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Foglight for vCloud Director 5.8.3 - Release Notes

Resolved issues and enhancements

Resolved issues and enhancements

This 5.8.3 release of Foglight for vCloud Director accompanies the release of Foglight Evolve 9.3 and Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3. It includes the following resolved issues and enhancements:

  • Fixed an issue where creating vCloud agent through Add button in FIPS-compliant mode might fail. (VCD-252)
  • Fixed an NPE that may happen during vCloud cell collections. (VCD-254)
  • Fixed the no enum constant exception for vCloud. (VCD-255)
  • Fixed the gaps in vCloud collections by using the submission timestamp provided by FglAM to submit data. (VCD-256)

 


Known issues

Known issues

There are no issues known to exist at this time for this release.

 


Upgrade and compatibility

Upgrade and compatibility

Foglight Evolve 9.3 or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3 includes Foglight for vCloud Director version 5.8.3.

Foglight for vCloud Director supports VMware® vCloud Director® 9.5, 9.7, and all versions of VMware vSphere® supported by Foglight for VMware.

 

The following is a list of Foglight product versions and platforms compatible with this release.

Product Name

Product Version

Platform

Foglight Management Server

5.9.8

All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Management Server

Foglight Agent Manager

5.9.8

All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Agent Manager

Foglight Evolve

9.3

All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Evolve

Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition

8.9.3

All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition

 

To upgrade to the latest version of Foglight for vCloud Director:

  1. Deactivate all vCloud Director agent instances.
  2. On the Cartridge Inventory dashboard, install the vCloud-Director-5_8_3.car file. Do not remove the older version of this cartridge. Install version 5.8.3 over the older version. For cartridge installation instructions, see “Installing Foglight cartridges” in the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help.
  3. On the vCloud Environment dashboard, on the Administration tab, update all of the existing vCloud Director agent instances.
  4. Activate all vCloud Director agent instances.

 


System requirements

System requirements

Before installing Foglight for vCloud Director, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements.

Operating System

Foglight for vCloud Director can be installed on any supported Foglight Management Server configuration.

Platform, Memory and Hard Disk Space The platform, memory, and hard disk space requirements for the monitored servers must match the Agent Manager requirements. For complete information, see the System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.

 

Note: Foglight for vCloud Director requires that the cartridge is installed and enabled on the same Management Server. For complete information about Foglight for vCloud Director, see the Managing vCloud Director Environments User and Reference Guide.

 


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