Orion Platform 2018.4 Release Notes
Release Date: December 4, 2018
These release notes describe the new features, improvements, and fixed issues in Orion Platform 2018.4. They also provide information about upgrades and describe workarounds for known issues.
The Orion Platform is at the core of the SolarWinds IT Management Portfolio. It provides a stable and scalable architecture that includes data collection, processing, storage, and presentation.
- Orion Platform 2018.4 new features
- Fixed issues
- Known issues
- End of life, end of support, and deprecation notices
- Legal notices
Orion Platform 2018.4 new features
Orion Platform 2018.4 offers new features and improvements compared to previous releases of Orion Platform.
Centralized Upgrades
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Automatically upgrade additional polling engines, additional web servers, and High Availability servers directly from the Orion Web Console. Upgrades run in parallel, dramatically reducing the time required to upgrade large deployments.
Authenticate users with the SAML protocol
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Users can log in to the Orion Web Console using Okta or Active Directory Federation Service credentials.
Performance Analysis upgrades
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PerfStack can transform line data to show different values instead of raw data.
Orion Deployment Health updates
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Orion Diagnostics on the Web: Collect diagnostics from your polling engines directly from the Orion Web Console.
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Access your deployment health directly from Settings.
Other improvements
- Legacy charts and classic charts are being replaced by new generation modern charts.
- Open a Performance Analysis dashboard for a mapped entity directly from Orion Maps.
- Review the list of newly supported vendors and devices.
- Enjoy the increased visibility into the health and performance of Cisco UCS devices.
Fixed issues
Orion Platform 2018.4 fixes the following issues.
| Case number | Description |
|---|---|
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68776, 105269, 105504, 107573, 110018,110902, 111915, 123839, 123987, 141347, 171062, 172279, 183410 |
The unexpected website error when editing nodes, related to a recent Windows update, has been fixed. |
|
60426, 60428 |
The XSS vulnerability of NetObjectPrefix and Period parameters has been addressed. |
|
73219, 148581 |
You can add nodes, list resources and run the discovery on the Turkish locale or on agents with the Turkish locale without issues. |
|
83018 |
OpenSSL has been upgraded. |
|
130559 |
After installing Orion Platform 2018.2 Hotfix 2, Network Atlas maps in groups views are displayed correctly. |
|
133659, 112903, 92802 |
Issues in the SolarWinds Orion Installer have been resolved. |
|
169120, 167470 |
SQL queries used for data collection have been optimized. |
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96036, 117521, 117814, 122120, 119229, 121915, 106029, 122136, 123041, 123715, 122061, 101549, 103235, 118329, 116442, 119229, 114730, 122558, 116762, 115544, 121787, 113355, 123465
|
The InsufficientMemoryException caused by a collector memory leak has been resolved. |
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137887, 123507, 127831, 135627, 130442, 137932, 145681, 149655, 150216, 136447, 150803, 159562, 121812, 139142, 127831, 152791 |
Complex queries were optimized not to overload the database in large environments. |
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94376 |
Gauges in the Memory and Response Time widget are displayed correctly. |
|
999503 |
Web-based reports support SWQL Union. |
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166831 |
The default message for the reset action for the out-of-the-box alert on Packet Loss contains the correct variable. |
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191819, 142499, 152035, 133908, 161401, 140188 |
Alert messages with SQL macros are displayed correctly. |
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160145 |
Custom SWQL filters in Top xx widgets work correctly. |
|
155089 |
The "Unexpected Website Error- Value cannot be null. Parameter name: key" issue is resolved. |
|
125379, 125380 |
jQuery vulnerabilities were addressed. |
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125383 |
HTTP parameter pollution was addressed. |
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120039 |
Pop-up hovers display all details. |
| 129416, 136957 | Custom SWQL filters on Top XX views return correct values. |
|
142130, 72430 |
Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities were addressed. |
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114785 |
The Alerting service issues were resolved. |
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106116, 114951, 130750, 146643, 119618 |
Alerts and reports actions that stopped working after a short time period work again. |
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105448, 121188 |
The Power Control Unit Status widget displays correct details. |
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57204, 85765, 110071, 1189318 |
The user interface was improved to better inform users how to stop triggering repeated actions for nodes with muted alerts. |
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127626, 150217, 164588 |
Alert variable issues were addressed. |
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1024716, 1127516, 48710, 79780, 1188330, 30598, 28023, 33953, 1350228, 82854 |
Issues with Network Atlas maps in the Orion Web Console were addressed. |
|
117702,115854 |
Issues with loading the Network Atlas maps were resolved. |
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102887, 113488 |
Top X widgets work without issues. |
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1369678, 1004216, 101406, 949923, 1255702, 1358095, 1362519, 76815, 74322, 97228 |
