7A}}
| March 1988
| VAXstation 3200/3500, MicroVAX 3500/3600
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.0}}
| April 1988
| [[VAX 6000]], [[Symmetric multiprocessing|SMP]], LMF, Modular Executive
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.0-1}}
| August 1988
| rowspan=2 | Bug fixes
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.0-2}}
| rowspan=2 | October 1988
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.0-2A}}
| MicroVAX 3300/3400
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.1}}
| rowspan=2 | February 1989
| DECwindows
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.1-B}}
| VAXstation 3100 30/40, Desktop-VMS
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.1-1}}
| June 1989
| VAXstation 3520/3540, MicroVAX 3800/3900
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.2}}
| September 1989
| Cluster-wide process visibility/management
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.2-1}}
| October 1989
| VAXstation 3100 38/48
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.3}}
| January 1990
| Support for third-party SCSI devices
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.3-1}}
| April 1990
| Support for VAXstation SPX graphics
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.3-2}}
| May 1990
| Support for new I/O devices
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.4}}
| rowspan=2 | October 1990
| VAX 65xx, VAX Vector Architecture
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.4-0A}}
| [[VAX 9000]], bug fixes for VAX 6000 systems
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.4-1}}
| November 1990
| New models of VAX 9000, VAXstation, VAXft
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.4-1A}}
| January 1991
| VAX 6000-400
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.4-2}}
| March 1991
| VAX 4000 Model 200, new I/O devices
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.4-3}}
| October 1991
| [[FDDI]] adapter support
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.5}}
| rowspan=2 | November 1991
| Cluster-wide batch queue, new VAX models
|-
| {{Version |o |A5.5}}
| Same as V5.5 but without new batch queue
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.5-1}}
| July 1992
| Bug fixes for batch/print queue
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.5-2HW}}
| September 1992
| [[VAX 7000/10000]], and other new VAX hardware
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.5-2}}
| November 1992
| rowspan=2 | September 1995
| Consolidation of previous hardware releases
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.5-2H4}}
| rowspan=2 | August 1993
| New [[VAX 4000]] models, additional I/O devices
|-
| {{Version |o |V5.5-2HF}}
| rowspan=8 {{dunno}}
| [[VAXft]] 810
|-
| {{Version |o |V1.0}}{{refn|group=n|While the versioning scheme reset to V1.0 for the first AXP (Alpha) releases, these releases were contemporaneous with the V5.x releases and had a similar feature set.}}
| November 1992
| rowspan=3 | Alpha
| First release for Alpha architecture
|-
| {{Version |o |V1.5}}
| May 1993
| Cluster and SMP support for Alpha
|-
| {{Version |o |V1.5-1H1}}
| October 1993
| New DEC 2000, DEC 3000 models
|-
| {{Version |o |V6.0}}
| June 1993
| VAX
| [[Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria|TCSEC]] C2 compliance, [[ISO 9660]], Motif
|-
| {{Version |o |V6.1}}
| April 1994
| VAX, Alpha
| Merger of VAX and Alpha releases, PCSI
|-
| {{Version |o |V6.1-1H1}}
| September 1994
| rowspan=2 | Alpha
| rowspan=2 | New AlphaStation, AlphaServer models
|-
| {{Version |o |V6.1-1H2}}
| November 1994
|-
| {{Version |o |V6.2}}
| June 1995
| rowspan=5 | March 1998
| VAX, Alpha
| Command Recall, DCL$PATH, SCSI clusters
|-
| {{Version |o |V6.2-1H1}}
| December 1995
| rowspan=3 | Alpha
| rowspan=3 | New AlphaStation, AlphaServer models
|-
| {{Version |o |V6.2-1H2}}
| March 1996
|-
| {{Version |o |V6.2-1H3}}
| May 1996
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.0}}
| January 1996
| rowspan=2 | VAX, Alpha
| 64-bit addressing, Fast I/O, [[Thread (computing)#Kernel threads|Kernel Threads]]
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.1}}
| January 1997
| rowspan=4 | July 2000
| Very Large Memory support, DCL PIPE, CDE
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.1-1H1}}
| November 1997
| rowspan=3 | Alpha
| AlphaServer 800 5/500, 1200
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.1-1H2}}
| April 1998
| Support for booting from third-party devices
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.1-2}}
| rowspan=9 | Compaq
| December 1998
| Additional I/O device support
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.2}}
| February 1999
| rowspan=3 | June 2002
| VAX, Alpha
| OpenVMS Galaxy, ODS-5, [[Distributed Component Object Model|DCOM]]
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.2-1}}
| July 1999
| rowspan=5 | Alpha
| AlphaServer GS140, GS60, [[Alphaserver#Tsunami Family|Tsunami]]
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.2-1H1}}
| June 2000
| AlphaServer GS160, GS320
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.2-2}}
| September 2001
| December 2002
| Minicopy support for Volume Shadowing
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.2-6C1}}
| August 2001
| rowspan=2 {{dunno}}
| rowspan=2 | DII COE conformance<ref>{{cite web|url=https://h41379.www4.hpe.com/solutions/government/coe/|title=Commitment to DII COE initiative provides longterm support and application portability for OpenVMS customers|website=[[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]]|access-date=2023-09-07}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.2-6C2}}
