FOG-4557

Improved performance of VMWare environment top VMs dashboard

VMWare

FOG-3932

Tag collection for VMWare is now optional

VMWare

VM-6572

There are no VMware tags services displayed on the Foglight Management Server with FIPS-compliant mode enabled.

VFOG-11752

The Virtual Machines Network Performance - Service report is missing units when exported as an Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

VFOG-11219

Too many vCenter sessions are detected, due to the agents not disconnecting properly when done. This leaves many idle sessions on the vCenter.

VFOG-10849

When forwarded, the vSphere Alarm Virtual machine CPU usage displays null values.

VFOG-10796

 vCenter alarms are not collected by default. To enable their collection, set the Alarms Collection Enabled property of the VMware Performance Agent to True.

VFOG-10217

A number of Warning messages are found in the log, indicating a big time difference between the monitored vCenter and Management Server.

VFOG-10171

Incorrect virtual CPU ratio values are found in custom reports.

VFOG-9390

The table on the Top CPU Consuming Virtual Machines view cannot be sorted.

VFOG-9067

VMware cartridge creates duplicate VMware Performance agents with the ID -1.

VFOG-9042
VFOG-6727

The vCenter Certificate's public key length has to be 1024-bits or higher and could not use MD5. This is because vCenters are configured to use a 512-bit long certificate keys. The Foglight Agent Manager JRE is updated to version 1.7.0.40 (1.7u40) or higher, which restricts the certificate key length to 1024 bits or higher.

Workaround:

1. Locate the following entry in the <fglam_home>/jre/lib/security/java.security file: 

   jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms=MD2, RSA keySize < 1024
   

2. Modify it as follows: 

   jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms=MD2, RSA keySize < 512

3. Deactivate and activate the VMware Performance Agent.

VFOG-6302

The IP address of ESX host cannot be collected and presented in the dashboard.

VFOG-8973

If there are multiple virtual machines with the same name running in different virtual centers, their performance data may be incorrect.

VFOG-8515

Upgrading to Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.0 causes the Virtual Environment Overview tiles to show zero objects.

Workaround: Update the VMware Performance agent on the VMware Environment Administration tab, as instructed. For upgrade instructions, see Upgrade and Compatibility.

VFOG-3421

When the IP or host name of the monitoring host changes, this results in two Virtual Center instances, one that collects data, and another that does not.
Workaround: Using the Data Management dashboard, navigate to VMware Model > Virtual Centers, and delete the Virtual Center host that no longer collects data.

VFOG-2198

After exporting the CPU Utilization graph to Excel, incorrect labels appear in the resulting file.

VM-6572

There are no VMware tags services displayed on the Foglight Management Server with FIPS-compliant mode enabled.

VFOG-11752

The Virtual Machines Network Performance - Service report is missing units when exported as an Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

VFOG-11219

Too many vCenter sessions are detected, due to the agents not disconnecting properly when done. This leaves many idle sessions on the vCenter.

VFOG-10849

When forwarded, the vSphere Alarm Virtual machine CPU usage displays null values.

VFOG-10796

 vCenter alarms are not collected by default. To enable their collection, set the Alarms Collection Enabled property of the VMware Performance Agent to True.

VFOG-10217

A number of Warning messages are found in the log, indicating a big time difference between the monitored vCenter and Management Server.

VFOG-10171

Incorrect virtual CPU ratio values are found in custom reports.

VFOG-9390

The table on the Top CPU Consuming Virtual Machines view cannot be sorted.

VFOG-9067

VMware cartridge creates duplicate VMware Performance agents with the ID -1.

VFOG-9042
VFOG-6727

The vCenter Certificate's public key length has to be 1024-bits or higher and could not use MD5. This is because vCenters are configured to use a 512-bit long certificate keys. The Foglight Agent Manager JRE is updated to version 1.7.0.40 (1.7u40) or higher, which restricts the certificate key length to 1024 bits or higher.

Workaround:

1. Locate the following entry in the <fglam_home>/jre/lib/security/java.security file: 

   jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms=MD2, RSA keySize < 1024
   

2. Modify it as follows: 

   jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms=MD2, RSA keySize < 512

3. Deactivate and activate the VMware Performance Agent.

VFOG-6302

The IP address of ESX host cannot be collected and presented in the dashboard.

VFOG-8973

If there are multiple virtual machines with the same name running in different virtual centers, their performance data may be incorrect.

VFOG-8515

Upgrading to Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.0 causes the Virtual Environment Overview tiles to show zero objects.

Workaround: Update the VMware Performance agent on the VMware Environment Administration tab, as instructed. For upgrade instructions, see Upgrade and Compatibility.

VFOG-3421

When the IP or host name of the monitoring host changes, this results in two Virtual Center instances, one that collects data, and another that does not.
Workaround: Using the Data Management dashboard, navigate to VMware Model > Virtual Centers, and delete the Virtual Center host that no longer collects data.

VFOG-2198

After exporting the CPU Utilization graph to Excel, incorrect labels appear in the resulting file.

VFOG-11632

Performance metrics cannot be collected for VSAN 5.5 because of its limited API.
For more information, visit: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.wssdk.apiref.doc%2Fvim.host.VsanInternalSystem.html

Workaround: Upgrade to VSAN version 6.0.

VFOG-11599

A known issue in vCenter 5.1, 5.5 and 6.0 leads to wrong packet loss values, causing the VMW Virtual Machine Packet Loss rule alarms to be triggered. For more information, visit:
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2052917

Workaround: If you monitor version 5.1/5.5, install the latest patch. At the moment, there is no solution for version 6.0.

VFOG-10311

If a monitored VM is using a vmxnet3 adapter, networking data cannot be collected. This is a known issue in vCenter 6. For more information, visit:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2119264

VFOG-10301

The VM Network Performance data was lost when moving a virtual machine between vCenters.

VFOG-9632

The VMware Explorer displays logical disk information for RHEL 6 virtual machines, but not for RHEL 7 virtual machines. This is due to the limitation of the default open-vm-tools version 9.4.0, included with RHEL 7 and CentOS 7, which does not support the XFS file system.

VFOG-8579

vSwitch topology views display incorrect utilization and packet loss values, showing data for unused and standby NICs.
Workaround: Since NICs are connected physically, they receive broadcast messages, which results in the display of data transmission rates rate for these NICs. However there is no actual loss of data transmit. To prevent this data from appearing, physically remove such NICs.

VFOG-8486

The total command latency is collected for monitored datastores, but cannot be collected for NFS (network file system) storage.
Workaround: The total command latency is based on disk-based calculations, and is only available for a disk/LUN that uses SCSI commands. Not all types of datastores are disk-based (NFS for example is not), and sometimes a disk can create multiple datastores. As an alternative, the datastore total latency metric can be used.

VFOG-8455

The virtual machine guest OS boot time is only collected in vCenter 5 or higher.