Foglight 5.9.8 - Upgrade Guide

Upgrade Foglight for Infrastructure

The latest version of Foglight for Infrastructure is 5.9.8.

As part of the transition to Quest Software, Foglight for Infrastructure 5.8.5.8 and higher deprecate the following agent types:

The specific agent types listed above are being deprecated in order to comply with rebranding requirements. The deprecated agent types and their replacements are identical, with the exception of the agent type name. Previously created instances of deprecated agent types will continue to run, however, you will only be able to deploy new instances of the replacement agent type.

As of 5.8.5.8, migrating deprecated agent types to the new agent types is not required. An option to migrate deprecated agent instances to the new agent types is available, but hidden. Contact Quest Support for instructions on how to migrate your agents.

Foglight for Infrastructure version 5.9.8 requires Management Server version 5.9.2 or later and Foglight Agent Manager 5.8.0 or later.

NOTE: Some content in Foglight for Infrastructure supersedes that of the legacy Cartridge for Operating Systems. However, no upgrade path is provided for replacing an existing legacy Cartridge for Operating System with Foglight for Infrastructure.

NOTE: Foglight for Infrastructure 5.8.1 (and later) requires the latest OS Patch level for AIX®. In order to support the AIX platform, the latest OS Service Packs must be applied prior to installing or upgrading Foglight for Infrastructure to 5.8.5.4 (or later).

For cartridge installation instructions, see “Installing Foglight Evolve cartridges” in the Foglight Evolve Administration and Configuration Help.

After the cartridge is installed, you must deploy the new HostAgents.gar agent package to each of your Agent Managers to update the agents. Do not deactivate the agents before deploying; they are updated automatically.

For information about upgrading Foglight for PowerVM, see Upgrade Foglight for PowerVM.

Upgrade Foglight for Apache

The latest version of Foglight for Apache is 5.9.1.

Foglight for Apache 5.9.1 requires Management Server version 5.9.2 or later, and Foglight Agent Manager version 5.9.7 or later.

Customers who need to upgrade Foglight for Apache from version 5.6.5 to 5.9.1, and require their data from the 5.6.5 version be compatible with the 5.9.1 version, should contact Quest Support for help. Quest Support can reference APPB-340 for different solutions on how to perform a data migration with 5.6.5 data in different scenarios.

Upgrade Foglight Automation

The latest version of Foglight Automation is 5.6.3.8.

Foglight Automation 5.6.3.8 requires Management Server version 5.9.4 or later.

For cartridge installation instructions, see “Installing Foglight Evolve Cartridges” in the Foglight Evolve Administration and Configuration Help.

For more details, see Upgrade Foglight ActionPacks.

Upgrade Foglight ActionPacks

The latest version of Foglight ActionPacks is 5.6.3.8:

Foglight ActionPacks 5.6.3.8 requires Management Server version 5.9.4 or later.

The ActionPacks require the ActionPack-Runtime.car file, which is included in the Foglight Automation.car file. All cartridges must have the same version.