SCM 2024.2 release notes
SCM 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.
R
Here's what's new in Server Configuration Monitor 2024.2.
Server Configuration Monitor runs on the SolarWinds Platform.
Learn more
- See the SCM 2024.2 system requirements.
- For information about working with SCM, see the SCM 2024.2 Administrator Guide.
New features and improvements in SCM
Server Configuration 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.
Fixes
For information about new features and fixes in the SolarWinds Platform, see the SolarWinds Platform 2024.2 Release Notes.
Case number | Description |
---|---|
00575940 |
Logging has been improved to provide information about the time spent enumerating files and folders. |
01478170 |
Running Asset Inventory on a node with the Linux agent installed no longer fails with errors such as the following:
|
01468064 |
If the upgrade of an Oracle ODBC driver causes problems with the SolarWinds Platform Installer, the following entry can be entered in the installer's registry key to avoid running the Oracle ODBC driver installation executable:
|
01572092 |
If you add a node polled with WMI and you do not include the domain with the credentials, asset inventory polling works correctly and the Windows Update Information resource does not display errors such as:
|
Installation or upgrade
For new SolarWinds Platform deployments, download the installation file from the SCM product page on https://www.solarwinds.com or from the Customer Portal. For more information, see Get the installer.
To activate SCM 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.
End of life
Version | EoL Announcements | EoE Effective Dates | EoL Effective Dates |
---|---|---|---|
2022.3 | February 6, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SCM 2022.3 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SCM. | March 7, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SCM 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 SCM 2022.3. |
2020.2.6 | April 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SCM 2020.2.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SCM. | May 18, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SCM 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 SCM 2020.2.6. |
See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier SCM versions, see SCM release history.
Deprecation notice
The following software version is no longer supported in the current release. Plan to upgrade deprecated software and avoid using deprecated versions.
Type | Details | ||
---|---|---|---|
PostgreSQL 9.4.25 | SolarWinds recommends that you start using PostgreSQL version 9.5.20 or later. |
Legal notices
© 2024 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.
This document may not be reproduced by any means nor modified, decompiled, disassembled, published or distributed, in whole or in part, or translated to any electronic medium or other means without the prior written consent of SolarWinds. All right, title, and interest in and to the software, services, and documentation are and shall remain the exclusive property of SolarWinds, its affiliates, and/or its respective licensors.
SOLARWINDS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, OR OTHER TERMS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, ON THE DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION NONINFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. IN NO EVENT SHALL SOLARWINDS, ITS SUPPLIERS, NOR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, WHETHER ARISING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF SOLARWINDS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
The SolarWinds, SolarWinds & Design, Orion, and THWACK trademarks are the exclusive property of SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC or its affiliates, are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and may be registered or pending registration in other countries. All other SolarWinds trademarks, service marks, and logos may be common law marks or are registered or pending registration. All other trademarks mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and are trademarks of (and may be registered trademarks) of their respective companies.