Foglight® for Office 365 5.8.3

Developed for Foglight Management Server 5.9.8/ Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3/ Foglight Evolve 9.3

Release Notes

December 2020


Contents

Welcome to Foglight for Office 365

New in this release

Resolved issues and enhancements

Upgrade and compatibility

System requirements

Prerequisites

Product licensing

Getting started with Foglight for Office 365

About Us


Welcome to Foglight for Office 365

Foglight® solution simplifies application performance monitoring and reduces the skills and effort required to manage applications, the user experience, and the supporting infrastructure.

Unlike other solutions, Foglight uses a single code base, and has a model-driven design that couples fast deployment and accelerated time-to-value. It offers the modular flexibility required to deliver a range of capabilities and sophistication to meet the needs of any organization—from those still focused on technology-centric monitoring to those that have completed the transition to application-centric or transactional monitoring.

Foglight performs equally well in physical, virtual, and mixed infrastructure environments, providing visibility into issues affecting the application and end-user experience. Intuitive workflows help you quickly move from the symptom to the root cause in the application, database, infrastructure, or network to resolve issues, reducing mean time to resolution. Predefined and drag-and-drop dashboards provide insight that is tailored to each stakeholder. By offering comprehensive visibility into your monitored environment, Foglight helps ensure that cross-functional teams collaborate on and prioritize issues that matter most to the business.

These Release Notes cover the resolved issues, known issues, workarounds, and other important information about the 5.8.3 release of Foglight for Office 365. Review all sections before starting the installation.

 


New in this release

This 5.8.3 release of Foglight for Office 365 accompanies the release of Foglight Evolve 9.3 and Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3. This release includes the following new features and improvements:


Resolved issues and enhancements

This 5.8.3 release of Foglight for Office 365 accompanies the release of Foglight Evolve 9.3 and Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3. This release includes the following resolved issues and enhancements:


Known issues

The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.

Defect ID

Known Issues

FOG-621

Office 365 Education domain collections are not supported.

EXC-1628

Office 365 Government domain collections are not supported.

n/a

Microsoft has announced Active Directory LDAP Channel Binding and LDAP signing requirements (https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/help/4520412/2020-ldap-channel-binding-and-ldap-signing-requirement-for-windows). Below error message will be found in the ADFS agent log, but agent can collect data normally:
Credential LDAP connectivity test failed: UPN: exc@2016dag.fog.local, error message: javax.naming.AuthenticationNotSupportedException: [LDAP: error code 8 - 00002028: LdapErr: DSID-0C090202, comment: The server requires binds to turn on integrity checking if SSL\TLS are not already active on the connection, data 0, v2580 ]


Upgrade and compatibility

The latest version of Foglight for Office 365 is 5.8.3. You can upgrade to version 5.8.3 of Foglight for Office 365 from Foglight for Exchange 5.7.2.2 or Foglight for Office 365 5.7.2.3 and later.

 

Note: When upgrading a stand-alone Foglight for Office 365 from a version earlier than 5.8.3, the license must be updated. Contact your Quest Account Manager for your new license.

 

To upgrade the Foglight for Office 365 to the latest version:

  1. Deactivate all of the Office 365 agents.
  2. Install version 5.8.3 of Foglight for Office 365. For details, see Installation instructions.
  3. Deploy the agent package to each Foglight Agent Manager that hosts an Office365 agent instance and wait for the version to update.
    Note: This may take two to three refresh cycles.
  4. From the navigation panel, navigate to Dashboards > Office365 > Office365 Environment > Administration tab. In the Agents view select the Office365 agents that you want to upgrade, and click Upgrade Agent.
    Note: You can specify the lockbox when upgrading the agents. The credentials for the existing agents are updated automatically. 
  5. Verify the agent properties and update the properties and collection intervals as required.
  6. Activate the agents and start data collections.

 

The following is a list of product versions and platforms compatible with this release.

Product Name

Product Version

Platform

Foglight Management Server

5.9.8

All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Management Server

Foglight Agent Manager

5.9.8

All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Agent Manager

Foglight Evolve

9.3

All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Evolve

Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition

8.9.3

All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition

 


System requirements

Before installing Foglight for Office365, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:

Platform

Any supported Foglight, Foglight Evolve, or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition platform.

For complete information, see the System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.

Memory

As specified in Foglight, Foglight Evolve, or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition documentation.

Hard Disk Space

As specified in Foglight, Foglight Evolve, or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition documentation.

Operating System

As specified in Foglight, Foglight Evolve, or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition documentation.

