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Foglight for Virtualization Enterprise Edition 8.9.3 - Installing Foglight on a UNIX System with an External PostgreSQL Database

Before Installing Foglight Installing Foglight
Preparing to install Installing a new version of the Management Server Installed directories Foglight settings HP patch checking tool Uninstalling Foglight Upgrading the Management Server Installing Foglight FAQ
Running the Management Server Installing and Upgrading Cartridges Installing Agents

Starting and stopping the Management Server in High Availability mode

Configuring your server in High Availability (HA) mode allows you to run multiple servers in a partition offering HA.

 
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NOTE: To run the HA server, you must use an external database. The database has to be running before you start the Foglight HA server.
To start the High Availability Server:
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Enter the following from the command line:
fmsha

When the server has started successfully, the following message appears in the command window:

High Availability Server startup completed.
To stop the High Availability Server:

Do one of the following:

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Type Ctrl-C in the command window in which the Foglight HA server started.
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Open a second command window, navigate to the bin directory, and run the following command:
fmsha --stop
When the server has stopped successfully, the command window closes.

For more information about configuring and managing High Availability mode, see the High Availability Field Guide.

Logging in to Foglight

 
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NOTE: The Management Server must be running before you can log in to Foglight.
To log in to Foglight using a web browser:
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Open a web browser and type the following:
http://<hostname>:<port>
Where <hostname> is the name of the machine where the Management Server is installed and <port> is the HTTP port specified during installation (the default is 8080).
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Enter a valid user name and password and click Login.
 
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NOTE: The Foglight browser interface requires JavaScript. Ensure that you have enabled JavaScript in your web browser before you attempt to log in.

Monitoring the Management Server host

During the installation, or upgrade, a HostAgent is automatically created to monitor the host where the Management Server, the embedded Foglight Agent Manager, and embedded database run. The health of this host directly affects the health and performance of Foglight.

To view the HostAgent:
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Start the Management Server.
For detailed information, see Starting the Management Server .
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Log in to Foglight.
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On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Administration > Agents > Agent Status.
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On the Agent Status dashboard, find the UnixAgentPlus called EmbeddedHostMonitor.

Information about the status and data collection of the agent are available on this dashboard.

To view the data that the HostAgent collects for the Management Server host:
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On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Infrastructure.
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From the Select a Service list, select the service for the host.
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On the Monitoring tab, select the host from the list.

For more information about monitoring activities and exploring the data collected for the host, see the Foglight for Infrastructure User and Reference Guide.

Next steps

To install cartridges, see Installing and Upgrading Cartridges.

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