Orion Platform 2018.2 Release Notes
Release Date: May 31, 2018
- Orion Platform 2018.2 New Features
- Orion Platform 2018.2 Fixed Issues
- Orion Platform 2018.2 Deprecations
- Legal Notices
Orion Platform 2018.2 New Features
Scale improvements
- Support for 100 Additional Polling Engines in a single instance (400% increase over previous releases)
- Support monitoring up to 400,000 elements in a single instance (4 x more than in previous releases)
Load Average metrics collected from Linux-based devices
When polling CPU & Memory with the Orion agent, selected metrics are available for alerts, alert variables, charts, reports, PerfStack(TM), and SWIS.
Improved group member statistics
Use the new metric showing group availability by averaging the availability of the internal group members instead of using the status of the entire group. You can use this metric in a new widget, in alerts, reports, and in PerfStack dashboards.
SolarWinds Platform Maps
SolarWinds Platform Maps is an is an advanced troubleshooting tool that provides a contextual and graphical portrayal of an entity and its critical relationships, including routers, switches, servers, interfaces, volumes, and groups. It visualizes physical and logical relationships between entities, leveraging Network Performance Monitor’s Topology, Server & Application Monitor Application Dependencies, and other relationship information to quickly isolate and identify critical health and performance issues easily.
PerfStack widget
Add saved Performance Analysis project to any view as a widget. Just click the Edit view icon > Add widgets, search for the project name, and drag the widget to its position.
Other improvements
- For modules that monitor UPS power supplies, UPS monitoring for APC (American Power Conversion) SmartUPS Uninterruptible Power Supplies containing Network Management cards.
- Updated popovers:
- Up to five custom properties can be configured to display in node popovers
- Updated Orion Installer with improved scalability engine installation experience
- Added support for over 70 vendors and 5000 devices.
- Added support for Apresia (CPU, memory, icon, MIBs for traps and Huawei devices (CPU and memory)
- SNMPv3 support for Huawei and other RFC3414 devices
- Support Orion cloud deployment in Amazon EC2 and Azure VM
- Support for utilizing Amazon RDS for SQL Server for the Orion Database
- Orion Platform modules no longer require MSDTC
- Modules no longer require TLS 1.0 or 1.1 be enabled on the Orion Server
- Microsoft Device Guard Support (all binaries properly signed)
Hotfix info
Orion Installer for installing Orion Platform 2018.2 already includes the Orion Platform 2018.2 Hotfix 1.
Orion Platform 2018.2 Fixed Issues
Orion Platform 2018.2 fixes the following issues.
| Case number | Description |
|---|---|
|
00019605, |
AppStack respects single group limitations. |
|
1144272, 1176440, |
When the Orion Web Console is configured to use client certificate authentication, menu items are displayed correctly. |
|
00066337,00061508, 00061508, 00055119 |
During the upgrade, website files are not overwritten. |
|
1089390 |
The SQL performance is not affected by excessive reads. |
|
1171110, 1186153 |
SHA1 certificate is not used anymore. |
|
1179158 |
Orion Platform correctly executes repeated alert actions. |
|
1336581, 00076562 |
Audit events are generated correctly. |
|
1204393 |
Queries with Datetime are executed correctly |
|
948689, 952451, |
Active alert resources respect view limitations based on Group Name Pattern or Group of Groups. |
|
1092588, 1037529, 1260477, 1013431 |
Alerting actions trigger without delay. |
|
00036699, 00025363 |
You can close ServiceNow tickets in ServiceNow. Closing a ServiceNow ticket stops sending Orion alerts for the issue. |
|
1168389, 1173705, 1221600, 1120837, 1113472 |
You can add interfaces and volumes on agent-polled nodes or nodes that are found twice to the Discovery Ignore List. |
|
1196323 |
Syslogs and Traps views are displayed correctly if you have devices with the same MachineTypes, each MachineType with different special characters. |
|
1149359 |
External processes start successfully when the username has the format user@domain. |
