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Is it worth upgrading to v8.5 with all the reported issues outstanding?

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FormerMember

Good post! I have the same concern. It doesn't look good.

FormerMember

As is typical with a new release, there have been a few bumps. In the next day or two, we will be releasing a hotfix that addresses the majority of these issues. .

bleearg13

As is typical with a new release, there have been a few bumps. In the next day or two, we will be releasing a hotfix that addresses the majority of these issues. .

Excellent! It really surprised me that Passthrough authentication and special characters in passwords got past all the beta testing. Just goes to show you that there's usually a big difference in how lab environments are set up as opposed to production environments.

FormerMember

Although we're having problems with passthrough authentication, it's not always a problem. Many of these issues boil down to permissions. For many customers who have having difficulties, the problem is that their is a permission shortfall around ASP.net when they upgrade. Their permissions were sufficient for ASP, but there's something missing for ASP.net. These issues are really tough to troubleshoot because there are so many places for the troubles to hide.

The password thing surprises me, too, though. With all the beta and internal testing, we should have turned that one up.

BryanBecker

Denny....any updates on a hotfix for 8.5? When will it be out?

BB

FormerMember

Sorry it's taking so long. The hotfix was causing some collateral damage, so we've been tracking that down. We're now in the very last stages of testing. So soon.

Don331

This is a long thread... we're a tuff crowd sometimes!

Let's all remember "back" a year or two ago when we would all complain about the LACK of new revisions for Orion...

We're getting feature enhancement upgrades on regular schedule
We're seeing HOTFIXES - anybody ever remember hotfixes for a Solarwinds product before?
We're seeing the basic architecture of the product being brought up to current standards, and Optimized!
Anybody remember how SLoooooowwww the old DB maintenance was?
How about the recent 8.5 Beta (among others) that was tested by a bunch of us? I'd love to see a list of just how many existing bugs were squashed from our "healthy" participation in the beta.

I can work-around any of the bugs for the next couple weeks..... But let's all take a moment to realize where we are at now in our partnership with Solarwinds versus the "way it used to be". I give 'em a big thumbs up!!

torrielw

Yes they were LONG over due for an upgrade. But at what expense? Do I now as the administrator spend my day working around bugs, and waiting for hotfixes. For as long as we waited for the releases seems to me they had plenty of time to produce a more sound product.

FormerMember

Waiting for the bugs to get worked out is always the smart move. Unfortunately with regard to upgrades we have had very few issues. There have been bugs but they are usually isolated and you work them out. This upgrade has the web interface down until further notice. Since i was the bright guy that went ahead and pulled the trigger im not smiling. (that much)

The truth is as someone else mentioned if your environment cant risk the down time the smart money is on waiting and perhaps consulting with Solarwinds to get a taste of the risk factor.