VNQM 2023.2.2 release notes
Release date: August 1, 2023
Here's what's new in VNQM 2023.2.2. You can find the applicable system requirements here.
To view release notes, system requirements, and product guide PDFs for supported versions of VNQM, see VNQM previous versions. To view release notes for multiple versions
VNQM runs on the SolarWinds Platform (self-hosted). VNQM release notes include the updates from the SolarWinds Platform (self-hosted).
New features and improvements in VNQM
There were no features or improvements added for VNQM in this release.
Fixed customer issues
| Case number | Description | Platform product |
|---|---|---|
| 1315625, 1329526, 1336784, 1352371, 1358723, 1359224, 1361585, 1361714, 1362242, 1362623, 1369852, 1372298, 1380810, 1384965, 1387788, 1387869 | The issue where the JobEngine was unable to submit a job after some time was addressed. | Platform |
| 1271994, 1275876, 1286508, 1294838, 1299411, 1300047, 1304414, 1306968, 1315810, 1316267, 1319417, 1327780, 1328324, 1328441, 1332954, 1337486, 1337686, 1338228, 1348659, 1348951, 1353130, 1353219, 1353694, 1359474, 136634, 1367866, 1376014, 1378873 | The issue where unsuccessful login attempts were generated by the SolarWinds Platform on the SQL Server was addressed. | Platform |
| 1359087 | The issue where status-only ICMP nodes are counted against the license when assigned to an additional polling engine while using a SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted license was addressed. |
Platform |
| 1307270, 1354496, 1355266, 1373795, 1374238 | The performance issue with loading Network Atlas maps was addressed. | Platform |
Installation or upgrade
Use the SolarWinds Installer to upgrade your entire SolarWinds Platform deployment (all SolarWinds Platform products and any scalability engines) to the current versions.
You must be on version 2020.2.1 or later to upgrade to the current version. If you are on 2020.2 or earlier, first upgrade to 2020.2.6 and then upgrade to the current version.
Before you upgrade from 2020.2.x
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Make sure the database user you use to connect to your SQL Server has the db create privilege. Without this privilege, the upgrade will not complete.
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The legacy syslog and traps functionality has been retired and replaced with new functionality called SolarWinds Log Viewer, which can be upgraded to Log Analyzer for additional capabilities. Current rules and history will automatically be migrated to the new logging functionality (SolarWinds Log Viewer or Log Analyzer). The functionality of SolarWinds Log Viewer and Log Analyzer has been improved to more closely match legacy functionality.
If you built syslog and trap alerts using custom SQL queries, they will not function after upgrading to 2022.3 or later. SolarWinds recommends you rewrite the alerts using SWQL (
Orion.OLM entities) or using the alerting functionality built into Log Viewer/Log Analyzer. -
Some upgrade situations from the Orion Platform to the SolarWinds Platform are not supported and the installer will stop the upgrade automatically.
- If you have a SQL Server older than 2016.
- If you have an Orion Platform product version 2020.2 or earlier.
DPAIM
DPAIM can be installed in either of the following ways:
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With SolarWinds SAM
DPAIM is automatically installed with SolarWinds SAM. If you have SAM, all you have to do is set up the integration module.
To install SAM, use the SolarWinds Platform Installer.
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Standalone (SAM not required)
If you do not plan to install SAM, download and run the SolarWinds Platform Installer to install DPAIM as a separate product. You can install DPAIM alone, or you can install DPAIM with other SolarWinds Platform products, such as SolarWinds SRM.
After you install DPAIM, you must set up the DPA Integration Module.
Known issues
Agent stops polling after a failover in an HA pool
In some cases, the agent configuration file SolarWinds.Agent.Service.exe.cfg can become corrupted after a failover in a SolarWinds High Availability (HA) pool. The corrupted configuration file is populated with host names or IP addresses of nodes that are not in the HA pool. If this happens, the agent stops polling and the agent status is reported as unknown.
Resolution or workaround: Complete the following steps to correct or avoid this issue.
Back up the SolarWinds.AgentManagement.ServiceCore.dll.config file before you make changes.
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Open the SolarWinds.AgentManagement.ServiceCore.dll.config file in a text editor. By default, the location is:
C:\Program Files\SolarWinds\Orion\SolarWinds.AgentManagement.ServiceCore.dll.configor
C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\SolarWinds.AgentManagement.ServiceCore.dll.config -
Add the following attribute to the
<agentManagementServiceConfiguration>section:sendToAgentJustIPAdressesWhichBelongsToTheSameHAPool="true"For example:
<agentManagementServiceConfiguration messagingPort="17778" sendToAgentJustIPAdressesWhichBelongsToTheSameHAPool="true" /> -
Save the file.
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Restart the SolarWinds Services.
End of life
| Version | EoL announcement | EoE effective date | EoL effective date |
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| 2020.2.6 | April 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on VNQM version 2020.2.6 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of VNQM. | May 18, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for VNQM version 2020.2.6 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | May 18, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for VNQM version 2020.2.6. |
| 2020.2.5 | January 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on VNQM version 2020.2.5 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of VNQM. | February 17, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for VNQM version 2020.2.5 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | February 17, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for VNQM version 2020.2.5. |
| 2020.2.4 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on VNQM version 2020.2.4 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of VNQM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for VNQM version 2020.2.4 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for VNQM version 2020.2.4. |
| 2020.2.1 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on VNQM version 2020.2.1 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of VNQM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for VNQM version 2020.2.1 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for VNQM version 2020.2.1. |
| 2020.2 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on VNQM version 2020.2 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of VNQM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for VNQM version 2020.2 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for VNQM version 2020.2. |
| 2019.4 | July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on VNQM version 2019.4 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of VNQM. | August 26, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for VNQM version 2019.4 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | August 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for VNQM version 2019.4. |
| 2019.2 | July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on VNQM version 2019.2 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of VNQM. | August 26, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for VNQM version 2019.2 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | August 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for VNQM version 2019.2. |
See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier VNQM versions, see VNQM release history.
Deprecation notice
The following 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.
Port 17778
SWIS REST Endpoint on port 17778 is deprecated as of 2023.1 and will be replaced with port 17774 in a future release. SolarWinds recommends that you start migrating SWIS REST Endpoint to port 17774.
If you are using DPAIM, make sure you are running DPA 2024.2 or later to switch to port 17774. Earlier DPA versions cannot send data to DPAIM on port 17774. See Specify the port DPA uses... for more information.
Starting with 2024.2, you can enable the port in Advanced Configuration by clearing the DisableSwisRestEndpointOnPort17778 option. See Enable/disable the SWIS endpoint port.
Network Atlas
Network Atlas is deprecated as of Orion Platform 2020.2. It is still available and supported in the current release, but will be removed in a future release. Deprecation is an indication that you should avoid expanded use of this feature and formulate a plan to discontinue using the feature. SolarWinds recommends that you start using Intelligent Maps in the SolarWinds Platform Web Console to display maps of physical and logical relationships between entities monitored by the SolarWinds Platform products you have installed.
Starting with 2024.2, you can import Network Atlas maps to Intelligent Maps. See Import maps.
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