DPAIM 2023.4 release notes
Release date: November 1, 2023
Here's what's new in DPA Integration Module 2023.4.
Database Performance Analyzer runs on the SolarWinds Platform.
Learn more
- See DPAIM 2023.4 system requirements to learn about prerequisites for running and installing DPAIM 2023.4.
- See the DPAIM 2023.4 Administrator Guide to learn how to work with DPAIM.
New features and improvements in DPAIM
DPA Integration Module 2023.4 includes the new features in version 2023.4 of the SolarWinds Platform. For more information, see the SolarWinds Platform 2023.4 Release Notes.
Fixes
For information about new features and fixes in the SolarWinds Platform, see the SolarWinds Platform 2023.4 Release Notes.
| Case number | Description |
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| 01255993 | If one DPA server is blocked, this does not disrupt connections to other DPA servers. |
| 01189602, 01255993, 01296329, 01268284 |
In deployments with additional polling engines (APEs), attempting to integrate the SolarWinds Platform with DPA no longer installs the DPA Business Layer on the APE. In previous versions, this caused problems with the DPA integration, including:
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Installation or upgrade
For new SolarWinds Platform deployments, you can download the installation file from the product page on https://www.solarwinds.com or from the Customer Portal. For more information, see Get the installer.
If you have an existing SolarWinds Platform deployment, DPAIM is installed with other platform modules. To begin using it, set up the DPA Integration Module.
For upgrades, go to Settings > My Deployment to initiate the upgrade. The SolarWinds Installer upgrades your entire deployment (all SolarWinds Platform products and any scalability engines).
For more information, see the SolarWinds Platform Product Installation and Upgrade Guide.
For supported upgrade paths to 2023.4, see Upgrade an existing deployment.
Known issues
| Date range is one day behind on Wait Time resources |
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Issue: The date on Wait Time Trends resources is one day behind for environments where the DPA server and SolarWinds Platform server in different time zones. The affected resources are:
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| Resolution/Work-around: Set the DPA and SolarWinds Platform servers to the same time zone. |
| DPAIM stops working after failover |
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| Issue: If you have High Availability configured, the DPA Integration Module stops working when a failover occurs after you re-integrate with a previously integrated DPA server. |
| Resolution/Work-around: Re-integrate the DPA server. |
End of life
| Version | EoL announcement | EoE effective date | EoL effective date |
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| 2020.2.6 | April 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPAIM 2020.2.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPAIM. | May 18, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPAIM 2020.2.6 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | May 18, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPAIM 2020.2.6 |
| 2020.2.5 | January 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPAIM 2020.2.5 should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPAIM. | February 17, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPAIM 2020.2.5 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | February 17, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPAIM 2020.2.5. |
| 2020.2.4 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPAIM 2020.2.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPAIM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPAIM 2020.2.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPAIM 2020.2.4. |
| 2020.2.1 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPAIM 2020.2.1 should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPAIM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPAIM 2020.2.1 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPAIM 2020.2.1. |
| 2020.2 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPAIM 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPAIM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPAIM 2020.2 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPAIM 2020.2. |
| 2019.4 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPAIM 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPAIM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPAIM 2020.2 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPAIM 2020.2. |
| 11.2 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPAIM 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPAIM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPAIM 2020.2 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPAIM 2020.2. |
| 11.1 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPAIM 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPAIM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPAIM 2020.2 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPAIM 2020.2. |
See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier DPA versions, see DPA release history.
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