| July 2002
|-
| rowspan=2 {{Version |o |V7.3}}
| rowspan=2 | June 2001
| December 2012
| VAX
| '''Final release for VAX architecture'''
|-
| June 2004
| Alpha
| [[Asynchronous Transfer Mode|ATM]] and [[Gigabit Ethernet|GBE]] clusters, Extended File Cache
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.3-1}}
| rowspan=9 | HP
| August 2002
| December 2004
| rowspan=2 | Alpha
| Security and performance improvements
|-
| {{Version |o |V7.3-2}}
| December 2003
| December 2006
| AlphaServer GS1280, DS15
|-
| {{Version |o |V8.0}}
| June 2003
| December 2003
| rowspan=2 | IA64
| Evaluation release for Integrity servers
|-
| {{Version |o |V8.1}}
| December 2003
| February 2005
| Second evaluation release for Integrity servers
|-
| {{Version |o |V8.2}}
| February 2005
| rowspan=2 | June 2010
| Alpha, IA64
| Production release for Integrity servers
|-
| {{Version |o |V8.2-1}}
| September 2005
| IA64
| Support for HP Superdome, rx7620, rx8620
|-
| {{Version |o |V8.3}}
| August 2006
| rowspan=2 | December 2015
| Alpha, IA64
| Support for additional Integrity server models
|-
| {{Version |o |V8.3-1H1}}
| November 2007
| IA64
| Support for HP BL860c, dual-core Itanium
|-
| {{Version |o |V8.4}}
| June 2010
| December 2020
| Alpha, IA64
| Support for [[HPVM]], clusters over TCP/IP<ref>{{cite web|url=http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms84_announce.html|title=HP OpenVMS Systems - OpenVMS Version 8.4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902030522/http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms84_announce.html|archive-date=September 2, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V8.4-1H1}}
| rowspan=14 | VSI
| May 2015
| rowspan=2 | December 2022
| rowspan=3 | IA64
| Support for [[Poulson (processor)|Poulson]] processors<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.vmssoftware.com/news/PR20150601/PR20150601_VSI_8.4-IHI.pdf|title=VMS Software, Inc. Launches New Version of OpenVMS Operating System Worldwide|date=June 1, 2015|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-date=August 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807031302/http://vmssoftware.com/news/PR20150601/PR20150601_VSI_8.4-IHI.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V8.4-2}}
| March 2016
| Support for HPE BL890c systems, UEFI 2.3
|-
| rowspan=2 {{Version |co |V8.4-2L1}}
| September 2016
| December 2024
| rowspan=2 | OpenSSL updated to 1.0.2<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2016-09-23-vms-software-inc-launches-new-version-8-4-2l1-of-openvms-operating-system-worldwide/|title=VMS Software, Inc. Launches New Version 8.4-2L1 of OpenVMS Operating System Worldwide|date=September 23, 2016|website=VSI|access-date=May 4, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| January 2017<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2017-01-27-vms-software-inc-launches-vsi-openvms-alpha-v8-4-2l1-for-alpha-hardware/|title=VMS Software, Inc. Launches VSI OpenVMS Alpha V8.4-2L1 for Alpha Hardware|date=January 27, 2017|website=VSI|access-date=May 4, 2021}}</ref>
| rowspan=3 | December 2035
| rowspan=2 | Alpha
|-
| {{Version | co |V8.4-2L2}}
| July 2017
| '''Final release for Alpha architecture'''<ref name="september-2020-update">{{cite web|url=https://vmssoftware.com/products/roadmap/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927075701/https://vmssoftware.com/products/roadmap/|archive-date=September 27, 2020|title=Roadmap Update|access-date=September 23, 2020|date=September 2020|website=VSI}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version | co |V8.4-2L3}}
| April 2021
| IA64
| '''Final release for Integrity servers'''<ref name="september-2020-update" />
|-
| {{Version | o |V9.0}}
| May 2020
| June 2021
| rowspan=8 | x86-64
| x86-64 Early Adopter's Kit<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2020-04-24-openvms-for-x86-eak-goes-to-first-customer-on-may-15-2020/|title=OpenVMS for x86 V9.0 EAK goes to first customer on May 15, 2020|date=April 24, 2020|website=VSI|access-date=May 4, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |V9.1}}
| June 2021
| September 2021
| x86-64 Field Test<ref name="vms-9.1" />
|-
| {{Version |o |V9.1-A}}
| September 2021
| April 2022
| DECnet-Plus for x86-64<ref name="vsi-9.1-A" />
|-
| {{Version |o |V9.2}}
| July 2022
| June 2023
| x86-64 Limited Production Release<ref name="vms9.2">{{cite web|url= https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2022-07-14-openvms-v92-for-x86-announced/|access-date=July 14, 2022|date=July 14, 2022|title=VSI OpenVMS v9.2 Released|website=VSI}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |co |V9.2-1}}
| June 2023
| June 2025
| AMD CPUs, OpenSSL 3.0, native compilers<ref name="vms9.2-1">{{cite web|url= https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2023-06-15-openvms-v9-2-1-release/|access-date=2023-06-15|date=2023-06-15|title=OpenVMS V9.2-1 Final Release|website=VSI}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |co |V9.2-2}}
| January 2024
| December 2027
| Bug fixes<ref name="vms9.2-2">{{cite web|url=https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2024-01-25-openvms-v922-release-availability/|access-date=2024-01-25|date=2024-01-25|title=OpenVMS V9.2-2 public availability|website=VSI}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |c |V9.2-3}}
| November 2024
| December 2028
| VMware vMotion, VMDirectPath
|-
| {{Version |p |V9.2-4}}
| June 2026
| {{TBA}}
| [[iSCSI]] support
|-
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