Foglight Resource Optimizer 5.6.16 can be installed on Foglight and comes installed on Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.3. For information about system requirements for this release, see section "Hardware requirements and guidelines" in the System Requirements and Platform Support Guide for the product you have installed.
Before installing Foglight Resource Optimizer, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:
| Platform, Memory and Hard Disk Space | The platform, memory, and hard disk space requirements for the monitored servers must match the Agent Manager requirements. For complete information, see the System Requirements and Platform Support Guide. |
| Operating System | Foglight Resource Optimizer can be installed on any supported Foglight Management Server or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition configuration. |
Foglight includes a licensing capability that restricts access to those features that are defined in the license. Any Management Server installation requires a license that grants access to server-specific parts of the browser interface and the features associated with them. Foglight cartridges are also license-protected. While some cartridges are covered by the base Foglight license (such as Foglight Agent Manager cartridges and Foglight for Infrastructure), others may require an additional license. Foglight Resource Optimizer is covered by the base Foglight for Virtualization Enterprise license.
To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:
The Foglight Resource Optimizer release package contains the following:
Foglight Resource Optimizer 5.6.16 comes pre-installed and enabled on Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.3.
Foglight Resource Optimizer can be installed on the Foglight Management Server versions listed in the Upgrade and Compatibility section.
To install Foglight Resource Optimizer:
For cartridge installation instructions, see “Installing Foglight cartridges” in the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help.
Additional information is available from the following:
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 was not enabled and tested for international operation. Only U.S. English configurations of this product and U.S. English datasets are fully supported. Support for non-ASCII characters or non-English configurations may work appropriately, but these configurations have not been tested and this release should be used with caution in these environments.