What's New Foglight 5.9.2 (4324825)

The Foglight Management Server (FMS) code line for 5.9.x introduced a number of security related changes.  More specifically, legacy JBoss components involved in data submission, Foglight High Availability and Foglight Federation configurations have been removed.  As a result, customer upgrading from any Foglight version prior to 5.9.1 will have special considerations.  Highlights of the upgrade process are noted below, but you are strongly encouraged carefully read the release notes and upgrade guides, and to contact support with any questions. 

If you are running any version prior to 5.9.1, please be advised that:

• Once on FMS 5.7.5.8 version, you must upgrade all cartridges to 5.9.x compatible versions.  The release notes and upgrade guides indicate cartridge version requirements, and the installer will check your cartridge versions and prevent you from upgrading if there are any incompatibilities.  

NOTE:  If required, you can obtain the Cartridge Builder cartridge from KB 234169

If you have concerns and would like to evaluate your cartridge and/or custom agent compatibility prior to upgrade, we have developed a pre-upgrade analysis utility to identify cartridges that need to be upgraded and custom cartridges that might need modified.

Compatible cartridges list

As always, Quest Support is here to answer your questions.  In addition we have the following additional options/resources:

• Customers who are interested in having Professional Services evaluate and assist with any of the upgrade steps should contact your sales representative.
• Be sure to apply KB 93812 after the upgrade to properly set your FMS database repository connections.

• The 5.9.2 release of the Foglight Management Server contains the following new features:

• Added the capability of configuring audit log for REST API requests. (FGL-19524)
• Added the support to interface with REST APIs by using Auth-Token. With the help of this new approach, the Management Server can acquire the access of REST API directly, without an  additional login operation. (FGL-19488)
• Disabled Run Script API by default for the sake of safety. (FGL-19468)
• Added a new runNamedScript API (GET). (FGL-19449)

• Removed the  All System Changes chart from the Alarms dashboard. (WCF-15977)
• Added the Blackouts tab on the Alarms dashboard. (FGL-19532)
• Agent Status Removed  Start data collection and Stop data collection buttons from the Administration > Agents > Agent Status dashboard. (FGL-19534)

• Updated the Licenses table on the  Administration > Setup > Manage Licenses dashboard, to show Capacity, Usage, and Unit information. (WCF-15949)
• Added a new  Proxy Configuration dashboard under Administration > Setup. This dashboard is used to enable, disable, and configure proxy connections. (FGL-19571)
  (Note:  Requires installation of PhoneHomeClient cartridge).

• In the Run Report wizard, collapsed all templates in the Templates By Module tab by default. (FGL-19496)

• Added Critical and Fatal severities for Catalyst Database Latency Check rule. (FGL-19552)
• Added the capability for showing notifications that require customers' further actions across the top of the screen. (FGL-19498)
• Added the capability for validating a rule before importing and deploying this rule. (FGL-19401)
• Added the capability for customizing email messages for alarms under Service Builder. (FGL-19254)

• Added the support of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3.

• Upgraded embedded PostgreSQL to version 9.4.15. (FGL-19591)
• Upgraded Tomcat to version 7.0.82. (FGL-19555)
• Upgraded Struts 2 libs to version 2.3.34. (FGL-19484)
• Upgraded JVM JDK to version 1.8.0_144. (FGL-19455)

• A new PhoneHomeClient cartridge is added into the Foglight Management Server installer, which builds up the communication between Data Protection SaaS Portal and Foglight Management Server. With the help of this PhoneHomeClient cartridge, the Portal provides visibility into the availability of Foglight, issues with data collection, a view of active alarms and license usage management. (FGL-19509)
• Improved the installer to provide the location of the installer log when errors are encountered during installation. (FGL-19476)
• Added the capability for detecting obsolete JVM options in server.config during upgrade. (FGL-19301)

• Added the support to automatically assign a group to new AD Kerberos SSO users. (FGL-19535)
• Added a new  Add this to Standard View function for custom dashboards and reports on the Actions > General bar. (WCF-16002)
• Added the support of circle indicators for Map Topology.  

• Added the support of Unix FileSystem mounting monitoring on Linux and Oracle Solaris. (FREQ-1020)
• Changed to use zpool values for ZFS filesystem on Solaris. (IC-3947) 
• Added the Number of Processes rule to alert when the number of running processes goes abnormally high. (IC-3930)
• The Foglight for Infrastructure 5.9.2 supports monitoring hosts through unique local IPv6 Address and link-local IPv6 Address. If you want to use this feature, ensure that the operating system of monitored host is one of the following: (IC-3920)
  - Microsoft® Windows
  - Linux®
  - Oracle Solaris® 
• Added a new rule, Run Queue Length Threshold, to alert based on the threshold severity of runqueue metric. (IC-3851) 
• Added a new Disk IO by Process link in the Storage area of the Infrastructure Environment > Monitoring > Resource Utilizations dashboard. (IC-3535)
• Added a Physical Disks tab on the Infrastructure Environment dashboard. (IC-625)