Documentation forIP Address Manager
Managing IP addresses is a key capability of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (formerly Hybrid Cloud Observability) and is available in the Essentials edition. IP Address Manager (IPAM) is also available in a standalone module.

IPAM 2022.4 release notes

Release date: November 22, 2022

These release notes were last updated on March 29, 2023.

IPAM 2022.4 and all associated modules have been replaced by version 2022.4.1. See IPAM 2022.4.1 release notes and IPAM 2022.4.1 release notes in addition to IPAM 2022.4 release notes.

These release notes describe the new features, improvements, and fixed issues in IP Address Manager 2022.4. They also provide information about upgrades and describe workarounds for known issues.

For more information, see the following documents:

New features and improvements in IPAM

IPAM 2022.4 is a service release and contains no new features.

IPAM 2022.4 is built on the new IPAM and installed with the new SolarWinds Installer.

Learn more about the new SolarWinds Platform.

See also the IPAM 2022.4 release notes.

Installation and upgrade

If you are on a version earlier than IPAM 2020.2.6, first upgrade to 2020.2.6 and then upgrade to 2022.4. Before upgrading, see Considerations for upgrading from the Orion Platform to the SolarWinds Platform.

For information about installing IP Address Manager, see help for the SolarWinds Installer, and refer to the IPAM Getting Started Guide to learn about configuring and customizing IPAM.

Use the SolarWinds Installer to upgrade your entire IPAM deployment (all IPAM products and any scalability engines).

For details, see Install or upgrade IPAM products.

End of life

For modules based on IPAM 2020.2.6 and earlier, SolarWinds is announcing future end-of-life plans for your convenience. As always, SolarWinds recommends you upgrade to the latest version of your products at your earliest convenience.

Version

EOL Announcements

EOE Effective Dates EOL Effective Dates
2020.2.6 April 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 2020.2.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. May 18, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 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 IPAM 2020.2.6.
2020.2.5 January 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 2020.2.5 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. February 17, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 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 IPAM 2020.2.5.
2020.2.4 October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 2019.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 2019.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for IPAM 2019.4.
2020.2.1 October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 2020.2.1 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 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 IPAM 2020.2.1
2020.2 October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 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 IPAM 2020.2.
2019.4,
2019.4.2		 July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 2019.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. August 26, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 2019.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. July 27, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for IPAM 2019.4.
4.9 July 26, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 4.9 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. August 25, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 4.9 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. July 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for IPAM 4.9.

See the 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.

Deprecation notice

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This version of IP Address Manager 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. 

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Browser support All versions of Internet Explorer will become unsupported in a future release. Some pages are not compatible with IE 11. Do not enable Enterprise Mode in IE 11. It is not supported.

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