Upgrade and compatibility
Important:
- To upgrade from a 5.5.x Management Server to 5.7.1 or later, you must first upgrade to 5.6.2 (or a more recent 5.6.x version), and then to 5.7.1 or later.
- To upgrade from a 5.6.11 Management Server to 5.7.5.x, you must first upgrade to 5.7.1, and then to 5.7.5.x.
- To upgrade from a 5.7.5.x Management Server to 6.1.x, you must first upgrade to 5.7.5.8, and then to 6.1.x.
- Foglight Management Server (5.7.0 to 5.7.5.8) no longer supports authentication of Federation actions (such as clearing alarms) without specifying a secure token in the federation.config file. Previously configured installations in which Federated Master and Children were authenticated without a security token no longer allow authenticated actions. For more information, see the Federation Field Guide.
- In the 5.9.x release, configuration of SecurityToken in the federation.config file (adopted from Foglight 5.7.0 to 5.7.5.8) was removed. Therefore, configuring an SSL for Federation is required when you upgrade the Federation environment to release 6.1.x from a release prior to 5.9.x, if your Federation environment configures SecurityToken before. For more information, see the Federation Field Guide.
- To upgrade from 5.9.8 FMS + 5.9.7.20 db cartridge to Management Server to 6.x release, you must first upgrade the cartridge to 5.9.7.24, and then to 6.x. This is true for SQL Server, Oracle and DB2 cartridges
See the Foglight 6.3.x Upgrade Guide for information about upgrading Foglight and for a list of the latest cartridge versions that are compatible with Foglight Management Server 6.3.x.
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System requirements
For information about system requirements for this release, see the Foglight 6.3.0 System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.
This will be the final Foglight release that supports the Foglight Agent Manager (FglAM) on AIX , Sun Solaris, and HP-UX platforms. Starting from the next release, FglAM installers will only be provided for Windows and Linux platforms.
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Final platform support notice
For information about system requirements for this release, see the Foglight 6.3.0 System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.
This will be the final Foglight release that supports the Foglight Agent Manager (FglAM) on AIX , Sun Solaris, and HP-UX platforms. Starting from the next release, FglAM installers will only be provided for Windows and Linux platforms.
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Product licensing
Foglight includes a licensing capability that restricts access to those features that are defined in the license. All Management Server installations require 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 the Cartridge for Infrastructure), others may require an additional license.
To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:
- On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Administration > Setup > Manage Licenses.
- Click Install.
- In the Install License dialog box, click Browse.
- In the file browser that appears, specify the location of the license file.
- In the Install License dialog box, click Install License.
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