View the installation history of installed packages.
About this task
Use the
Installation
Manager user
interface to view
the installation history of installed
packages.
Procedure
- In Installation
Manager,
go to . An Installation History window
shows.
- The Installation History window
provides a table of information about installation dates, activities,
package group names, status, and packages. At the bottom of the window
is a Details section that includes additional
information about installation times and features.
- To view the Installation History window
information in a web browser, click the Open installation
history file icon:
. An All
History Files window shows. Click an installation history
file. An Install History window shows with a
table of information about installation dates, times, activities,
package names, and feature IDs.
- Select an installation activity from the Installation
History window. Click View Log.
An Installation Log window shows.
- In the left pane of the Installation Log window,
click a log. In the right pane, a table shows the log event severity,
description, message ID, and event date. To search for information
about a message ID, see Installation Manager and Packaging Utility
error messages.
- Click Close to return to the Installation
History window.
- Click Close to return to Installation
Manager.