Here's what's new in SEM 2024.4. You can find the applicable system requirements here.

To view release notes, system requirements, and product guide PDFs for supported versions of SEM, see SEM previous versions. To view release notes for multiple versions and multiple SolarWinds Platform products on a single page, see the release notes aggregator.

 

Attention 2024.4 customers

Last updated: April 22, 2025

Upgrade the SEM agents

For AIX, HPUX and Solaris, agent installers are not shipped with OpenJDK. As a prerequisite, install Java by performing the following steps:

1. Upgrade your Java installation to the latest version (Java 11 or equivalent). See the system requirements for the supported versions.

2. Upgrade the SEM agents using the latest custom Java installer.

After you install and configure a SEM agent on an HP-UX server, the agent may not run as expected.

New features and improvements in SEM

Last updated: October 16, 2024

Dark Mode support

Dark Mode changes the SEM web console display to a light-on-dark color scheme. This color scheme helps reduce eye strain and glare in dark environments and improve readability in bright environments.

See Enable Dark Mode located in the SEM Administrator Guide for more information.

Enhanced historical search filtering

Using a live event filter, you can create a historical event query that locates historical events for a time range greater than seven days and up to thirty days. After you create and save the query, you can schedule the query to run automatically on specific times and days for your reporting purposes.

See Create a historical event query from a live event filter located in the SEM Administrator Guide for more information.

Kubernetes cluster container monitoring

You can monitor your Kubernetes (K8s) cluster containers using a node-level agent running as DaemonSet. After you configure and implement the agent, you can view the container logs in the SEM Console.

See the following topics located in the SEM Administrator Guide for more information:

• Install a node-level SEM agent running in Kubernetes as DaemonSet

• Configure the Kube API reader connection settings

Fixed customer issues

Case number	Description
00052902 00065803	When you run an nDepth search, the search no longer times out or hangs for an extended amount of time.
01579711	When you generate a report, the report displays all targeted events in the proper format and sort order.
01584929 01600911	When you add an agent node, SEM downloads and deploys the correct agent installer that supports your specific SEM Manager version.
01623056	When you filter out ICMP timestamp requests, the outgoing ICMP timestamp replies comply with the SEM Console.

Installation or upgrade

For new installations, you can download the installation file from the product page on https://www.solarwinds.com or from the Customer Portal. For more information, see the SEM Installation and Upgrade Guide.

For upgrades, see Upgrade SEM in the SEM Administrator Guide to determine the upgrade path, review best practices for SEM upgrades, and upgrade the SEM components.

Known issues

Last updated: October 16, 2024

There currently is no macOS agent

Workaround: Forward all syslogs from the macOS system.

Scroll Type settings are not saved to a table widget

Workaround: None

End of life

Version	EoL announcement	EoE effective date	EoL effective date
2023.4.1	October 16, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM version 2023.4.1 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM.	April 15, 2025: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM version 2023.4.1 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds.	October 16, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version 2023.4.1.
2023.4	October 16, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM version 2023.4 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM.	April 15, 2025: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM version 2023.4 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds.	October 16, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version 2023.4.
2023.2.1	October 16, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM version 2023.2.1 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM.	April 15, 2025: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM version 2023.2.1 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds.	October 16, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version 2023.2.1.
2023.2	April 17, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM version 2023.2 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM.	November 1, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM version 2023.2 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds.	April 17, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version 2023.2.
2022.4	November 1, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM version 2022.4 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM.	April 16, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM version 2022.4 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds.	November 1, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version 2022.4.
2022.2.2	November 1, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM version 2022.2.2 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM.	April 16, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM version 2022.2.2 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds.	November 1, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version 2022.2.2.
2022.2.1	November 1, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM version 2022.2.1 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM.	April 16, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM version 2022.2.1 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds.	November 1, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version 2022.2.1.
2022.2	November 1, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM version 2022.2 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM.	April 16, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM version 2022.2 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds.	November 1, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version 2022.2.
2021.4	November 1, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM version 2021.4 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM.	April 16, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM version 2021.4 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds.	November 1, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version 2021.4.
2021.2.1	November 1, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM version 2021.2.1 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM.	April 16, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM version 2021.2.1 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds.	November 1, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version 2021.2.1.
2021.2	November 1, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SEM version 2021.2 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of SEM.	April 16, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SEM version 2021.2 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds.	November 1, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for SEM version 2021.2.

See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier SEM versions, see SEM release history.

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