2024.4 Release Notes

Build Number: 2024.4.0.11 Last updated: 23/10/2024

What's New in 2024.4

Ecoverse Experience

The Following features are Ecoverse Experience enablers that may be behind a feature flag and not expected to be enabled (independent of an N-central release) until later in Q3 2024.

• Integration of new asset view into N-central

• New components to display cloud served views and supporting elements in N-central

• Permissions information (Roles and Access Groups) from N-central to N-able cloud services

• Transfer of customized device information to the asset view cloud service

• Linking cloud-based asset view to N-central single device details page

• Linking cloud service asset view to selected devices in N-central All Devices view

• Linking N-central integrated Take Control integrated from cloud asset view

• N-central server mapping service to support linking from asset view across N-central multiple servers

• Capture audit events from Fusion Asset view user actions, in N-central

• Transfer and update SO, Customer, and Site info from N-central to Eco-verse services

• N-central Asset view N-able Login (SSO) token support

We expect these features to be available over time but actual timeline and order are subject to a number of factors and are subject to change.

New data models in N-central Analytics Direct Data Access

We're happy to share the new data domains available in Direct Data Access for N-central Analytics! Seven fact tables for the following new data domains are available to use with new and previously released dimension tables:

• Device Incident

• Network Error and Packet Loss

• OS Reboot and Uptime History

• OS Reboot and Uptime Latest

• Hardware: Physical Storage

• Hardware: Video Controller

• Remote Execution/Automation Engine

REST API Endpoint Additions

There REST API endpoint additions in 2024.4 include:

• Added "Select" query parameter to Device List endpoint to allow for querying for a specific set of devices using RSQL (https://github.com/jirutka/rsql-parser)

• Added "/api/appliance-tasks/{taskid} that will allow for getting more details around service-monitoring tasks. An example would be to get more details around Agent last check-in time from the Agent Status monitoring task.

• Added new "scope" to "/api/device-filters" to allow for retrieving ALL filters, not just the ones made available in the UI drop-down menu.

• Added "/api/org-units/{orgunit}/registration-token endpoint to allow for getting the org unit registration token for automatic Agent installs.

Bug Fixes

There are many bug fixes included in this build. Be sure to review the full list of included updates below for more details.

Post GA releases

Here's a breakdown of our new features and updates released since the GA version of N-central.

Now Available: N-central adds Microsoft Entra ID authentication provider to N-able login

Released: 23/10/2024

N-central now supports Microsoft Entra ID as a part of its single sign on capabilities provided by N-able Login starting with N-central 2024.4. Not only can you configure and manage N-able Login within N-central, but now you can add support to Microsoft Entra ID creating a seamless experience across N-central, other N-able products and resources, as well as any other systems partners have standardized their identity management with Entra ID.

The introduction of Entra ID into N-able Login will provide partners, and their staff added efficiency reducing the time it takes to move and shift across their tech stack in addition to N-able products.

N-central Apple Agent v1.11.1

Released: 7/10/2024

This new agent improves the out of box memory monitoring service.

In current agent versions memory usage calculations would differ considerably from that of Activity Monitoring thus making diagnosis confusing and often inaccurate including failing for high thresholds when not necessary.

This new agent’s improved calculations will both lower unnecessary alerts and more closely mirror the types of tools technicians use to investigate memory issues.

Analytics UI enhancements

Released: 20/8/2024

We've added a new tab, SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT in Analytics. It allows you to see a list of all schedules created for your dashboards. They are now all in one place rather than having to navigate to the specific dashboard and editing the schedule from there. There's also a new scheduling cadence, 'quarterly'.

Upgrade Paths and Notes

To upgrade to N-able N-central 2024.4, your N-able N-central server must be running the following version:

• N-able N-central 2023.4.0.32

• N-able N-central 2023.5.0.12

• N-able N-central 2023.6.0.9

• N-able N-central 2023.7.0.10+

• N-able N-central 2023.8.0.11+

• N-able N-central 2023.9.0.25

• N-able N-central 2023.9.0.26

• N-able N-central 2023.9.1.30

• N-able N-central 2024.1.0.17

• N-able N-central 2024.2.0.18

• N-able N-central 2024.2.0.20

• N-able N-central 2024.3.0.16

Note the following when upgrading N-able N-central.

Tasks may expire if the agent on an associated device is being upgraded when the task is scheduled to be completed. Agent upgrades are normally short in duration but a delay may happen if a device re-start is pending.

Included updates in N-able N-central

N-central 2024.4 GA

If you are upgrading from a version prior to 2023.9, please note that because of the PostgreSQL upgrade included with N-central 2023.9, on-premise partners can expect this upgrade to take longer than previous upgrades may have. Please do NOT reboot your N-central server if the upgrade appears to be stuck. Please check the server console for error messages, or contact Support and they can advise on the progress and status of the upgrade.

Known Issues

These items for the current version of the N-able N-central software is composed of material issues significantly impacting performance whose cause has been replicated by N-able and where a fix has not yet been released. The list is not exclusive and does not contain items that are under investigation. Any known limitations set forth herein may not impact every customer environment. The N-able N-central software is being provided as it operates today. Any potential modifications, including a specific bug fix or any potential delivery of the same, are not considered part of the current N-able N-central software and are not guaranteed.

Agents & Probes

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Automation Manager

AV Defender and Backup Manager – D2D

Custom Services

Core Functionality

Dashboards

PSA Integration

UI