Foglight for VMware 5.8 - Installation Guide

Installing the Foglight for VMware Management Server

Install the Foglight Management Server using the installer for your platform. For complete information, see the Foglight for VMware Installation and Setup Guide set.

Installing the Foglight for VMware Agent Manager

The Management Server includes an Agent Manager which can be used to remotely monitor hosts. To balance the collection load, you can choose to install the Agent Manager on additional hosts. For complete information, see the Agent Manager Guide.

Installing and enabling Foglight for VMware

NOTE: Foglight™ for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition comes with Foglight for VMware pre-installed. The information provided in this section is only applicable to Foglight Management Server installations.

Foglight for VMware is distributed in the following CAR files:

NOTE: VMware-Admin-5_7_0.car file provides access to VMware administrative actions through the VMware Explorer’s Administration tab. For more information about the VMware Explorer, see the Foglight for VMware User and Reference Guide.

Installing and enabling these cartridges on the Management Server add the VMware® capabilities to your Foglight environment and makes their components available for use. When a cartridge is installed and enabled, all of its components become part of the Management Server.

The following procedure describes the process of installing and enabling the available cartridges using the browser interface. Another way to install and enable Foglight cartridges is through the fglcmd command-line interface. For more information about the available fglcmd commands, see the Command-Line Reference Guide.

From here, you can proceed to deploying the VMware Performance Agent package. For more information, see Deploying VMware Performance Agent packages to monitored hosts.

Deploying VMware Performance Agent packages to monitored hosts

Foglight™ for VMware uses VMware Performance Agent instances to collect information from a vCenter®. Installing and enabling Foglight for VMware on the Management Server makes its VMware Performance Agent package available for deployment.

VMware Performance Agent uses the Agent Manager for communication with the Management Server. Foglight for VMware can monitor Virtual Center machines remotely. For that reason, the Agent Manager does not need to be installed on each individual host that you want to monitor. It is typically installed on one machine; some scenarios may require multiple Agent Manager installations to balance the collection load.

Deploy the VMware Performance Agent package to the applicable Agent Manager instances. In some installations, the Management Server already has the VMware Performance Agent deployed to its embedded Agent Manager instance. Deploying the package is only required if you plan to use additional Agent Manager instances.

The following procedure describes the deployment process using the Agent Status dashboard. This administrative dashboard is useful for deploying the agent package one host at a time. Alternatively, for deploying the VMware Performance Agent package to multiple hosts, you can use the Agent Hosts dashboard. For more information, see the Administration and Configuration Guide.

Another way to deploy agent packages is through the fglcmd command-line interface. For more information about the available fglcmd commands, see the Command-Line Reference Guide.

From here, you can proceed to grant privileges to the VMware Performance Agent for collecting data from the monitored host. For more information, see Enabling VMware Performance Agents to collect data from a Virtual Center.