How to use upgrade pre-checker (Pre-upgrade analysis utility) for Foglight 5.9.x and Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition (FVE) 8.7/8.7.x (4262431)

How to use upgrade pre-checker (Pre-upgrade analysis utility) for Foglight 5.9.1, Foglight 5.9.2 and Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition (FVE) 8.7 / 8.7.5 ?

1. Download attached Pre-upgrade analysis utility  (ForgeUpgradeCheck-all.jar) and upload to your FMS server $FGLHOME/jre/bin directory
2. Run this command
   java -jar ForgeUpgradeCheck-all.jar Car_file_OR_Folder > result.html (For windows FMS)
   ./java -jar ForgeUpgradeCheck-all.jar Car_file_OR_Folder > result.html (For Linux FMS)
   

        NOTE 1: Car_file_OR_Folder, this is the directory where all the cartridges are installed, usually a path like this: \QUEST\Foglight\cartridge

      3. Review the result.html file.

      4. Upgrade to compatible cartridge(s) and un-install not compatible cartridge(s)

      5. Re-run the checker again to verify

NOTE 3: The 5.5.4 Operating System Cartridge is no longer supported, and is incompatible with 5.9.x and has been replaced with the Infrastructure Cartridge. If you wish to upgrade to 5.9.x, you will need to uninstall the OS Cartridge and use Infrastructure Cartridge 5.9.x.

How to solve customer cartridge error found from pre-checker tool.

For any customization cartridges which having following direct class reference in groovy, jar for org.jboss.*,  please change to use the new reference as listed below. 

For other error, please contact Quest Technical Support

• Here is an example which have compatibility issue found.

• Please see attached video on how to use the Pre-upgrade analysis utility tool