Documentation forServer & Application Monitor
Monitoring your applications and environment is a key capability of Hybrid Cloud Observability and is also available in a standalone module, Server & Application Monitor (SAM). Hybrid Cloud Observability and SAM are built on the self-hosted SolarWinds Platform.

SAM 2024.2 release notes

SAM RC documentation - The following content is a draft for a release candidate. All content subject to change. Some links might not function yet.

These release notes contain a description of features and functionality that SolarWinds intends to deliver in the next generally available release. However, SolarWinds reserves the right to remove, or otherwise elect not to deliver, such features and functionality from the final generally available release, and this is not a commitment of delivery.

RC release date: April 16, 2024

Here's what's new in Server & Application Monitor 2024.2.

Server & Application Monitor runs on the SolarWinds Platform.

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New features and improvements in SAM

Server & Application Monitor 2024.2 includes the new features in version 2024.2 of the SolarWinds Platform. For more information, see the SolarWinds Platform 2024.2 Release Notes.

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Fixes

For information about new features and fixes in the SolarWinds Platform, see the SolarWinds Platform 2024.2 Release Notes.

Case number Description
01499729

An API poller that includes a null value no longer causes sent requests to fail with the message Bad Request.

01379396, 01592659

When Windows Update Monitoring fails to connect to a remote server, the correct message is displayed instead of a message saying that initial polling is in progress.

01512043

An API poller can be removed using the SWIS SDK. The Delete command no longer returns an error.

01478170

Asset Inventory returns data from nodes running a Linux-based operating system.

01414931

When an Exchange user's password includes a special character, AppInsight for Exchange displays correct data for Custom PowerShell Monitor components, rather than showing them in an unknown state.

00596630, 01436136

A VM in an Azure account is polled correctly, and the status is not shown as unknown.

01406764

A SolarWinds query to retrieve component statuses was tuned to run more quickly.

N/A

The performance of the Last 10 Events widget has been improved by adding indexing to the Orion.Events table.

N/A

Non-admin users have access to the new Azure dashboard.

Installation or upgrade

For new SolarWinds Platform deployments, download the installation file from the SAM product page on https://www.solarwinds.com or from the Customer Portal. For more information, see Get the installer.

To activate SAM in an existing SolarWinds Platform deployment, use the License Manager.

For upgrades, go to Settings > My Deployment to initiate the upgrade. The SolarWinds Installer upgrades your entire deployment (all SolarWinds Platform products and any scalability engines).

For more information, see the SolarWinds Platform Product Installation and Upgrade Guide.

For supported upgrade paths to 2024.2, see Upgrade an existing deployment.

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Known issues

Incorrect error message for Linux script component

In the Linux CPU Monitoring Perl application details, the error message for Linux Script Component via SNMP is incorrect.

Resolution or workaround: There is no workaround at the moment. SolarWinds is working on resolving this issue in a future version.

Incompatible Mongodb components

Components that gather stats from mongodb return an error.

Workaround: In the template, change perl ${SCRIPT} /usr/bin/mongo test to perl ${SCRIPT} /usr/bin/mongosh test.

Incorrect PerfStack memory used units

The AvgMemoryUsed chart incorrectly shows units as bytes (B) instead of gigabytes (GB).

Resolution or workaround: There is no workaround at the moment. SolarWinds is working on resolving this issue in a future version.

No processes in Real Time Process Explorer

The process monitor does not show any processes in the Real Time Process Explorer when using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 via SNMP.

Resolution or workaround: There is no workaround at the moment. SolarWinds is working on resolving this issue in a future version.

Incorrect error message for Nagios LInux File & Directory Count script

In the Nagios Linux File & Director Count Script Details View summary, the wrong error message is displayed when components are in a down status.

Resolution or workaround: There is no workaround at the moment. SolarWinds is working on resolving this issue in a future version.

Unknown Windows update KB shown as installed

A windows update KB that does not exist is shown as being installed.

Resolution or workaround: There is no workaround at the moment. SolarWinds is working on resolving this issue in a future version.

Installed updates interval not shown

The Multiple Statistic Chart shows code instead of the installed updates interval.

Resolution or workaround: There is no workaround at the moment. SolarWinds is working on resolving this issue in a future version.

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End of life

Version EoL Announcement EoE Effective Date EoL Effective Date
2022.3 February 6, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SAM 2022.3 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SAM. March 7, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SAM 2022.3 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. March 7, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SAM 2022.3
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

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.

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