Monitored Servers

Foglight for Office 365 support Microsoft Active Directory Federation Service 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0.

Active Directory Federation Service 2.0 and 5.0 can only be monitored via WinRm at this release, while other ADFS version can be monitored via both Dcom and WinRm.

For ADFS agents: If the monitored host is a physical machine, it requires a host agent for host information collection. If the monitored host is a virtual machine, it requires a VMware/Hyper-V agent to collect host information collection.

 


Prerequisites

The following prerequisite conditions must be in place in order to successfully initialize an Office 365 agent. Failure to meet these prerequisites may result in missing metrics in Foglight for Office 365 dashboards.

Important: All prerequisite steps must be completed on the ADFS server as well as the Active Directory® server because the Office365 agent collects information from the Active Directory server and requires access permissions.

Note: The Remote Access Diagnostics utility, provided with this cartridge, checks the connectivity between the Foglight Agent Manager (FglAM) and Active Directory and ADFS servers that are being monitored. It also tests for the prerequisite conditions that must be met in order to initialize an Office 365 agent. This utility requires .NET® 2.0 libraries to run. For more information on running the Remote Access Diagnostics utility, see the Remote Access Diagnostics User Guide.

Account privileges

Office 365 account privileges:

Note: Make sure to give minimum required privilege to your agent; otherwise this agent cannot start data collection.

ADFS account privileges:

Office 365® account privileges:

Note: The monitoring user for Office 365 can be a unlicensed user.

DCOM prerequisites for the ADFS server

  1. Enable the Distributed COM (DCOM) on the ADFS server:
    1. Click Start | Run.
    2. In the Run dialog, enter dcomcnfg and click OK.
    3. Expand Component Services and then Computers.
    4. Right-click the My Computer object and select Properties.
    5. On the Default Properties tab, check the Enable Distributed COM on this computer option.
      • Select "Default Authentication Level" as "Connect.
      • Select "Default Impersonation Level" as "Identify".
  2. The Remote Registry Service must be running on each ADFS server being monitored by Foglight for Office 365, to allow agents remote access to the registry.
  3. The ADFS account specified in the agent properties must have Full Control permissions on the registry keys. Refer to Permissions on registry keys to configure DCOM command shell connection in Foglight Agent Manager Guide for detailed information.

SmbServerNameHardeningLevel in ADFS Server should be 0 (the default)

ADFS servers that have to be accessed by clients not supporting GSS authentication must have SmbServerNameHardeningLevel set to 0 (the default). For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2345886.

Firewall settings for the ADFS Server

Rule #1: need local ports 135, 139, 389 (or 636) and 445 opened.

Rule #2: need "Dynamic RPC" local ports opened.

For more information, see the following article: https://support.quest.com/kb/SOL85903.

Configure Windows Remote Management (WinRM)

For details about this topic, refer to the "Configuring Windows Remote Management (WinRM)" section in the Foglight Agent Manager Guide.  

Kerberos settings for the Agent Manager

The Kerberos configuration file specifies the KDC from which tickets are obtained. Operating systems sometimes have their own Kerberos configuration files. If present, the Agent Manager uses them by default. They can be found in the following locations:

If none of these files are found, the Agent Manager attempts to create its own kerberos configuration file, based on the detected settings. The detection can only be done on Windows, so on Unix, the file is not generated. On Unix platforms, you need to create your own Kerberos configuration files to establish WinRM connections using Negotiate authentication.

The krb5.ini or krb5.conf file should contain the realm info and hostname of the KDC for this realm. For example:

[libdefaults]
default_realm = <REALM_NAME_IN_CAPS>
[realms]
<REALM_NAME_IN_CAPS> = {
kdc = <fully_qualified_kdc_name>
}
[domain_realm]
.<domain_in_lower_case> = <REALM_NAME_IN_CAPS>

Agent must be able to reach the target host

Server objects do not appear until at least one piece of data has been collected and recorded. If communication fails completely, you will not see objects.

Configuration steps:

  1. Test Ping by IP. You must be able to ping the collection target from the FglAM hosting the agent instance. If ping by IP fails, there are routing issues.
  2. Test Ping by host name. A DNS server or Hosts file must be available to the FMS server in order to resolve names. If ping by host name fails, there are DNS or Hosts file issues.
  3. If a Hosts file is used, it should contain an entry for each domain where hosts reside. For example:
    10.10.10.100 domain.local
    10.10.10.200 childdomain.domain.local
  4. In addition, individual servers must resolve to the NetBIOS names and the FQDN. For example:
    10.10.10.101 server server.domain.local
    The Hosts file is located at %windir%\system\drivers\etc.

