Foglight® Cost Director 5.7.7
Developed for Foglight Management Server 5.9.4 / Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5
Release Notes
November 2018
Welcome to Foglight Cost Director
Resolved issues and enhancements
Getting started with Foglight Cost Director
Business are challenged with know which workloads to move to the cloud. Foglight® Cost Director alleviates this problem by allowing businesses to know the true costs associated with running your data center to help you truly understand the cost of new VMs, environment growth, planned changes, and whether or not Cloud is going to really save you money.
These Release Notes cover the resolved issues, known issues, workarounds, and other important information about the 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director. Review all sections before starting installation.
This 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director accompanies the release of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5. It is the first release of Foglight Cost Director.
This 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director accompanies the release of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5. It is the first release of Foglight Cost Director.
The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.
|
Defect ID |
Known Issue |
| TORCD-2521 |
The value of "I/O Operation Cost per 100,000" can only show 3 decimal places by default, so the value of this metric cannot be less than 0.001. |
This 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director is the first release of Foglight for NetVault.
The following Foglight product versions and platforms are compatible with this release.
|
Product Name |
Product Version |
Platform |
| Foglight Management Server | 5.9.4 | All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Management Server |
| Foglight Agent Manager | 5.9.4 | All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Agent Manager |
| Foglight For Virtualization, Enterprise Edition | 8.8.5 | All platforms supported by this version of Foglight For Virtualization, Enterprise Edition |
For information about system requirements for this release, see the corresponding Foglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.
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. A 30-day trial license of Foglight Cost Director is provided.
To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:
Foglight Cost Director 5.7.7 is a software release, and consists of the .car file required for installation on the Management Server and the necessary documentation.
The Foglight Cost Director release package contains the following products:
1. Foglight Cost Director version 5.7.7
2. Product Documentation, including:
Foglight Cost Director 5.7.7 comes pre-installed on Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5.
Foglight Cost Director can be installed on the Foglight Management Server versions listed in the Upgrade and Compatibility section.
To install Foglight Cost Director:
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 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.
This release has the following known capabilities or limitations: This release is only localized for English but does support the Unicode character set.
We are on a quest to make your information technology work harder for you. That is why we build community-driven software solutions that help you spend less time on IT administration and more time on business innovation. We help you modernize your data center, get you to the cloud quicker and provide the expertise, security and accessibility you need to grow your data-driven business. Combined with Quest’s invitation to the global community to be a part of its innovation, and our firm commitment to ensuring customer satisfaction, we continue to deliver solutions that have a real impact on our customers today and leave a legacy we are proud of. We are challenging the status quo by transforming into a new software company. And as your partner, we work tirelessly to make sure your information technology is designed for you and by you. This is our mission, and we are in this together. Welcome to a new Quest. You are invited to Join the Innovation™.
Our logo reflects our story: innovation, community and support. An important part of this story begins with the letter Q. It is a perfect circle, representing our commitment to technological precision and strength. The space in the Q itself symbolizes our need to add the missing piece — you — to the community, to the new Quest.
For sales or other inquiries, visit http://quest.com/company/contact-us.aspx or call +1-949-754-8000.
Technical support is available to Quest customers with a valid maintenance contract and customers who have trial versions. You can access the Quest Support Portal at https://support.quest.com.
