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Foglight 6.3.0 - Upgrade Guide

Understand product versions Best practices Upgrade the Foglight Management Server Upgrade the Foglight Agent Manager Upgrade the Database cartridges Upgrading the Infrastructure Management cartridges Upgrade the Integration cartridges Upgrade the cartridges in a federated or High Availability (HA) environment Appendix: Deploying an agent package using the browser interface

Scenario 2 — New Management Server features or defect fixes

A new release of Foglight typically delivers new features and defect fixes. See the Foglight Release Notes for information about new features and defect fixes. We recommend the Management Server upgrade to customers who want one or more of the features or defect fixes in a new release.

Customers who want to take advantage of new features and defect fixes can do so with a simple upgrade to the Management Server. This upgrade is expected to take 15 minutes or less. An upgrade to the server does not introduce any incompatibilities with earlier versions of other Foglight core components; therefore, with the Management Server 6.3.0 upgrade, you should not have to upgrade any other components in your environment.

Scenario 3 — Agent Manager client-side feature dependency or defect fix

A new release of the Agent Manager typically delivers new features and defect fixes. For information about new features and defect fixes, see the Foglight Agent Manager Release Notes. Customers who want to take advantage of a new feature or defect fix may consider a move to the latest Agent Manager client.

The 6.0.0 Agent Manager Adapter is updated as part of the Management Server 6.3.0 upgrade, and the new adapter is backward compatible with all earlier versions of the Agent Manager.

Generally, there is no need to upgrade the client side of the Agent Manager. An Agent Manager client-side upgrade is required only in the following situations:

•
You require one or more of the new 6.0.0 Agent Manager features or defect fixes in your environment. See the Foglight Agent Manager Release Notes for details.
•
You are planning to install a cartridge that requires version 6.0.0 of the Agent Manager.

You do not need to upgrade all Agent Manager clients to the latest version. You only need to upgrade the ones that meet one or more of the conditions specified above.

Dependency and compatibility matrices

This section provides information on upgrade version compatibility.

The following table presents the upgrade matrix for the key components of Foglight 6.3.0.

 
Table 1. Upgrade matrix for key Foglight components
Item
Version Supported in Foglight 6.3.0
Version Recommended for New Management Server 6.3.0 Installations
Version Recommended for Management Server 6.3.0 Upgrades
Agent Manager client

5.6.2 and later

6.0.0

6.0.0

Foglight for Infrastructure

5.6.3 and later

6.0.0

6.0.0

The matrix below lists the new components and cartridges and their main features and indicates whether or not upgrade to a component for a particular feature requires the upgrade of one or more core components.

 
* 
NOTE: The core components are the Management Server, client-side Agent Managers, and agents on the monitored host.
 
Table 2. Upgrade matrix for Foglight components and cartridges
Component
Feature
Requires Management Server Upgrade?1
Requires Agent Manager Client-side Upgrade
(on the Monitored Host)?
Requires Agent Deployment After Upgrade

Agent Manager 6.3.0

All features and fixes

No

No

No

Foglight for Active Directory 6.3.0

All features and fixes

No

No

No

Foglight Change Analyzer 6.3.0

Defect fixes

No

No

No

Foglight for Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp 6.3.0

Defect fixes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Foglight for DB2 LUW 6.3.0

All features and fixes

No

No

No

Foglight for Exchange 6.3.0

All features and fixes

No

No

No

Foglight for Hyper-V 6.3.0

All features and fixes

No

No

Yes

Foglight for Infrastructure 6.3.0

All features and fixes

Yes

No

No

Foglight for Oracle 6.3.0

All features and fixes

No

No

No

Foglight Resource Optimizer 6.3.0

All features and fixes

No

No

No

Foglight for SQL Server 6.3.0

All features and fixes

No

No

No

Foglight for Storage Management 6.3.0

All features and fixes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Foglight for SAP ASE 6.3.0

Defect fixes

No

No

No

Foglight for vCloud Director 6.3.0

Defect fixes

No

No

No

Foglight for VMware 6.3.0

Defect fixes

No

No

Yes

Foglight for VMware Horizon View 6.3.0

Defect fixes

Yes

Yes

Yes

1

If it is indicated that a Management Server upgrade is not required, please ensure that your current Management Server version is compatible. The matrix above only covers potential upgrades from the previous version of Foglight.


The matrix below outlines the compatibility of the latest cartridges and core components with earlier versions of the Management Server and with the current Management Server. This matrix will assist you in determining whether you need to upgrade your Management Server, if you are presently running an older version.

 
Table 3. Compatibility matrix of cartridges and core components
Management Server version per component
5.6.10
5.6.11/5.7.1
5.7.6
5.7.6.1
5.7.6.2
5.7.6.3
5.7.6.4
5.7.6.5/5.7.6.6/5.7.6.7
5.7.5.8
5.9.8

Agent Manager 6.3.0

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for Active Directory 6.3.0

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for Application Operations 6.3.0

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight Capacity Management 6.3.0

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight Change Analyzer 6.3.0

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp 6.3.0

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for DB2 LUW 6.3.0

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for Exchange 6.3.0

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for Hyper-V 6.3.0

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for Infrastructure 6.3.0

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for Oracle 6.3.0

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight Resource Optimizer 6.3.0

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for SQL Server 6.3.0

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for Storage Management 6.3.0

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for SAP ASE 6.3.0

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for vCloud Director 6.3.0

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for VMware 6.3.0

N

N

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Foglight for VMware Horizon View 6.3.0

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

*Starting from ACE.2, Foglight for FTR is not supported.

Prepare for an upgrade

Preparing for a Foglight upgrade is straightforward, but may be time-consuming. Before upgrading you should:

1
Create a support bundle from your Management Server. For information on how to do this, see the “Managing Support Bundles” section in Foglight Administration and Configuration Guide.
2
If you are upgrading the Management Server, back up the file system in which Foglight is installed. For information on how to do this, see the “Backing up Foglight” section in the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help.
3
If you are upgrading the Management Server, back up your database. For information on how to do this, see the “Backing up Foglight” section in the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help.
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