Foglight® for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3
Developed for Foglight Management Server 5.9.8
Release Notes
December 2020
Welcome to Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition
Resolved issues and enhancements
Getting Started with Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition
Foglight® for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition (hereafter referred to as Foglight for Virtualization EE simplifies application performance monitoring and reduces the skills and effort required to manage applications, the user experience, and the supporting infrastructure. Unlike other solutions, Foglight for Virtualization EE uses a single code base, and has a model-driven design that couples fast deployment and accelerated time-to-value. It offers the modular flexibility required to deliver a range of capabilities and sophistication to meet the needs of any organization—from those still focused on technology-centric monitoring to those that have completed the transition to application-centric or transactional monitoring.
Foglight for Virtualization EE performs equally well in physical, virtual, and mixed infrastructure environments, providing visibility into issues affecting the application and end-user experience. Intuitive workflows help you quickly move from the symptom to the root cause in the application, database, infrastructure, or network to resolve issues, reducing mean time to resolution. Predefined and drag-and-drop dashboards provide insight that is tailored to each stakeholder. By offering comprehensive visibility into your monitored environment, Foglight for Virtualization EE helps ensure that cross-functional teams collaborate on and prioritize issues that matter most to the business.
Foglight for Virtualization EE introduced FIPS Compliance mode starting from 8.9.2. FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 is a U.S. government security standard for hardware and software cryptography modules. Modules validated against the standard assure government and other users that the cryptography in the system meets the standard. For more information about the NIST FIPS 140-2 program, see Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) validation.
When you install Foglight® for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3, the following set of components is installed. Each component is developed independently and bundled in the installation package. The following table lists the component names and version numbers, indicates whether the component has been updated since the last release, and provides links to additional information. It also indicates which components are enabled with each product license.
To find out more about the components included in this version, follow the links below.
|
Component |
Version at time of release |
Updated since last release? |
Release Notes |
Enabled with Foglight for Virtualization EE License? |
| Cloud Migration | 5.8.3 | Yes | Foglight for Cloud Migration 5.8.3 Release Notes | No |
|
Hybrid Cloud Manager |
1.9.0 |
Yes |
No |
|
|
Container Capacity Management |
4.0.0 |
Yes |
No |
|
|
Container Optimizer |
4.0.0 |
Yes |
No |
|
|
Cost Director |
5.8.3 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Hyper-V |
5.8.3 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
VMware |
5.8.3 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Container Monitoring |
4.0.0 |
Yes |
No |
|
|
Foglight |
5.9.8 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Foglight Agent Manager |
5.9.8 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Infrastructure |
5.9.8 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
NetVault |
1.5.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Quest Protect Dashboard |
1.9.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Active Directory |
5.8.3 |
Yes |
No |
|
|
Apache |
5.9.1 |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp |
5.8.3 |
Yes |
Foglight for Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp 5.8.3 Release Notes |
No |
|
Exchange |
5.8.3 |
Yes |
No |
|
|
Net Monitor |
5.9.8 |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Storage Management |
4.9.0 |
Yes |
No |
|
|
vCloud Director |
5.8.3 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
VMware Horizon View |
5.8.3 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Web Monitor |
5.9.7 |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Action Packs |
5.6.3.8 |
No |
Foglight BMC Remedy ActionPack 5.6.3.7 Release Notes Foglight for Linux System Provisioning ActionPack 5.6.3.7 Release Notes Foglight for Microsoft Hyper-V ActionPack 5.6.3.7 Release Notes Foglight for Scripting ActionPack 5.6.3.7 Release Notes Foglight for System Preparation ActionPack 5.6.3.7 Release Notes Foglight for VMware vCenter ActionPack 5.6.3.7 Release Notes |
Yes |
|
Automation |
5.6.3.8 |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Capacity Director |
5.8.3 |
Yes |
No |
|
|
Change Analyzer |
5.8.3 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Resource Optimizer |
5.8.3 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Feature Set |
FMS Federation |
FglAM HA |
FIPS-compliant Mode |
|
Active Directory |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Automation |
No |
N/A |
No |
|
Capacity Director |
No |
N/A |
Yes |
|
Change Analyzer |
No |
N/A |
Yes |
|
Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Cloud Migration |
No |
N/A |
Yes |
|
Container Capacity Management |
Yes |
N/A |
Yes |
|
Container Monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Container Optimizer |
Yes |
N/A |
Yes |
|
Cost Director |
No |
N/A |
Yes |
|
Exchange |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Hybrid Cloud Manager |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Hyper-V Monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
NetVault |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Quest Protect Dashboard |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Resource Optimizer |
No |
N/A |
Yes |
|
Storage Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial* |
|
vCloud Director |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
VMware Horizon View |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
VMware Monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Note:
* Generic SMIS Storage Agent does not support FIPS-compliant mode.
* Below Storage Devices are not verified:
To review resolved issues and enhancements for the installed components, see the release notes for each component (see New in this release).
Foglight for OpenStack, Foglight Chargeback, and Foglight Integration for OpenManage Essentials have been removed starting with the 8.9 release of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition.
The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release. To review known issues for the installed components, see the release notes for each component (see New in this release).
|
Defect ID |
Known Issue |
|
VFOG-13320 |
The FVE/Foglight Evolve upgrade completes successfully but the installation log contains shortcut creation failures. |
|
VFOG-13442 |
License usage calculation is incorrect when both FVE and Foglight Evolve license are installed. |
|
Defect ID |
Known Issue |
| VFOG-12257 |
A Windows installation with an embedded database fails when installing to a Windows system folder, for example
For more information, see https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/29FE3458A4A2B6419D1558999668038F014ED526@usmail.trinitybiotech.com Workaround: Do not install in system folders on Windows platforms. |
Important. Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3 may be directly upgraded from versions 8.8, 8.8.5, 8.9, 8.9.1, and 8.9.2. To upgrade from version 8.7.5, 8.7, 8.6, you must first upgrade Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition to version 8.8, then to version 8.9.3. For more information, see the Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition Upgrade Guide.
Note: Once the FIPS Compliance mode is enabled or disabled during installation, you cannot change it without a complete reinstallation of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition.
For information about system requirements for this release, see:
Foglight for Virtualization EE includes a trial license. You can select your trial license during installation.
When a trial license expires, the trial product stops collecting data. Your historical data may subject to lose. If you want to continue collecting data, you need to purchase a commercial license. If you want to stop collecting data before the trial license expires, deactivate your monitoring agents using the Agent Status dashboard. For more information, see the Foglight Administration and Configuration Guide.
To purchase a full license, contact your Foglight sales representative. You can install purchased licenses either during the trial or after the trial period has expired. You install and manage licenses using the Manage Licenses dashboard.
To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:
The Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3 release package contains the following:
For information about installing Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3, see the Foglight Installation and Setup Guide for your target environment.
Note: It is recommended that Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3 is used with the Management Server 5.9.8, which is included in the installer.
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. It supports bidirectional writing (Arabic and Hebrew). The release supports Complex Script (Central Asia – India, Thailand).
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