The Support Portal provides self-help tools you can use to solve problems quickly and independently, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Support Portal enables you to:
Quest, the Quest logo, Foglight, and Join the Innovation are trademarks and registered trademarks of Quest Software Inc. in the U.S.A. and other countries. For a complete list of Quest Software trademarks, please visit our website at www.quest.com/legal. Red Hat, JBoss, the JBoss logo, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. CentOS is a trademark of Red Hat, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Fedora and the Infinity design logo are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. Microsoft, .NET, Active Directory, Internet Explorer, Hyper-V, Office 365, SharePoint, Silverlight,SQL Server, Visual Basic, Windows, Windows Vista and Windows Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. AIX, IBM, PowerPC, PowerVM, and WebSphere are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Java, Oracle, Oracle Solaris, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Sun, WebLogic, and ZFS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing the SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Oracle Corporation. OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation. HP is a registered trademark that belongs to HewlettPackard Development Company, L.P. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or both. MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in the United States, the European Union and other countries. Novell and eDirectory are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc., in the United States and other countries. VMware, ESX, ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, vMotion, and vCloud Director are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Sybase is a registered trademark of Sybase, Inc. The X Window System and UNIX are registered trademarks of The Open Group. Mozilla and Firefox are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation. IOS is a registered trademark or trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. Apple, iPad, iPhone, Mac OS, Safari, Swift, and Xcode are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Ubuntu is a registered trademark of Canonical Ltd. Symantec and Veritas are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. OpenSUSE, SUSE, and YAST are registered trademarks of SUSE LCC in the United States and other countries. Citrix, AppFlow, NetScaler, XenApp, and XenDesktop are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. PostgreSQL is a registered trademark of the PostgreSQL Global Development Group. MariaDB is a trademark or registered trademark of MariaDB Corporation Ab in the European Union and United States of America and/or other countries. Intel, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc. OpenStack is a trademark of the OpenStack Foundation. Amazon Web Services, the "Powered by Amazon Web Services" logo, and "Amazon RDS" are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Infobright, Infobright Community Edition and Infobright Enterprise Edition are trademarks of Infobright Inc. POLYCOM®, RealPresence® Collaboration Server, and RMX® are registered trademarks of Polycom, Inc. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
Foglight® Cost Director 5.7.7
Developed for Foglight Management Server 5.9.4 / Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5
Release Notes
November 2018
Welcome to Foglight Cost Director
Resolved issues and enhancements
Getting started with Foglight Cost Director
Business are challenged with know which workloads to move to the cloud. Foglight® Cost Director alleviates this problem by allowing businesses to know the true costs associated with running your data center to help you truly understand the cost of new VMs, environment growth, planned changes, and whether or not Cloud is going to really save you money.
These Release Notes cover the resolved issues, known issues, workarounds, and other important information about the 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director. Review all sections before starting installation.
This 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director accompanies the release of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5. It is the first release of Foglight Cost Director.
This 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director accompanies the release of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5. It is the first release of Foglight Cost Director.
The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.
|
Defect ID |
Known Issue |
| TORCD-2521 |
The value of "I/O Operation Cost per 100,000" can only show 3 decimal places by default, so the value of this metric cannot be less than 0.001. |
This 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director is the first release of Foglight for NetVault.
The following Foglight product versions and platforms are compatible with this release.
|
Product Name |
Product Version |
Platform |
| Foglight Management Server | 5.9.4 | All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Management Server |
| Foglight Agent Manager | 5.9.4 | All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Agent Manager |
| Foglight For Virtualization, Enterprise Edition | 8.8.5 | All platforms supported by this version of Foglight For Virtualization, Enterprise Edition |
For information about system requirements for this release, see the corresponding Foglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.
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. A 30-day trial license of Foglight Cost Director is provided.
To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:
Foglight Cost Director 5.7.7 is a software release, and consists of the .car file required for installation on the Management Server and the necessary documentation.
The Foglight Cost Director release package contains the following products:
1. Foglight Cost Director version 5.7.7
2. Product Documentation, including:
Foglight Cost Director 5.7.7 comes pre-installed on Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5.
Foglight Cost Director can be installed on the Foglight Management Server versions listed in the Upgrade and Compatibility section.
To install Foglight Cost Director:
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 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.
This release has the following known capabilities or limitations: This release is only localized for English but does support the Unicode character set.
We are on a quest to make your information technology work harder for you. That is why we build community-driven software solutions that help you spend less time on IT administration and more time on business innovation. We help you modernize your data center, get you to the cloud quicker and provide the expertise, security and accessibility you need to grow your data-driven business. Combined with Quest’s invitation to the global community to be a part of its innovation, and our firm commitment to ensuring customer satisfaction, we continue to deliver solutions that have a real impact on our customers today and leave a legacy we are proud of. We are challenging the status quo by transforming into a new software company. And as your partner, we work tirelessly to make sure your information technology is designed for you and by you. This is our mission, and we are in this together. Welcome to a new Quest. You are invited to Join the Innovation™.
