Foglight for Infrastructure 5.9.8

Foglight^® for Infrastructure provides the ability to monitor an infrastructure environment and to analyze performance issues affecting various host systems. It provides system agents for local and remote monitoring of Windows^® and UNIX^® (including Linux^®) hosts. The cartridge can be used - by itself - to monitor physical hosts, or - in combination with other agents - to monitor virtual hosts. The cartridge provides a service-based dashboard for easy monitoring and for quick access to relevant frequently-asked questions.

These Release Notes cover the resolved issues, known issues, workarounds, and other important information about the 5.9.8 release of Foglight for Infrastructure. Review all sections before starting the installation.

For complete product information, see the Foglight for Infrastructure User and Reference Guide.

Foglight Log Monitor

Foglight^® Log Monitor is an Infrastructure utility shipped with Foglight for Infrastructure which monitors log files and identifies activities that can potentially lead to performance issues.

For complete information about Foglight Log Monitor, see the Foglight for Infrastructure User and Reference Guide.

Foglight for PowerVM

Foglight^® for PowerVM allows you to monitor IBM® PowerVM® environments. Foglight alerts you about infrastructure problems as soon as they develop, enabling you to resolve issues proactively before end users are affected. Early intervention ensures consistent application performance at established service levels. Foglight for PowerVM monitors the health of your virtual system by tracking the levels of resource utilization such as CPU, network, and memory consumption of individual objects in your integrated environment.

For complete information about Foglight for PowerVM, see the Foglight for Infrastructure User and Reference Guide.

New in this release

This release contains the following new features and updates:

Foglight for Infrastructure new features

This release of Foglight for Infrastructure includes the following new features and improvements:

Added a new tab in Host monitor dashboard to display the process info. (IC-4364)
Supported Host agent connectivity diagnostic tool verification on 5.9.8. (IC-4357)