|
1355539, 1311390 |
The JobEngine service runs without issues, and performance data is updated on devices. |
|
1089413, 1101096 |
Child elements of a storage array respect user limitations of the parent array. |
|
1082086, 959170 |
The security issue with the OpenSSL library in Orion Platform products is resolved. |
|
1163039, 1109011, 1148640, 1179830, 1161572 |
New custom properties are displayed without issues when inserting variables into alerts. |
|
1341059 |
View limitations are applied correctly in the hardware Health Overview widget. |
|
1094540, 1224160 |
When creating groups, the Search by Node IP address works correctly. |
|
1056869 |
Using Advanced Database Queries in reports works without issues. |
|
00022780, 00032805, 1130747, 1125894 |
Custom chart resources display correctly. |
|
1104961, 1238351, 1150263, 1273370, 1338333 |
QoE/DPI does not excessively affect the performance of the Orion Web Console. |
|
00018883, 1334323, 1355867, 1365779, 1359469 |
Custom properties show on maps without issues. |
|
1244351 |
The readme for offline help files is correct. |
|
996396 |
Node validation issues with SNMPv3 columns are resolved. |
|
1108733, 1357345, 1197953, 1174828 |
ServiceNow field is now displayed as a text box. |
|
876639, 889594, 920136, 1102219, 1358660 |
Custom charts show only the number of top records configured in the Show only limited number of top records. |
|
1273447 |
Latitudes and longitudes with a trailing 0 are displayed correctly on the WorldMap. |
|
00036038, 00023095 |
The alerting service is working without issues. |
|
00045994 |
SilverPeak devices are displayed correctly. |
|
00053297, 1357894, 1361734 |
After the upgrade, user graphics are displayed correctly in the Network Atlas. |
|
1166495 |
Credentials cache is disabled by default. |
|
1348736 |
ServiceNow integration: The Contact type field provides correct values, and new tickets are created instead of reactivations. |
|
1166495, 1188140, 1193919 |
The Credentials manager can support over 1,000 credentials. |
|
1355306 |
Database maintenance retains dependencies between discovery profiles and found nodes. |
|
1258332 |
Mount point disks are polled correctly when the node is an agent. |
|
1294415 |
Alert macros using variables work correctly. |
|
00021978, 808735, 1185765, 1232236 |
SWQL queries with long alert conditions are displayed correctly. |
|
00022839, 1279384, 1325433, 1273022 |
SQL queries in send email actions are parsed correctly. |
|
1336787, 00049928 |
You can integrate DPA into Orion using Windows SQL authentication. |
|
1243055, 1258332, 1259100, 1273347, 1283616 |
Mount points on WMI nodes are monitored correctly. |
|
1243773 |
A custom report resource retrieving a large amount of data displays without issues. |
|
1192721 |
A new alert for groups based on MemberAvailability is available out-of-the-box. |
|
1200878 |
The Configuration wizard completes successfully when the IP address is used in binding. |
|
1236429 |
When configuring mail recipient actions, you can use more than one macros. |
|
1233991, 1209460 |
After restarting the alerting service v2, old macros work without issues. |
|
1355458 |
XSS vulnerability in the Message Center and in Details views has been resolved. |
|
1309520 |
Limitations on views and resources work correctly. |
|
1177501 |
Issues with receiving bad traps have been resolved. |
|
1211610 |
ServiceNow integration now reflects inactive choices.. |
|
1243201, 1265030, 1241747, 1265030 |
After upgrading the Orion Platform, Configuration wizard completes successfully. |
|
1234343, 1162526, 1347668, 1154095, 1234837, 1243148, 1263062 |
Mandatory custom properties are required. |
|
876767 |
Reports with duplicated charts initialize correctly. |
|
00022551 |
When uninstalling Orion Platform products, Configuration wizard completes without issues. |
|
1166270, 1174828, 1180967, 1207039 |
ServiceNow integration: issues with state and incident state have been resolved. |
|
1348736 |
ServiceNow integration: the Contact type field references the correct field, and the Orion Platform correctly opens new tickets. |
|
1351562 |
When editing custom properties, you can add notes and links without issues. |