Our logo reflects our story: innovation, community and support. An important part of this story begins with the letter Q. It is a perfect circle, representing our commitment to technological precision and strength. The space in the Q itself symbolizes our need to add the missing piece — you — to the community, to the new Quest.
For sales or other inquiries, visit http://quest.com/company/contact-us.aspx or call +1-949-754-8000.
Technical support is available to Quest customers with a valid maintenance contract and customers who have trial versions. You can access the Quest Support Portal at https://support.quest.com.
The Support Portal provides self-help tools you can use to solve problems quickly and independently, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Support Portal enables you to:
Quest, the Quest logo, Foglight, and Join the Innovation are trademarks and registered trademarks of Quest Software Inc. in the U.S.A. and other countries. For a complete list of Quest Software trademarks, please visit our website at www.quest.com/legal. Red Hat, JBoss, the JBoss logo, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. CentOS is a trademark of Red Hat, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Fedora and the Infinity design logo are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. Microsoft, .NET, Active Directory, Internet Explorer, Hyper-V, Office 365, SharePoint, Silverlight,SQL Server, Visual Basic, Windows, Windows Vista and Windows Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. AIX, IBM, PowerPC, PowerVM, and WebSphere are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Java, Oracle, Oracle Solaris, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Sun, WebLogic, and ZFS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing the SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Oracle Corporation. OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation. HP is a registered trademark that belongs to HewlettPackard Development Company, L.P. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or both. MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in the United States, the European Union and other countries. Novell and eDirectory are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc., in the United States and other countries. VMware, ESX, ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, vMotion, and vCloud Director are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Sybase is a registered trademark of Sybase, Inc. The X Window System and UNIX are registered trademarks of The Open Group. Mozilla and Firefox are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation. IOS is a registered trademark or trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. Apple, iPad, iPhone, Mac OS, Safari, Swift, and Xcode are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Ubuntu is a registered trademark of Canonical Ltd. Symantec and Veritas are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. OpenSUSE, SUSE, and YAST are registered trademarks of SUSE LCC in the United States and other countries. Citrix, AppFlow, NetScaler, XenApp, and XenDesktop are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. PostgreSQL is a registered trademark of the PostgreSQL Global Development Group. MariaDB is a trademark or registered trademark of MariaDB Corporation Ab in the European Union and United States of America and/or other countries. Intel, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc. OpenStack is a trademark of the OpenStack Foundation. Amazon Web Services, the "Powered by Amazon Web Services" logo, and "Amazon RDS" are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Infobright, Infobright Community Edition and Infobright Enterprise Edition are trademarks of Infobright Inc. POLYCOM®, RealPresence® Collaboration Server, and RMX® are registered trademarks of Polycom, Inc. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
Foglight® Cost Director 5.7.7
Developed for Foglight Management Server 5.9.4 / Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5
Release Notes
November 2018
Welcome to Foglight Cost Director
Resolved issues and enhancements
Getting started with Foglight Cost Director
Business are challenged with know which workloads to move to the cloud. Foglight® Cost Director alleviates this problem by allowing businesses to know the true costs associated with running your data center to help you truly understand the cost of new VMs, environment growth, planned changes, and whether or not Cloud is going to really save you money.
These Release Notes cover the resolved issues, known issues, workarounds, and other important information about the 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director. Review all sections before starting installation.
This 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director accompanies the release of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5. It is the first release of Foglight Cost Director.
This 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director accompanies the release of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5. It is the first release of Foglight Cost Director.
The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.
|
Defect ID |
Known Issue |
| TORCD-2521 |
The value of "I/O Operation Cost per 100,000" can only show 3 decimal places by default, so the value of this metric cannot be less than 0.001. |
This 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director is the first release of Foglight for NetVault.
