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Foglight 5.9.7 - Upgrade Guide

Table of Contents

Understand product versions

Components compatibility Compatible cartridges list

Foglight cartridge upgrade issues Foglight appliance upgrade issues

Foglight Management Server Foglight Agent Manager

Embedded Agent Manager Agent Manager client installation cartridges Client-side Agent Managers

Application Monitoring cartridges

Application Performance Monitoring cartridges

Foglight for Application Operations Foglight for Java EE Technologies Foglight for JMX Foglight for Microsoft .NET

Application Management cartridges

Foglight for IBM WebSphere MQ Server

Database cartridges

Foglight for Azure SQL Database Foglight for DB2 LUW Foglight for Oracle Foglight for SQL Server Foglight for SAP ASE

End User Management cartridges

End User cartridges

Infrastructure 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

Foglight for Integration Foglight for NMS Integration

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

Upgrade the Foglight Management Server

Migrate to Windows SSO from VSJ SSO Upgrade the Management Server

Host services compatibility Start the embedded Agent Manager Upgrade a Management Server in a federated environment

Federation compatibility Upgrade sequence

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 Foglight Agent Manager

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

FglAM vm.config file migration fails under multi-state installations Upgrade from an Agent Manager version earlier than 5.5.4 Certificate migration from version 5.6.2.1 or earlier

Upgrade the Application Monitoring cartridges

Upgrade the Application Performance Monitoring cartridges

Upgrade Foglight for Application Operations Upgrade Foglight for Java EE Technologies

Upgrade Foglight for Java EE Technologies from version 5.9.x to version 5.9.13 Configuration migration during upgrades Upgrade Foglight for Java EE Technologies from version 5.8.x to version 5.9.13

Upgrade Foglight for JMX Upgrade Foglight for Microsoft .NET

Upgrade Foglight for Microsoft .NET from version 5.9.x Configuration migration during upgrades Upgrade the cartridge from version 5.6.x to version 5.9.x

Upgrade Foglight for IBM WebSphere MQ Server

Upgrade the Database cartridges

Upgrade Foglight for DB2 LUW Upgrade Foglight for Oracle Upgrade Foglight for SQL Server Upgrade Foglight for SAP ASE

Upgrade the End User Management cartridges

Upgrade End User cartridges

Upgrade the End User cartridges

Deactivate any End User agents Upgrade the Foglight Management Server Upgrade the EU-Core cartridge Upgrade the Cartridge for FxV Upgrade the Cartridge for FxM Deploy the Cartridge for FxM agent package Create, configure, and activate the FxM agent

Upgrading the Infrastructure Management cartridges

Upgrade Foglight for Active Directory Upgrade Foglight for Exchange Upgrade Foglight for Infrastructure Upgrade Foglight for Apache Upgrade Foglight Automation Upgrade Foglight ActionPacks Upgrade Foglight Change Analyzer 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 Upgrade 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 Foglight for Container Management Upgrade Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager Upgrade Foglight Capacity Director Upgrade Foglight Cost Director Upgrade Foglight Cloud Migration Upgrade Quest Protect Upgrade Foglight for vCloud Director Upgrade Foglight for NetVault

Upgrade the Integration cartridges

Upgrade Foglight for Integration Upgrade Foglight for NMS Integration

Upgrade the cartridges in a federated or High Availability (HA) environment

Upgrade cartridges in a federated environment Upgrade cartridges in a High Availability environment

Appendix: Deploying an agent package using the browser interface

Deploying an agent package through the Agent Managers dashboard Deploying an agent package through the Agent Status dashboard

Foglight for Infrastructure

Foglight for Infrastructure has been updated to version 5.9.7. For a list of features and defect fixes, see Foglight for Infrastructure Release Notes.

Upgrade difficulty: Easy

Expected time: Approximately 5 minutes

Foglight for Active Directory

Foglight for Active Directory has been updated to version 5.8.2. For a list of features and defect fixes, see the Foglight for Active Directory Release Notes.

Upgrade difficulty: Medium

Expected time: Approximately 5 minutes


	IMPORTANT: Foglight for Active Directory 5.7.2 may require more memory be allocated to the main Agent Manager instance than was previously needed. For details, see the Foglight for Active Director Release Notes.

Foglight for Apache

Foglight for Apache has been updated to version 5.9.0. For a list of features and defect fixes, see the Foglight for Apache 5.9.0 Release Notes.

Upgrade difficulty: Medium. Contact Quest Support for help.

Foglight for Exchange

Foglight for Exchange has been updated to version 5.8.2. For a list of features and defect fixes, see the Foglight for Exchange Release Notes.

Upgrade difficulty: Medium

Expected time: Approximately 5 minutes


	IMPORTANT: Foglight for Exchange 5.7.2.3 may require more memory be allocated to the main Agent Manager instance than was previously needed. For details, see the Foglight for Exchange Release Notes.

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