VMAN 2023.1 release notes
Release date: February 15, 2023
These release notes were last updated on April 26, 2023.
These release notes describe fixed issues in Virtualization Manager 2023.1. They also provide information about upgrades and describe workarounds for known issues.
Learn more
- For information on the latest hotfixes, see VMAN Hotfixes.
- For release notes for previous VMAN versions, see Previous Version documentation.
- For information about requirements, see VMAN system requirements.
- For information about working with VMAN, see the VMAN Administrator Guide.
New features and improvements
VMAN 2023.1 is part of the SolarWinds Platform and includes improvements and fixes from SolarWinds Platform 2023.1.
See also the SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 Release Notes.
Other improvements
Cloud monitoring: Availability Zone data related to the entities you are monitoring in the cloud are now stored with the entity and used for logical grouping in the Cloud Server Infrastructure widget, filtering in the Cloud Instances Status Summary widget, and also in pop overs for individual entities.
New customer installation
For information about installing Virtualization Manager, see the SolarWinds Installer and Virtualization Manager Installation Guide. After installation, use the VMAN Getting Started Guide to get started fast.
How to upgrade
For a detailed upgrade walkthrough, see the VMAN Upgrade Guide.
You must be on VMAN 2020.2.1 or later to upgrade to VMAN 2023.1. If you are on VMAN 2019.4 or earlier, first upgrade to 2020.2.6 and then upgrade to 2023.1.
Fixed issues
VMAN 2023.1 contains all of the fixed issues from the SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 release.
See the SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 Release Notes following release notes for more information.
Notes - BugCrowd
SolarWinds would like to additionally thank our Bugcrowd community for their continued help in testing our products and keeping them secure.
Known issues
| Incorrect size shown for VMware VM snapshots |
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| Issue: Pages and reports that show snapshot sizes for VMware VMs can sometimes be incorrect |
| "Triggered by Event" widget update delay |
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| Issue: The "Triggered by Event" widget may in some cases not show the latest event that triggered the alert. |
| Monitoring a VMWare vCenter via ROP (Remote Orion Poller) shows unknown status |
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| Issue: Unknown status can be incorrectly shown when monitoring a VMWare vCenter through a Remote Orion Poller. |
| Incorrect AppStack data for vCenters |
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| Issue: AppStack data for a vCenter may in some cases be displayed incorrectly when the vCenter is deployed as a virtual machine under an ESXi host that is monitored by the same vCenter. |
| Account limitations may not work with VIM/VMAN groups |
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| Issue: Account limitations may not work correctly in some cases with VIM/VMAN groups. |
| Custom charts show irrelevant host |
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Issue: Custom charts for VMAN clusters may sometimes show an irrelevant host in the chart legend. |
| Cluster Memory Utilization alerts sometimes show incorrect host |
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Issue: Incorrect hosts, even ones not in the relevant cluster, can sometimes be shown in Cluster Memory Utilization alerts. |
| Incorrect status shown for vCenter |
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| Issue: If VMAN's polling process has failed for any reason, the last known status for a vCenter is shown in VMAN. This could result in a normal, green status being shown for a vCenter when it shouldn't. |
End of life
| Version | EOL Announcements | EOE Effective Dates | EOL Effective Dates |
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| 2020.2.6 | April 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on VMAN version 2020.2.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of VMAN. | May 18, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for VMAN version 2020.2.6 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | May 18, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) - SolarWinds will no longer provide techinical support for VMAN version 2020.2.6. |
| 2020.2.5 | January 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on VMAN version 2020.2.5 should begin transitioning to the latest version of VMAN. | February 17, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for VMAN version 2020.2.5 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | February 17, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) - SolarWinds will no longer provide techinical support for VMAN version 2020.2.5. |
| 2020.2.4 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on VMAN version 2020.2.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of VMAN. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for VMAN version 2020.2.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) - SolarWinds will no longer provide techinical support for VMAN version 2020.2.4. |
| 2020.2.1 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on VMAN version 2020.2.1 should begin transitioning to the latest version of VMAN. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for VMAN version 2020.2.1 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) - SolarWinds will no longer provide techinical support for VMAN version 2020.2.1. |
| 2020.2 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on VMAN version 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of VMAN. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for VMAN version 2020.2 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) - SolarWinds will no longer provide techinical support for VMAN version 2020.2. |
Deprecation notice
This version of Virtualization Manager deprecates the following platforms and features.
Deprecated platforms and features are still supported in the current release. However, they will be unsupported in a future release. Plan on upgrading deprecated platforms, and avoid using deprecated features.
| Type | Details |
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| Browser support | All versions of Internet Explorer will become unsupported in a future release. Some pages are not compatible with IE 11. Do not enable Enterprise Mode in IE 11. It is not supported. |
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