Documentation forSecurity Event Manager

SEM Agent deployment options

Review the options for deploying the SEM Agent to multiple Microsoft Window computers in an enterprise environment.

SolarWinds provides SEM agents for these operating systems:

  • Microsoft Windows (local and remote installers)
  • Linux
  • Solaris on Intel
  • Solaris on Sparc
  • HPUX on Itanium
  • AIX

The following table lists the installers you can use to deploy the SEM Agent non-interactively in a large Windows deployment.

Installer Instructions  
Remote Agent installer See Run the SEM Remote Agent Installer.  
Local Agent Installer with software distribution policies or local logon scripts See Run the SEM Local Agent Installer.  

You can install the Windows agents with an included Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or you can install the Windows agent and have it use the Java install on your system (customJava option).

See the release notes for the specific JRE version included with your SEM release.

Generally on Linux machines, SolarWinds recommends using the CUSTOM install option. During the installation procedure, use your own Java 25 (minimum version) software installed on your Linux machine with a properly configured JAVA_HOME environment variable. If you experience issues during the installation, submit a Technical Support ticket.

Starting with SEM 2026.4, the bundled JRE is Java 25, and agents that use a custom Java installation (customJava option or JAVA_HOME) require Java 25 or later (previously Java 17).

Agents running on an older Java version continue to run, but upgrading them to SEM 2026.4 fails. Install Java 25 or later on the agent computer, and then upgrade the agent again.

If the SEM Manager uses dual-stack networking, agents can connect over IPv4 or IPv6. If you specify the Manager by IPv4 address, the agent connects over IPv4. If you specify an IPv6 address, the agent connects over IPv6. If you specify a host name, the agent uses the address returned by DNS. See Configure IPv6 and dual-stack networking in SEM.

See the SEM Agent pre-installation checklist for a list of tasks to complete before you install the SEM Agent.