Foglight 5.9.5 - Upgrade Guide

Upgrade Foglight for Sybase

The latest version of Foglight for Sybase is 5.9.3.10. However, due to architectural changes in the Foglight for Sybase 5.9.3.10, legacy cartridge versions cannot be upgraded to version 5.9.3.10. You may install the new Sybase cartridge on the same FMS instance as the old cartridge. The new Sybase cartridge must use a different FglAM than the legacy cartridge. Both FglAMs may be installed on the same FMS.

NOTE: If you upgrade the Management Server to version 5.5.8 or later, you must upgrade the Cartridge for Sybase to version 5.5.5 or later.

NOTE: If the agent fails to collect data, check the agent log for information about the problem.

When upgrading from version 5.5.5 of the cartridge, the upgrade overrides the value of the common Performance Poll Cycle (seconds) property, and uses that value to set the collection rate for each table in the PerfMon_Dflt list. Versions of the cartridge prior to 5.5.8 included the common Sybase_MDA agent properties, Performance Collection True/False and Performance Poll Cycle (seconds), used to control the collection of performance data. This version of the cartridge includes performance monitoring properties that enable or disable the collection of performance data and the length of the polling interval on a per-table basis. The secondary agent properties in the PerfMon_Dflt list now include two new columns, Collect and Poll Cycle (sec), that control these values for each individual table.

NOTE: The file setup_mon_tables.sql contains all of the required parameters with sample values. The last four parameters were added in version 5.5.8. NOTE: There is a known defect: when deploying the agent package, a progress bar appears but never indicates completion. Typically the deployment has completed successfully. For a workaround procedure that verifies that the deployment has completed, see section “Upgrade” in the Cartridge for Sybase 5.7.5.50 Release Notes.

Upgrade the End User Management cartridges

Follow the procedures in this section to upgrade an earlier version of an End User cartridge or component.

The latest versions of the end user management cartridges are:

Upgrade End User cartridges

The FxM 5.6.5 requires the latest version of the Agent Manager supported on your Management Server.

The 5.5.8.1 and later versions of the End User Cartridges require Management Server version 5.5.8 or later.

IMPORTANT: If you intend to use the Agent Manager with version 5.6.3 or later FTR agents and you are not yet using the Agent Manager (that is, if you are still using SPID), see Click Start Data Collection..

Follow the procedure below to upgrade the End User cartridges.

IMPORTANT: Prior to upgrading any cartridge or appliance, backup the Management Server database. For information about how to backup the Management Server database, see “Backing up Foglight” in the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help.

Upgrade the End User cartridges

If you do not have a particular End User cartridge, ignore the step(s) for upgrading that cartridge.

NOTE: The EU-Core Cartridge is required by all other End User cartridges.