Third party known issues

Third party known issues

Installation

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Upgrade and compatibility

Upgrade and compatibility

Important. Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3 may be directly upgraded from versions 8.8, 8.8.5, 8.9, 8.9.1, and 8.9.2. To upgrade from version 8.7.5, 8.7, 8.6, you must first upgrade Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition to version 8.8, then to version 8.9.3. For more information, see the Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition Upgrade Guide.

Note: Once the FIPS Compliance mode is enabled or disabled during installation, you cannot change it without a complete reinstallation of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition.

To upgrade Foglight for Virtualization EE:

1. Download the Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3 installation package for your platform from Quest Support.
2. Install as an upgrade. For complete instructions, see the Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition Upgrade Guide.

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System requirements

System requirements

For information about system requirements for this release, see:

• Foglight 5.9.x System Requirements and Platform Support Guide
• The "System Requirements" section in the release notes for each component (see New in this release).

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Product licensing

Product licensing

Foglight for Virtualization EE includes a trial license. You can select your trial license during installation.

When a trial license expires, the trial product stops collecting data. Your historical data may subject to lose. If you want to continue collecting data, you need to purchase a commercial license. If you want to stop collecting data before the trial license expires, deactivate your monitoring agents using the Agent Status dashboard. For more information, see the Foglight Administration and Configuration Guide.

To purchase a full license, contact your Foglight sales representative. You can install purchased licenses either during the trial or after the trial period has expired. You install and manage licenses using the Manage Licenses dashboard.

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.

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