SEM 2021.2.1 release notes
Release date: June 15, 2021
Customers upgrading from SEM 2020.2 or 2020.2.1 should upgrade to this release rather than 2021.2. See the SEM Upgrade Path for upgrade path.
This document summarizes new features, improvements, and fixed issues in Security Event Manager (SEM) 2021.2.1, additional features, and upgrade notes and workarounds for known issues.
For further information, see the SEM Administrator Guide.
For system requirements, see SEM 2021.2 System Requirements.
If you are looking for previous release notes for SEM, see Previous Version documentation.
New in SEM 2021.2.1
SEM 2021.2.1 is a service release. See Fixed issues.
New customer installation
For information about installing SEM, see the SEM Installation Guide and the SEM Getting Started Guide. For system requirements see the SEM 2021.2 System Requirements.
Before you upgrade
Migrate LDAP connectors (introduced in SEM 2020.4)
It is recommended that users remove any ambiguity in their Directory Service Tool connector configurations to allow migration to run as smoothly as possible. This can be by ensuring only one Directory Service Tool connector configuration is set up per domain.
All Directory Service Tool connectors are removed in process of the migration.
Upgrade agents
For AIX, HPUX and Solaris, agents installers now only contain custom Java; this means customers need to install Java themselves as a prerequisite.
- Upgrade Java installation to the latest version. See System Requirements for supported versions.
For AIX agents, see Known Issues - AIX agent not connected after SEM upgrade.
- Upgrade SEM agents using latest custom Java installer.
How to upgrade
If you are upgrading from a previous version, use the following resources to plan and implement your upgrade.
SEM must be upgraded to 2020.2 or 2020.2.1 before upgrading to 2021.2.1. See the SEM Upgrade Path to help you plan and execute your upgrade.
Download the upgrade package from the SolarWinds Customer Portal.
CMC
Since SEM 2020.4, a password is required to access the CMC command-line interface. The default CMC password is password. See Change the SEM CMC password for instructions on changing this.
File system consistency check (fsck)
During your upgrade, the system may run a fsck check during reboot. This can last 30 or more minutes depending on the quantity of data in the data partition. With the Debian version upgrade, the file system is configured to initiate the check when certain conditions are met:
- 21 mounts since the last check (during the 22nd reboot)
Or:
- Six months since the last check
Supported connectors
The list of supported connectors can be found here.
Fixed issues
SEM 2021.2.1 fixes the following issues:
| Case number | Description |
|---|---|
|
00813632, 00816135, 00816158 |
Web Console connection issue after upgrade resolved. |
End of life, end of support, and deprecation notices
End of life
| Version |
EOL Announcements |
EOE Effective dates |
EOL Effective dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.7 | May 18, 2021: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM versions 6.7, 6.7.1, and 6.7.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM. | August 18, 2021: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM versions 6.7, 6.7.1, and 6.7.2 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | August 18, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version versions 6.7, 6.7.1, and 6.7.2. |
| 6.6 | June 6, 2020: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM version 6.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM. | September 6, 2020: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM version 6.6 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | September 6, 2021: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version 6.6. |
End of support
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| MSSQL Auditor |
After SEM 2021.2, the MSSQL Auditor is no longer supported. The MSSQL Auditor connector will remain available. |
| Standalone Adobe Air Console |
See the Adobe Flash End-of-Life page (© 2021 Adobe, available at adobe.com, retrieved April 12, 2021). |
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