Documentation forNetFlow Traffic Analyzer
Analyzing network traffic and bandwidth is a key capability of Hybrid Cloud Observability Advanced and is also available in a standalone module, NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA). Hybrid Cloud Observability Advanced and NTA are built on the self-hosted SolarWinds Platform.

NTA 2022.4 release notes

Release date: November 22, 2022

These release notes were last updated on January 25, 2023.

SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 and all associated modules have been replaced by version 2022.4.1.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

These release notes describe new features, improvements, and fixed issues in NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2022.4. They also provide information about upgrades and describe workarounds for known issues.

If you are looking for previous release notes for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, see Previous Version documentation.

New features and improvements in NTA 2022.4

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NTA 2022.4 offers new features and improvements compared to previous releases of NTA.

NTA 2022.4 runs on SolarWinds Platform 2022.4. In addition, NTA is now installed with the new SolarWinds Installer.

See also the SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 Release Notes.

Support for IPFIX processing on VeloCloud devices

NTA 2022.4 now supports IPFIX processing on VeloCloud SD-WAN devices.


New customer installation

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For information about installing NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, see the SolarWinds Installer.

How to upgrade

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

  • If you are on a version earlier than NTA 2020.2.6, first upgrade to 2020.2.6 and then upgrade to 2022.4.

  • The installation path for the NetFlow service has changed. If the NetFlow Service stops receiving packets after you upgrade from 2020.2.6, verify the program path is correct: C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\NetFlowService.exe.

You can upgrade your entire SolarWinds Platform deployment from the My Deployment page. Downloading the SolarWinds Installer is no longer necessary.


Fixed issues

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As NTA now runs on the SolarWinds Platform, NTA 2022.4 contains all of the fixed issues from the previous SolarWinds Platform 2022.2 and SolarWinds Platform 2022.3 releases as well as the new SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 release.

See the following release notes for more information:

NTA 2022.4 fixes the following issues.

Case number Description

01016367,

00758096,

00915425,

01097396

The issue with NTA dropping flows for Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices was resolved.


End of life

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Version EoL Announcement EoE Effective Date EoL Effective Date
2020.2.6 April 18, 2023:

End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NetFlow Traffic Analyzer.

May 18, 2023:

End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.6 will no longer be supported by SolarWinds.

May 18, 2024:

End-of-Life - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.6.

2020.2.5 January 18, 2023:

End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.5 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NetFlow Traffic Analyzer.

February 17, 2023:

End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.5 will no longer be supported by SolarWinds.

February 17, 2024:

End-of-Life - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.5.

2020.2.4 October 19, 2022:

End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NetFlow Traffic Analyzer.

November 18, 2022:

End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.4 will no longer be supported by SolarWinds.

November 18, 2023:

End-of-Life - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.4.

2020.2.1 October 19, 2022:

End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.1 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NetFlow Traffic Analyzer.

November 18, 2022:

End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.1 will no longer be supported by SolarWinds.

November 18, 2023:

End-of-Life - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.1.

2020.2 October 19, 2022:

End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NetFlow Traffic Analyzer.

November 18, 2022:

End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2 will no longer be supported by SolarWinds.

November 18, 2023:

End-of-Life - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2020.2.

2019.4 July 27, 2022:

End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2019.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NetFlow Traffic Analyzer.

August 26, 2022:

End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2019.4 will no longer be supported by SolarWinds.

August 26, 2023:

End-of-Life - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2019.4.

4.6 July 27, 2022:

End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 4.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NetFlow Traffic Analyzer.

August 26, 2022:

End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 4.6 will no longer be supported by SolarWinds.

August 26, 2023:

End-of-Life - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 4.6.

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 NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 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. 

Type Details
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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