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How to upgrade SolarWinds Orion products

SolarWinds Orion modules and standalone products are compatible with the specific versions of SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) shown in the following tables. Standalone products do not require any other SolarWinds products to be installed. To upgrade from earlier versions of Orion NPM or any of its modules, follow the given upgrade path.

Standalone products:

Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
Orion Application Performance Monitor (APM)
SolarWinds Synthetic End User Monitor (SEUM)
SolarWinds User Device Tracker (UDT)

Orion modules:

Orion Application Performance Monitor (APM) & Orion Application Monitor (AM)
Orion Enterprise Operations Console (EOC)
Orion Failover Engine (FOE)
Orion IP Address Manager (IPAM)
Orion IP SLA Manager (IPSLAM) & Orion VoIP Monitor
Orion NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) Integration
SolarWinds Synthetic End User Monitor (SEUM)
SolarWinds Toolset Integration (Engineer's & Standard)
SolarWinds User Device Tracker (UDT)

Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

Upgrade Path

Orion NPM 7.8.5 ⇒ 8.5.1 ⇒ 9.1 ⇒ 10.0 ⇒ 10.2

Orion Application Monitor (AM), Orion Application Performance Monitor (APM) and SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM)

	NPM 8.5.1	NPM 9.0	NPM 9.1	NPM 9.5	NPM 9.5.1	NPM 10	NPM 10.1 / Core 2010.2	NPM 10.1.1 / Core 2010.2.1	NPM 10.1.2 / Core 2011.1	NPM 10.1.3 / Core 2011.1.1	NPM 10.2.X / Core 2011.2.X
Orion AM	✓	✓
Orion APM 1.0	✓	✓
Orion APM 2.0	✓	✓	✓
Orion APM 2.5		✓¹	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orion APM 3.0				✓	✓	✓
Orion APM 3.1				✓²	✓	✓
Orion APM 3.5						✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orion APM 4.0							✓³	✓³	✓³	✓³	✓³
Orion APM 4.0.1							✓³	✓³	✓³	✓³	✓³
Orion APM 4.0.2									✓³	✓³	✓³
Orion APM 4.2										✓³	✓³
SW SAM 5.0											✓³

¹Not recommended
²Orion NPM 9.5 Service Pack 4
³Orion APM 4.0 and higher are standalone products that do not require Orion NPM, but they may be installed with Orion NPM. Orion APM 4.0 may be installed with Orion NPM 10.1 or higher. Orion APM 4.0.2 requires Orion NPM 10.1.2 or higher. Orion APM 4.2 requires Orion NPM 10.1.3 or higher. SW SAM requires NPM 10.2.2 or higher.

Upgrade Path

Orion NPM 8.5.1 ⇒ Orion APM 2.0 ⇒ Orion NPM 9.1 ⇒ Orion APM 2.5 ⇒ Orion NPM 10.0 ⇒ Orion APM 3.5 ⇒ Orion NPM 10.2 ⇒ Orion APM 4.2
Note: Standalone Orion APM upgrades Orion APM 4.0 ⇒ Orion APM 4.0.2

Orion Enterprise Operations Console (EOC)

	NPM 8.5.1	NPM 9.0	NPM 9.1	NPM 9.5	NPM 9.5.1	NPM 10	NPM 10.1 / Core 2010.2	NPM 10.1.1 / Core 2010.2.1	NPM 10.1.2 / Core 2011.1	NPM 10.1.3 / Core 2011.1.1	NPM 10.2.X / Core 2011.2.X
Orion EOC 1.2.0											✓¹
Orion EOC 1.2.0 SP1							✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orion EOC 1.2.0 SP2											✓
Orion EOC 1.3.0									✓	✓	✓
Orion EOC 1.3.0 SP1											✓

¹Orion EOC 1.2.0 SP1 is recommended

Orion Failover Engine (FOE)

	NPM 8.5.1	NPM 9.0	NPM 9.1	NPM 9.5	NPM 9.5.1	NPM 10	NPM 10.1 / Core 2010.2	NPM 10.1.1 / Core 2010.2.1	NPM 10.1.2 / Core 2011.1	NPM 10.1.3 / Core 2011.1.1	NPM 10.2.X / Core 2011.2.X
Orion FOE 6.4.0					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orion FOE 6.4.1					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Orion IP Address Manager (IPAM)

	NPM 8.5.1	NPM 9.0	NPM 9.1	NPM 9.5	NPM 9.5.1	NPM 10	NPM 10.1 / Core 2010.2	NPM 10.1.1 / Core 2010.2.1	NPM 10.1.2 / Core 2011.1	NPM 10.1.3 / Core 2011.1.1	NPM 10.2.X / Core 2011.2.X
Orion IPAM 1.0		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orion IPAM 1.0.1		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orion IPAM 1.5				✓¹	✓	✓
Orion IPAM 1.6				✓¹	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orion IPAM 1.7				✓¹	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orion IPAM 1.7.1				✓¹	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orion IPAM 2.0									✓	✓	✓
Orion IPAM 2.0.1									✓	✓	✓
Orion IPAM 3.0									✓	✓	✓