|
1243971, 1319151, 1243971, 1184410, 1178884, 1194514 |
Orion Web Console displays in one language. |
|
00052045, 1321106 |
${N=SwisEntity;M=DetailsUrl} variable returns the correct value from the OrioWebServerAddress settings. |
|
1155599, 1185495 |
PDF formatting issues when using third party engines have been resolved. |
|
1149359, 1181261 |
Alert actions requiring executing external programs or VB scripts work without issues for non-built-in domain Administrator users. |
|
1357871 |
Searching in the Action Manager returns correct results. |
|
00034880, 1224826, 1356370, 1357396 |
Settings for an AD account are stored in the Orion Web Console even after the user logs out. |
|
1191301, 1187591, 1329563, 1337451 |
Orion certificates are upgraded from sha1 to sha256. |
|
00010367, 00068806, 00060064, 1365612, 1363354, 00060064 |
When displaying the Message Center page in the Orion Web Console, the memory utilization in SWIS is appropriate. |
|
1211610 |
ServiceNow integration: Incidents closed based on events do not reopen incorrectly. |
|
00050141, 00057324, 00032910, 00053703 |
The vulnerability towards the ROBOT attack has been addressed. |
|
00051801 |
Inappropriate error messages in the Orion Web Console do not appear. |
|
1197522, 1356174, 1202106 |
When a dependency is corrupted, valid dependencies display in the Dependency widgets and views. |
|
1194193, 1240374 |
The OrionServers table is updated from the main polling engine server. |
|
1356961, 00019305, 00056252, 00068463, 1197497, 1232325, 00042222, 1126690 |
The SWIS subscription link from an additional polling engine to the main polling engine is working correctly. |
|
00063235 |
Performance Analysis queries NPM tables only if you have NPM installed. |
Orion Platform 2018.2 Deprecations
Deprecation indicates that the feature should be avoided. Deprecated features remain in the software, but will be removed in a future release. Customizations applied to a deprecated feature may not be migrated if a new feature replaces the deprecated one.
This version deprecates the following hardware, software, and features.
| Type | Deprecation |
|---|---|
| Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 | This software is deprecated as of this release. Although you can install Orion Platform 2018.2 products on Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 are deprecated and will not be supported in future versions of the Orion Platform. SolarWinds strongly recommends that you upgrade your operating system to Windows Server 2016 or later at your earliest convenience. |
| SQL Server 2012 | This software is deprecated as of this release. Although you can use SQL Server 2012 with Orion Platform 2018.2 products, this version is deprecated and will not be supported on future versions of the Orion Platform. SolarWinds strongly recommends that you upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server 2016, 2017, or later at your earliest convenience. |
| All Active Alerts resource |
The current All Active Alerts resources is deprecated. The resource is replaced with a new, enhanced widget. You can continue to use the deprecated, legacy resource. |
|
Pre-configured resources (Availability, Min/Max/Average, Percent Loss, etc.) |
Most pre-configured resources are deprecated as of this release. The resources will be compressed into single, configurable widget in a future release. |
| Last XX resources | Pre-configured Last XX resources are deprecated as of this release. They will be replaced with a single, configurable widget in a future release. |
| Managed Nodes |
The current Managed Nodes page is deprecated as of this release. A new version is available, but you can continue to use the legacy page. SolarWinds recommends migrating to the new Managed Nodes page at your earliest convenience. |
| Customize Views | The Customize View page is deprecated as of this release. Functionality is migrating to the Customize Page feature. |
|
Search resources (legacy search, search on thwack, search for nodes, etc.) |
All search resources are deprecated as of this release. Use the integrated search in the global navigation. |
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