The following Foglight product versions and platforms are compatible with this release.
|
Product Name |
Product Version |
Platform |
| Foglight Management Server | 5.9.4 | All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Management Server |
| Foglight Agent Manager | 5.9.4 | All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Agent Manager |
| Foglight For Virtualization, Enterprise Edition | 8.8.5 | All platforms supported by this version of Foglight For Virtualization, Enterprise Edition |
For information about system requirements for this release, see the corresponding Foglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.
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. A 30-day trial license of Foglight Cost Director is provided.
To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:
Foglight Cost Director 5.7.7 is a software release, and consists of the .car file required for installation on the Management Server and the necessary documentation.
The Foglight Cost Director release package contains the following products:
1. Foglight Cost Director version 5.7.7
2. Product Documentation, including:
Foglight Cost Director 5.7.7 comes pre-installed on Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5.
Foglight Cost Director can be installed on the Foglight Management Server versions listed in the Upgrade and Compatibility section.
To install Foglight Cost Director:
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 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.
This release has the following known capabilities or limitations: This release is only localized for English but does support the Unicode character set.
We are on a quest to make your information technology work harder for you. That is why we build community-driven software solutions that help you spend less time on IT administration and more time on business innovation. We help you modernize your data center, get you to the cloud quicker and provide the expertise, security and accessibility you need to grow your data-driven business. Combined with Quest’s invitation to the global community to be a part of its innovation, and our firm commitment to ensuring customer satisfaction, we continue to deliver solutions that have a real impact on our customers today and leave a legacy we are proud of. We are challenging the status quo by transforming into a new software company. And as your partner, we work tirelessly to make sure your information technology is designed for you and by you. This is our mission, and we are in this together. Welcome to a new Quest. You are invited to Join the Innovation™.
Our logo reflects our story: innovation, community and support. An important part of this story begins with the letter Q. It is a perfect circle, representing our commitment to technological precision and strength. The space in the Q itself symbolizes our need to add the missing piece — you — to the community, to the new Quest.
For sales or other inquiries, visit http://quest.com/company/contact-us.aspx or call +1-949-754-8000.
Technical support is available to Quest customers with a valid maintenance contract and customers who have trial versions. You can access the Quest Support Portal at https://support.quest.com.
The Support Portal provides self-help tools you can use to solve problems quickly and independently, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Support Portal enables you to:
Quest, the Quest logo, Foglight, and Join the Innovation are trademarks and registered trademarks of Quest Software Inc. in the U.S.A. and other countries. For a complete list of Quest Software trademarks, please visit our website at www.quest.com/legal. Red Hat, JBoss, the JBoss logo, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. CentOS is a trademark of Red Hat, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Fedora and the Infinity design logo are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. Microsoft, .NET, Active Directory, Internet Explorer, Hyper-V, Office 365, SharePoint, Silverlight,SQL Server, Visual Basic, Windows, Windows Vista and Windows Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. AIX, IBM, PowerPC, PowerVM, and WebSphere are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Java, Oracle, Oracle Solaris, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Sun, WebLogic, and ZFS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing the SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Oracle Corporation. OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation. HP is a registered trademark that belongs to HewlettPackard Development Company, L.P. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or both. MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in the United States, the European Union and other countries. Novell and eDirectory are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc., in the United States and other countries. VMware, ESX, ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, vMotion, and vCloud Director are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Sybase is a registered trademark of Sybase, Inc. The X Window System and UNIX are registered trademarks of The Open Group. Mozilla and Firefox are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation. IOS is a registered trademark or trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. Apple, iPad, iPhone, Mac OS, Safari, Swift, and Xcode are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Ubuntu is a registered trademark of Canonical Ltd. Symantec and Veritas are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. OpenSUSE, SUSE, and YAST are registered trademarks of SUSE LCC in the United States and other countries. Citrix, AppFlow, NetScaler, XenApp, and XenDesktop are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. PostgreSQL is a registered trademark of the PostgreSQL Global Development Group. MariaDB is a trademark or registered trademark of MariaDB Corporation Ab in the European Union and United States of America and/or other countries. Intel, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc. OpenStack is a trademark of the OpenStack Foundation. Amazon Web Services, the "Powered by Amazon Web Services" logo, and "Amazon RDS" are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Infobright, Infobright Community Edition and Infobright Enterprise Edition are trademarks of Infobright Inc. POLYCOM®, RealPresence® Collaboration Server, and RMX® are registered trademarks of Polycom, Inc. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
Foglight® Cost Director 5.7.7
Developed for Foglight Management Server 5.9.4 / Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5
Release Notes
November 2018
Welcome to Foglight Cost Director
Resolved issues and enhancements
Getting started with Foglight Cost Director
Business are challenged with know which workloads to move to the cloud. Foglight® Cost Director alleviates this problem by allowing businesses to know the true costs associated with running your data center to help you truly understand the cost of new VMs, environment growth, planned changes, and whether or not Cloud is going to really save you money.