¹Orion NPM 9.5 Service Pack 5

Upgrade Path

Orion IPAM 1.0 ⇒ Orion NPM 9.1 ⇒ 10.0 ⇒ IPAM 1.5 ⇒ 1.7 ⇒ Orion NPM 10.2

Orion IP SLA Manager (IPSLAM) & Orion VoIP Monitor

	NPM 8.5.1	NPM 9.0	NPM 9.1	NPM 9.5	NPM 9.5.1	NPM 10	NPM 10.1 / Core 2010.2	NPM 10.1.1 / Core 2010.2.1	NPM 10.1.2 / Core 2011.1	NPM 10.1.3 / Core 2011.1.1	NPM 10.2.X / Core 2011.2.X
Orion VoIP 1.0	✓
Orion VoIP 2.0.x	✓	✓
Orion VoIP 2.1		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orion IPSLAM 3.0				✓¹	✓	✓
Orion IPSLAM 3.1				✓¹	✓	✓
Orion IPSLAM 3.5				✓¹	✓	✓
Orion IPSLAM 3.5.1						✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

¹Not recommended

Upgrade Path

Orion VoIP 2.0 ⇒ Orion NPM 8.5.1 ⇒ 9.0 ⇒ Orion VoIP 2.1 ⇒ Orion NPM 9.1 ⇒ 10.0 ⇒ Orion IPSLAM 3.5.1 ⇒ Orion NPM 10.2

Orion NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)

	NPM 8.5.1	NPM 9.0	NPM 9.1	NPM 9.5	NPM 9.5.1	NPM 10	NPM 10.1 / Core 2010.2	NPM 10.1.1 / Core 2010.2.1	NPM 10.1.2 / Core 2011.1	NPM 10.1.3 / Core 2011.1.1	NPM 10.2.X / Core 2011.2.X
Orion NTA 2.2	✓
Orion NTA 2.2.1	✓	✓
Orion NTA 3.0	✓	✓	✓
Orion NTA 3.1		✓¹	✓	✓	✓
Orion NTA 3.5				✓	✓	✓
Orion NTA 3.6				✓²	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orion NTA 3.7					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orion NTA 3.8							✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

¹Not recommended
²Orion NPM 9.5 Service Pack 4

Upgrade Path

Orion NPM 8.5.1 ⇒ Orion NTA 3.0 ⇒ Orion NPM 9.1 ⇒ Orion NTA 3.1 ⇒ Orion NPM 9.5.1 ⇒ Orion NTA 3.7 ⇒ Orion NPM 10.2 ⇒ Orion NTA 3.8

Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) Integration

NPM
8.5.1

NPM
9.0

NPM
9.1

NPM
9.5

NPM
9.5.1

NPM
10

NPM
10.1 /
Core
2010.2

NPM
10.1.1 /
Core
2010.2.1

NPM
10.1.2 /
Core
2011.1

NPM
10.1.3 /
Core
2011.1.1

NPM
10.2.X /
Core
2011.2.X

NPM
10.2.2/
Core
2011.2.2

Orion NCM 5.0

✓

Orion NCM 5.1.x

✓¹

✓

Orion NCM 5.5

✓

Orion NCM 5.5.1

✓

Orion NCM 5.5.2

✓

Orion NCM 6.0

✓

Orion NCM 6.1

✓

Orion NCM 7.0

✓

Orion NCM 7.0.1

✓

Orion NCM 7.0.2

✓

¹Not recommended

Upgrade Path

Orion Cirrus 4 ⇒ Orion NCM 5 ⇒ Orion NPM 9.1 ⇒ Orion NCM 5.1 ⇒ Orion NPM 9.5.1 ⇒ Orion NCM 5.5.2 ⇒ Orion NPM 10.1.3 ⇒ Orion NCM 6.0 ⇒ Orion NPM 10.2 ⇒ Orion NCM 6.1

SolarWinds Synthetic End User Monitor (SEUM)

	NPM 8.5.1	NPM 9.0	NPM 9.1	NPM 9.5	NPM 9.5.1	NPM 10	NPM 10.1 / Core 2010.2	NPM 10.1.1 / Core 2010.2.1	NPM 10.1.2 / Core 2011.1	NPM 10.1.3 / Core 2011.1.1	NPM 10.2.X / Core 2011.2.X
SolarWinds SEUM 1.0									✓¹	✓¹	✓¹
SolarWinds SEUM 1.5									✓¹	✓¹	✓¹

¹ SolarWinds SEUM does not require Orion NPM but can integrate with it.

SolarWinds Toolset Integration (Engineer's & Standard)

	NPM 8.5.1	NPM 9.0	NPM 9.1	NPM 9.5	NPM 9.5.1	NPM 10	NPM 10.1 / Core 2010.2	NPM 10.1.1 / Core 2010.2.1	NPM 10.1.2 / Core 2011.1	NPM 10.1.3 / Core 2011.1.1	NPM 10.2.X / Core 2011.2.X
Toolset 10.5.0		✓	✓	✓	✓
Toolset 10.6.0					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Toolset 10.7.0											✓

SolarWinds User Device Tracker (UDT)

	NPM 8.5.1	NPM 9.0	NPM 9.1	NPM 9.5	NPM 9.5.1	NPM 10	NPM 10.1 / Core 2010.2	NPM 10.1.1 / Core 2010.2.1	NPM 10.1.2 / Core 2011.1	NPM 10.1.3 / Core 2011.1.1	NPM 10.2.X / Core 2011.2.X
SolarWinds UDT 1.0									✓¹	✓¹	✓¹
SolarWinds UDT 1.0.1									✓¹	✓¹	✓¹
SolarWinds UDT 2.0											✓¹

¹ SolarWinds UDT does not require Orion NPM but can integrate with it.

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