To upgrade to Foglight Evolve License:

Upgrade and compatibility

Foglight 7.3.0 can be directly upgraded from version 6.3.x or 7.1.x. However, if you are using any of the older versions, upgrading first to 6.3.x or 7.1.x is necessary.

Note:

1. Upgrades from Foglight for Virtualization Enterprise (FVE) edition to Foglight Evolve edition are not automatically free. To take advantage of the changed licensing and new functionality in Foglight Evolve, contact your Quest Account Manager to review your requirements.

2. Once the FIPS Compliance mode is enabled or disabled during installation, you cannot change it without a complete reinstallation of Foglight Evolve.

To upgrade Foglight Evolve:

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

To upgrade to Foglight Evolve License:

1. Install the Foglight Evolve Core License. Refer to Install licenses in Foglight Administration and Configuration Guide for detailed information.
2. Install Foglight Evolve feature license, which includes Foglight Evolve Cloud, Foglight Evolve Monitor, Foglight Evolve Operate, and Foglight Evolve Flex license. Refer to New in This Release for detailed information.
3. Remove old Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition license.

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System requirements

System requirements

For information about system requirements for this release, see:

• Foglight 7.3.0 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 Evolve includes a Foglight Evolve Cloud, a Foglight Evolve Operate, and a Foglight Evolve Flex 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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Getting started with Foglight Evolve

Getting started with Foglight Evolve

Contents of the release package

The Foglight Evolve 7.3.0 release package contains the following:

1. Foglight Evolve 7.3.0.
2. Product documentation. For more information, refer to the release notes for each component (listed in New in this release).

Installation instructions

For information about installing Foglight Evolve 7.3.0, see the Foglight Installation and Setup Guide for your target environment.

Note: It is recommended that Foglight Evolve 7.3.0 is used with the Management Server 7.3.0, which is included in the installer.

Additional resources

Additional information is available from the following:

• Online product documentation (https://support.quest.com/technical-documents#F)
• Foglight Community https://www.quest.com/community/products/foglight/

Globalization

This section contains information about installing and operating this product in non-English configurations, such as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation.

This release is Unicode-enabled and supports any character set. In this release, all product components should be configured to use the same or compatible character encodings and should be installed to use the same locale and regional options. This release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America, Western Europe and Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Far-East Asia, Japan. It supports bidirectional writing (Arabic and Hebrew). The release supports Complex Script (Central Asia – India, Thailand).

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