Issues with large Network Atlas files were addressed, SWIS queries handling Network Atlas maps were optimized. |
|
91496 |
Alerts are now generated correctly. |
|
57022 |
The ConnectNow feature in the Network Atlas works without issues. |
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72450 |
Secure cookies are supported. |
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72437 |
The vulnerability caused by hard-coded credentials inside a JavaScript file was addressed. |
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72436 |
The cross-resource sharing vulnerability was addressed. |
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156280, 165278, 169857, 175726, 155158, 170356, 168276, 172653, 171794, 168276 |
JobEngine was upgraded to use SQL Server CE 4. |
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146924, 142695, 178970, 142695, 130170, 145863, 160359 |
Configuration wizard completes successfully when an additional polling engine license is lost. |
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166380, 167117, 144295, 96703, 173628, 96703, 173628, 144295 |
Agent issues caused by AMS WatchDog were resolved. |
|
148649 |
Cisco Catalyst switches are recognized correctly. |
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129911, 151165, 142152, |
Root filesystem on Linux agents is polled correctly. |
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129425, 131764, 168467 |
The Search box in Manage Agents works correctly. |
|
125066 |
Network Discovery filter works without issues. |
|
93577, 993181 |
Orion Web Console displays correct volume sizes. |
|
142324 |
The High Collector Service CPU utilization was resolved. |
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138193, 98330, 93118 |
Agent certificate issues were resolved. |
|
120337 |
AMS memory leak when installing agents was resolved. |
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1108682, 96154, 144851, 1371123, 52980 |
The Manage Agents page is now displayed for all users with appropriate privileges. |
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66473, 21593 |
The Orion Platform assigns the F5 poller to correct device types. |
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147743 |
SysObjectIDs for HPE Aruba hardware switches were added. |
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1135746, 1188484, 1194960 |
Credential validation issues were resolved. |
|
59736, 55119 |
Auto-upgrading agents works without issues. |
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1140992, 1152481, 1158309, 1155086, 1154763, 1157341, 126096, 1239043, 1265129, 1338153, 27549, 98893, 1142936, 1143084, 1142584, 1149359, 1163759, 1202859, 1235665, 1348091, 1172237, 1233760, 1242141, 1352579 |
Parsing containers URI works without issues. |
|
173150, 92683 |
Orion Agents can now be installed on Oracle Linux 7.4. |
|
176758 |
You can now reinstall JobEngine on its own, without having to run the Configuration wizard. |
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1357179, 37523 |
You can install the Orion database with AlwaysOn with a specified instance name. |
Known issues
| Error when running Diagnostics on the Web |
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Issue: When you launch Diagnostics on the Web, the following message is displayed:
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| Work-around: Retry collecting Diagnostics on the Web. The second time, the Diagnostics are collected successfully. |
| Selecting custom data for the Diagnostics on the Web |
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Issue: When you launch Diagnostics on the Web and select a custom set of data in the Diagnostics wizard, the Custom selection step shows no options. |
| Work-around: Restart the SolarWinds Administration Service on your main polling engine, and collect Diagnostics on the Web again. |
| Traps, Syslogs, Discovery, or Manage Nodes not available in the menu |
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Issue: When you activate a license for an Orion Platform product, some items provided by the licensed product are not added to the Orion Web Console menu. The missing menu items might include Traps, Syslogs, Discovery, or Manage Nodes. |
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Work-around: Restart the SolarWinds Information Service, for example using the Orion Service Manager. |
End of life, end of support, and deprecation notices
End of life
See End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product lifecycle phases. For supported versions and EOL announcements for all SolarWinds products, see Currently supported software versions.
End of support
Orion Platform 2018.4 no longer supports the following platforms and features.
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 | This software is no longer supported by Orion Platform 2018.4. |
| SQL Server 2012 | This software is no longer supported by Orion Platform 2018.4. |
| All Active Alerts widget | The legacy widget has been replaced by the updated version. |
Deprecation notices
This version of Orion Platform deprecates the following platforms and features.
Deprecated platforms and features are still supported in the current release. However, they will be unsupported in a future release. Plan on upgrading deprecated platforms, and avoid using deprecated features. Customizations applied to a deprecated feature might not be migrated if a new feature replaces the deprecated one.
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Legacy charts | Legacy charts are deprecated as of this release. Migrate your charts to their modern version. |
| Classic charts | Classic charts are deprecated as of this release. Migrate your charts to their modern version. |
| Report Writer | Use the web-based Report Manager to create reports. |
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