SAM 2023.1 release notes
Release date: February 15, 2023
These release notes were last updated on April 26, 2023.
These release notes describe the new features, improvements, and fixed issues in Server & Application Monitor 2023.1. They also provide information about upgrades and describe workarounds for known issues.
Learn more
- For information on the latest hotfixes, see SAM Hotfixes.
- For release notes for previous SAM versions, see Previous Version documentation.
- For information about requirements, see SAM system requirements.
- For information about working with SAM, see the SAM Administrator Guide.
New features and improvements
SAM 2023.1 offers new features and improvements compared to previous releases of SAM.
See also the SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 Release Notes.
Other improvements
Cloud monitoring: Availability Zone data related to the entities your are monitoring in the cloud are now stored with the entity and used for logical grouping in the Cloud Server Infrastructure widget, filtering in the Cloud Instances Status Summary widget and also in pop overs for individual entities.
New customer installation
For information about installing Server & Application Monitor, see the SolarWinds Platform Product Installation and Upgrade Guide.
Before you upgrade!
SAM 2020.2.1 can be upgraded from versions 2020.1 and later. If you are running a version earlier than SAM 2020.2.1, please upgrade to SAM 2020.2.6 first and then upgrade to SAM 2023.1.
How to upgrade
Go to Settings > My Deployment to initiate the upgrade. The SolarWinds Installer upgrades your entire deployment (all SolarWinds Platform products and any scalability engines).
Fixed issues
SAM 2023.1 fixes the following issues.
| Case number | Description |
|---|---|
| 00666976 |
SAM 2020.2.1 no longer automatically upgrades Orion agents to .net 4.8. |
| 00519354, 00574585, 00625367 |
The Component Details Widget no longer shows the <br> tag on the resource output. |
| 00317146 |
The variable for warning and critical statistic threshold is now working for the Linux component. |
|
01000359 |
The temp table column no longer shows the wrong data type. |
| 00603123 |
The Start/Restart services buttons now work on the Component Details Widget. |
SAM 2023.1 contains all of the fixed issues from the SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 release.
See the SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 Release Notes for more information.
CVEs
SolarWinds would like to thank our Security Researchers below for reporting on the issue in a responsible manner and working with our security, product, and engineering teams to fix the vulnerability.
| CVE-ID | Vulnerability Title | Descriptions | Severity | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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CVE-2022-47508 |
Disable NTLM: SAM 2022.4 | Customers who had configured their polling to occur via Kerberos did not expect NTLM Traffic on their environment, but since we were querying for data via IP address this prevented us from utilizing Kerberos. | High |
Known issues
| Issue | Notes |
|---|---|
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Bad Request error can appear when creating new API Poller. |
As a workaround:
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OpenJDK15 included with SAM, to connect to JBoss using JConsole with either protocol, remote+http or remoting-jmx, is resulting in errors. |
Different versions of JBoss use different protocol, as shown below.
In order for the SAM JMX Monitor to connect, copy the jboss-cli-client.jar provided by the JBoss EAP installation to a location in SolarWinds Platform. Add the path location in jsl64.ini and then restart the JMXBridge service through Orion Service Manager. If using JConsole to connect to a remote JBoss server for testing or troubleshooting purposes, install the latest JDK version on SolarWinds Platform server that supports jconsole.jar, and make sure JConsole uses the new JDK path. |
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When adding Exchange 2016 node to be monitored via WMI polling method, Exchange AppInsight is not discovered and the wizard hangs. |
As a workaround, complete these steps. In the Add node Wizard:
In Network Discovery, avoid discovering Exchange 2016 nodes via WMI. Before discovery, add them as described under Add node Wizard above. |
End of life notices
| Version | EoL Announcement | EoE Effective Date | EoL Effective Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020.2.6 | April 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SAM 2020.2.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SAM. | May 18, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SAM 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 SAM 2020.2.6 |
| 2020.2.5 | January 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SAM 2020.2.5 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SAM. | February 17, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SAM 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 SAM 2020.2.5. |
| 2020.2.4 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SAM 2020.2.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SAM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SAM 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 SAM 2020.2.4. |
| 2020.2.1 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SAM 2020.2.1 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SAM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SAM 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 SAM 2020.2.1. |
| 2020.2 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SAM 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SAM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SAM 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 SAM 2020.2. |
| 2019.4 | July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on SAM version 2019.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SAM. | August 26, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SAM version 2019.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | August 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SAM version 2019.4. |
| 6.9.1 | July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on SAM version 6.9.1 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SAM. | August 26, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SAM version 6.9.1 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | August 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SAM version 6.9.1. |
| 6.9 | July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on SAM version 6.9 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SAM. | August 26, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SAM version 6.9 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | August 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SAM version 6.9. |
See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier SAM versions, see SAM release history.
Deprecation notices
This version of Server & Application Monitor 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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