Understand product versions
Best practices
Foglight Management Server
Foglight Agent Manager
Application Monitoring cartridges
Upgrade the Foglight Management Server
Application Performance Monitoring cartridges
Database cartridges
End User Management cartridges
Infrastructure Management cartridges
Foglight for Application Operations
Foglight for Java EE Technologies
Foglight for JMX
Foglight for Microsoft .NET
Application Management cartridges
Foglight for Infrastructure
Foglight for Active Directory
Foglight for Apache
Foglight for Exchange
Foglight Net Monitor
Foglight for PowerVM
Foglight for SNMP
Foglight Web Monitor
Integration cartridges
Virtualization cartridges
Foglight Experience Monitor appliance
Foglight Experience Viewer appliance
Upgrade use cases
Scenario 1 — New release
Scenario 2 — New Management Server features or defect fixes
Scenario 3 — Agent Manager client-side feature dependency or defect fix
Dependency and compatibility matrices
Prepare for an upgrade
Upgrade order
Where to find upgrade information
Update the Java Runtime Environment
Migrate to Windows SSO from VSJ SSO
Upgrade the Management Server
Upgrade the Foglight Agent Manager
Host services compatibility
Start the embedded Agent Manager
Upgrade a Management Server in a federated environment
Upgrade the Management Server in a High Availability (HA) environment
Upgrade the Management Server with an Oracle RAC database
Oracle database users
Database changes
Upgrade the Agent Manager
Upgrade concentrators
Upgrade installations with multiple state instances
Upgrade a 32-bit FglAM installation on a 64-bit operating system
Agent Manager upgrade issues
Upgrade the Application Monitoring cartridges
Upgrade the Application Performance Monitoring cartridges
Upgrade the Database cartridges
Upgrade Foglight for Application Operations
Upgrade Foglight for Java EE Technologies
Upgrade the Application Management cartridges
Upgrade Foglight for Java EE Technologies from version 5.9.x to version 5.9.11
Configuration migration during upgrades
Upgrade Foglight for Java EE Technologies from version 5.8.x to version 5.9.12
Upgrade Foglight for JMX
Upgrade Foglight for Microsoft .NET
Upgrade the Cartridge for DB2 LUW
Upgrade Foglight for DB2 LUW
Upgrade Foglight for Oracle
Upgrade Foglight for SQL Server
Upgrade Foglight for Sybase
Upgrade the End User Management cartridges
Upgrade End User cartridges
Upgrading the Infrastructure Management cartridges
Upgrade the End User cartridges
Upgrade the Foglight Experience Monitor appliance
Upgrade the Foglight Experience Viewer appliance
Deactivate any End User agents
Upgrade the Foglight Experience Monitor
Upgrade the Foglight Management Server
Upgrade the EU-Core cartridge
Upgrade the Cartridge for FxV
Upgrade the Foglight Experience Viewer
Upgrade the Cartridge for FxM
Deploy the Cartridge for FxM agent package
Create, configure, and activate the FxM agent
Upgrade Foglight for FTR
Using the Agent Manager with FTR agents
Upgrading Foglight for Active Directory
Upgrading Foglight for Exchange
Upgrade Foglight for Infrastructure
Upgrade Foglight for Apache
Upgrade Foglight Automation
Upgrade Foglight Capacity Management
Upgrade Foglight Change Analyzer
Upgrade Foglight Chargeback
Upgrade Foglight for Hyper-V
Upgrade Foglight Net Monitor
Upgrade Foglight Integration for OpenManage Essentials
Upgrade Foglight for OpenStack
Upgrade Foglight for PowerVM
Upgrade Foglight Resource Optimizer
Upgrade Foglight for SNMP
Upgrading Foglight for Storage Management cartridge
Upgrade Foglight Web Monitor
Upgrade Foglight for VMware
Upgrade Foglight for VMware Horizon View
Upgrade Foglight for Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp
Upgrade the Integration cartridges
Upgrade the cartridges in a federated or High Availability (HA) environment
Appendix: Deploying an agent package using the browser interface
Upgrade Foglight Automation
The latest version of Foglight Automation is 5.6.3.7.
Foglight Automation 5.6.3.7 requires Management Server version 5.9.x.
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Disable the previous 5.6.3.4 before upgrading this cartridge, upgrade the Management Server to version 5.9.x, and then install version 5.6.3.7 of the cartridge as you would install a new Foglight Automation. |
For cartridge installation instructions, see “Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition Cartridges” in the Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition Administration and Configuration Help.
For more details, see Upgrading Foglight ActionPacks.
Upgrading Foglight ActionPacks
The latest version of Foglight ActionPacks is 5.6.3.7:
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Foglight ActionPacks 5.6.3.7 requires Management Server version 5.9.3.
The ActionPacks require the ActionPack-Runtime.car file, which is included in the Foglight Automation.car file. All cartridges must have the same version.
Upgrade Foglight Capacity Management
The latest version of Foglight Capacity Management is 5.7.6.
For cartridge installation instructions, see “Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition Cartridges” in the Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition Administration and Configuration Help.
Upgrade Foglight Change Analyzer
The latest version of Foglight Change Analyzer is 5.7.6.
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Foglight for VMware version 5.7.6 (which includes the DRP-5_7_6.car, Virtual-VMware-5_7_6.car and Virtual-VMware-Admin-5_7_6.car cartridge files) |
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Foglight Change Analyzer version 5.7.6 (which includes the CommonAnalytics-5_7_6.car and ChangeAnalyzer-5_7_6.car cartridge files) |
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Foglight Resource Optimizer Automation version 5.7.6 (which includes the OptimizerAutomation-5_7_6.car cartridge file) |
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Foglight Resource Optimizer version 5.7.6 (which includes the Optimizer-5_7_6.car and VMware-Optimizer-5_7_6.car cartridge files) |
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NOTE: After installing the Virtual-VMware-5_7_6.car cartridge, existing vCenter agents (VC agents) must be updated using the Update Agent button in the VMware Environment > Administration tab. |