Foglight for VMware 6.0.0 - User Guide (Lite version)

Installing and configuring Foglight for VMware

Foglight™ for VMware monitors the health of your virtual system by tracking resource consumption such as CPU, network, and memory consumption for individual ESX® hosts, virtual machines, and other components in your integrated environment. This chapter contains information about system requirements and takes you through the installation procedure, step by step.

IMPORTANT: See the Foglight for VMware Release Notes for important additional information about this product version.

Requirements and compatibility

This section describes the components that are required to successfully integrate Foglight™ for VMware into Foglight.

Foglight for VMware for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition

Foglight for VMware is installed with Foglight for VMware for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition. For information about installing Foglight for VMware for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition, see the Foglight for VMware Installation and Setup Guide for your target environment. This version of Foglight for VMware is included and supported with version 8.4.0 of Foglight for VMware for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition.

Foglight for VMware Management Server

Foglight for VMware can be used on a Foglight platform to gain in-depth insight into the health of the virtual machine, the server, and the virtual environment as a whole.

Before installing Foglight for VMware, ensure that your Management Server is properly installed and configured. For information on how to install and configure the Management Server, see the Installation and Setup Guide and the Administration and Configuration Guide. The minimum supported version of the Management Server is 5.7.5.