NTA 2023.1 release notes
Release date: February 15, 2023
These release notes describe new features, improvements, and fixed issues in NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 2023.1. 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 2023.1
NTA 2023.1 offers new features and improvements compared to previous releases of NTA.
NTA 2023.1 runs on SolarWinds Platform 2023.1. See also the SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 Release Notes.
Support for Custom Object Resource
Using the Custom Object widget, NTA charts can now display data from any single node or interface regardless of the view. You can create NTA dashboards by combining data from various nodes or interfaces.
Enhanced VeloCloud support
Expanded SD-WAN support with additional visibility into VeloCloud devices.
New customer installation
For information about installing NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, see the SolarWinds Platform Product Installation and Upgrade Guide.
How to upgrade
Go to Settings > My Deployment to initiate the upgrade. The SolarWinds Installer upgrades your entire SolarWinds Platform deployment (all SolarWinds Platform products and any scalability engines).
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If you are on a version earlier than NTA 2020.2.6, first upgrade to 2020.2.6 and then upgrade to 2023.1.
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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.
Fixed issues
As NTA now runs on the SolarWinds Platform, NTA 2023.1 contains all of the fixed issues from the previous SolarWinds Platform releases as well as the new SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 release.
NTA 2023.1 fixes the following issues.
| Case number | Description |
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| 01198402 | The issue with NTA not processing flows from Cisco 9800 WLC was resolved. |
End of life
| 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
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 |
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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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