Additional descriptions for ADFS server host data

ADFS agents delegate Windows agents, VMware agents, or Hyper-V agents to collect host data.  ADFS agents collect host details to decide whether it is a VMware Virtual machine or a Hyper-V Virtual machine. By default, the host type is a physical machine.

 


Product licensing

Foglight includes a licensing capability that restricts access to those features that are defined in the license. Any Management Server installation requires a license that grants access to server-specific parts of the browser interface and the features associated with them. Foglight cartridges are also license-protected. While some cartridges are covered by the base Foglight license (such as Foglight Agent Manager cartridges and the Cartridge for Infrastructure), others may require an additional license. Foglight for Office 365 is covered by the Foglight Evolve Monitor, Operate, and Flex license.

To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:

  1. On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Administration > Setup > Manage Licenses.
  2. Click Install.
  3. In the Install License dialog box, click Browse.
  4. In the file browser that appears, specify the location of the license file.
  5. In the Install License dialog box, click Install License.

 


Getting started with Foglight for Office 365

Contents of the release package

The Foglight for Office 365 release package contains the following:

  1. Foglight for Office 365 version 5.8.3 files:
  2. Product Documentation, including:

Installation instructions

Foglight for Office 365 can be installed as a stand-alone cartridge on a Foglight platform. In this configuration, all Office 365 metrics are collected as well as basic host metrics from both physical and virtual Office 365 Servers. Before installing the cartridge, ensure that your Foglight Management Server is properly installed and configured. For information on how to install and configure the Foglight Management Server, refer to the Foglight Installation and Setup Guide set.

 

Foglight for Office 365 can also be installed on a Foglight Evolve or a Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition platform. In this configuration, it is used to gain in-depth insight into the health of the virtual machine, the virtual host, and the virtual environment as a whole. Before installing the cartridge, ensure that Foglight Evolve or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition is properly installed and configured. For information on how to install and configure Foglight Evolve or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition, refer to the Foglight Installation and Setup Guide set.

Installation best practices

You can use one Foglight Agent Manager (FglAM) with the following settings to support 25 to 30 agent instances: 6 GB memory and 2 CPU.

It is recommended that you perform the following steps before you begin the installation procedure:

  1. If you do not have a Foglight for Office 365 cartridge, you can download it from our Support Portal at https://support.quest.com/.
    1. Before you download the product, you must register with Quest. If you are a registered Quest user, log on using your email address and password.
    2. Once you have registered or logged in, locate the product and version that you want to download from the product list.
    3. In the download window, click the link and save the file to an appropriate directory (for example, C:\temp).
  2. Verify that prerequisites are met as listed in the Upgrade and compatibility and System requirements sections of this document.

Installation and setup

Foglight for Office 365 is distributed as a .car file: Office365Monitoring-5_8_3.car.

To install Foglight for Office 365:

Use the Administration > Cartridges > Cartridge Inventory dashboard to install the Office365Monitoring-5_8_3.car cartridge.
For full installation instructions, refer to the topic "Installing Foglight cartridges" in the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help.

In order for Office 365 data to appear on the Foglight browser interface, once the cartridge has been successfully installed, you need to deploy the agent package, configure the agent properties, create and activate agents, and start the data collection. For detailed information about these procedures, refer to Foglight for Office 365 User Guide.

Additional resources

Additional information is available from the following:

Globalization

This section contains information about installing and operating this product in non-English configurations, such as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation.

This release is Unicode-enabled and supports any Unicode character set. In this release, all product components should be configured to use the same or compatible character encodings and should be installed to use the same locale and regional options. This release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America, Western Europe and Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Far-East Asia, Japan. It supports bidirectional writing (Arabic and Hebrew). The release supports Complex Script (Central Asia – India, Thailand).

 


About Us

Quest creates software solutions that make the benefits of new technology real in an increasingly complex IT landscape. From database and systems management, to Active Directory and Office 365 management, and cyber security resilience, Quest helps customers solve their next IT challenge now. Around the globe, more than 130,000 companies and 95% of the Fortune 500 count on Quest to deliver proactive management and monitoring for the next enterprise initiative, find the next solution for complex Microsoft challenges and stay ahead of the next threat. Quest Software. Where next meets now. For more information, visit https://www.quest.com/.

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The Support Portal provides self-help tools you can use to solve problems quickly and independently, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Support Portal enables you to:

 


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