These Release Notes cover the resolved issues, known issues, workarounds, and other important information about the 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director. Review all sections before starting installation.
This 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director accompanies the release of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5. It is the first release of Foglight Cost Director.
This 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director accompanies the release of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5. It is the first release of Foglight Cost Director.
The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.
|
Defect ID |
Known Issue |
| TORCD-2521 |
The value of "I/O Operation Cost per 100,000" can only show 3 decimal places by default, so the value of this metric cannot be less than 0.001. |
This 5.7.7 release of Foglight Cost Director is the first release of Foglight for NetVault.
The following Foglight product versions and platforms are compatible with this release.
|
Product Name |
Product Version |
Platform |
| Foglight Management Server | 5.9.4 | All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Management Server |
| Foglight Agent Manager | 5.9.4 | All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Agent Manager |
| Foglight For Virtualization, Enterprise Edition | 8.8.5 | All platforms supported by this version of Foglight For Virtualization, Enterprise Edition |
For information about system requirements for this release, see the corresponding Foglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.
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. A 30-day trial license of Foglight Cost Director is provided.
To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:
Foglight Cost Director 5.7.7 is a software release, and consists of the .car file required for installation on the Management Server and the necessary documentation.
The Foglight Cost Director release package contains the following products:
1. Foglight Cost Director version 5.7.7
2. Product Documentation, including:
Foglight Cost Director 5.7.7 comes pre-installed on Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5.
Foglight Cost Director can be installed on the Foglight Management Server versions listed in the Upgrade and Compatibility section.
To install Foglight Cost Director:
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 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.
This release has the following known capabilities or limitations: This release is only localized for English but does support the Unicode character set.
We are on a quest to make your information technology work harder for you. That is why we build community-driven software solutions that help you spend less time on IT administration and more time on business innovation. We help you modernize your data center, get you to the cloud quicker and provide the expertise, security and accessibility you need to grow your data-driven business. Combined with Quest’s invitation to the global community to be a part of its innovation, and our firm commitment to ensuring customer satisfaction, we continue to deliver solutions that have a real impact on our customers today and leave a legacy we are proud of. We are challenging the status quo by transforming into a new software company. And as your partner, we work tirelessly to make sure your information technology is designed for you and by you. This is our mission, and we are in this together. Welcome to a new Quest. You are invited to Join the Innovation™.
Our logo reflects our story: innovation, community and support. An important part of this story begins with the letter Q. It is a perfect circle, representing our commitment to technological precision and strength. The space in the Q itself symbolizes our need to add the missing piece — you — to the community, to the new Quest.
For sales or other inquiries, visit http://quest.com/company/contact-us.aspx or call +1-949-754-8000.
Technical support is available to Quest customers with a valid maintenance contract and customers who have trial versions. You can access the Quest Support Portal at https://support.quest.com.
The Support Portal provides self-help tools you can use to solve problems quickly and independently, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Support Portal enables you to:
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