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Foglight 5.9.1 - Upgrade Guide

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

Understand product versions

This guide provides instructions on how to upgrade to the latest version of the Foglight™ Management Server and the Foglight Agent Manager. This guide also provides upgrade instructions for the cartridges and cartridge-related components that are included with Foglight 5.9.1.

This section provides information about important changes made in this release, product versions, and components compatibility:

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Components compatibility

Components compatibility

Foglight Management Servers must be upgraded to version 5.7.5.8 before they can upgrade to 5.9.1. If the Foglight Management Server is not at 5.7.5.8, the installer will fail and display the appropriate error message.

If the following cartridges are installed on your Management Server, you will need to upgrade them to a version compatible with Management Server 5.9.1 before upgrading the Management Server.

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Foglight for VMware: must be upgraded to 5.7.3
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Foglight for DB2 LUW: must be upgraded to 5.7.5.41
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Foglight for SQL Server: must be upgraded to 5.7.5.41
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Foglight for Sybase: must be upgraded to 5.7.5.40
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Foglight for Oracle: must be upgraded to 5.7.5.41
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Foglight for Application Operations: must be upgraded to 5.9.8.5
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Foglight for Microsoft .NET: must be upgraded to 5.9.12
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Foglight for Java EE Technologies: must be upgraded to 5.9.12
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Cartridge Builder: must be upgraded to 5.6.6
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MySQLAgent: must be upgraded to 5.7.5.90
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PostgreSQLAgent: must be upgraded to 5.7.5.90
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MongoDBAgent: must be upgraded to 5.7.5.140
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CassandraAgent: must be upgraded to 5.7.5.50
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TIBCOAgent: must be upgraded to 5.7.5.16

The following cartridges do not have a version compatible Foglight 5.9.1. If you must move to 5.9.1 now, then contact support for the latest information on when compatible cartridges are expected.

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Foglight for Transaction Recorder and Player
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Foglight APM for End User Experience
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Foglight for SQL Azure

The following software has been updated for the Foglight 5.9.1 release:

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Foglight Agent Manager, version 5.9.1
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Foglight for Infrastructure, version 5.9.1
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Foglight for Application Operations, version 5.9.8.5
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Foglight for JMX, version 5.9.8
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Foglight for Java EE Technologies, version 5.9.12
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Foglight for Microsoft .NET, version 5.9.12
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Foglight for Active Directory, version 5.7.1
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Foglight for SNMP, version 5.9.1
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Foglight Capacity Director, version 5.7.4
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Foglight Capacity Manager, version 5.7.4
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Foglight Change Analyzer, version 5.7.4
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Foglight Chargeback, version 5.7.4
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Foglight for Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp, version 5.7.4
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Foglight for Hyper-V, version 5.7.4
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Foglight for Storage Management, version 4.5
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Foglight for Sybase, version 5.7.5.40
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Foglight for vCloud Director, 5.7.4
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Foglight for VMware, version 5.7.4
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Foglight for VMware Horizon View, version 5.7.4
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Foglight Net Monitor, version 5.9.1
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Foglight Web Monitor, version 5.9.1
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Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager, version 1.1
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Quest VROOM, version 1.2
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Foglight for Automation, version 5.6.3.5
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Foglight ActionPacks, version 5.6.3.5

The following cartridges and cartridge-related software are supported with Foglight Management Server 5.9.1:

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Foglight Agent Manager, version 5.9.1
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EndUser-Core Cartridge, version 5.6.7
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Foglight for Active Directory, version 5.7.1
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Foglight for Apache, version 5.8.0.3
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Foglight for Application Operations, version 5.9.8.5
 
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NOTE: Foglight for Application Operations replaces the Cartridge for Dependency Mapping.
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Foglight Capacity Director, 5.7.4
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Foglight Capacity Management, version 5.7.4
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Foglight Capacity Manager, version 5.7.4
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Foglight Change Analyzer, version 5.7.4
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Foglight Chargeback, version 5.7.4
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Foglight for Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp, version 5.7.4
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Foglight for DB2 LUW, version 5.7.5.41
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Foglight for Exchange, version 5.7.1
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Cartridge for FxM, version 5.6.5
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Cartridge for FxV, version 5.6.5
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Foglight for Hyper-V, version 5.7.4
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Foglight for IBM WebSphere MQ Server, version 5.5.5.11
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Foglight for Infrastructure, version 5.9.1
 
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NOTE: Foglight for Log Monitor is an Infrastructure utility shipped with and installed with Foglight for Infrastructure. Foglight for PowerVM version 5.9.1 is shipped with and installed with Foglight for Infrastructure.
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Foglight for Integrations, version 5.9.0
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Foglight Integration for OpenManage Essentials 5.7.0
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Foglight for Java EE Technologies, version 5.9.12
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Foglight for JMX, version 5.9.8
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Foglight for Microsoft .NET, version 5.9.12
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Foglight Net Monitor, version 5.9.1
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Foglight for NMS Integration, version 5.6.4.6
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Foglight for OpenStack, version 5.7.4
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Foglight for Oracle, version 5.7.5.41
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Foglight for Oracle E-Business, version 5.2.2
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Foglight for PeopleSoft, version 5.6.12
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Foglight Resource Optimizer, version 5.7.4
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Foglight for Siebel, version 5.2.1
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Foglight for SNMP, version 5.9.1
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Foglight for SQL Server, version 5.7.5.41
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Foglight for Storage Management, version 4.5
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Foglight for Sybase, version 5.7.5.40
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Foglight for vCloud Director, version 5.7.4
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Foglight for VMware, version 5.7.4
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Foglight for VMware Horizon View, version 5.7.4
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Foglight Web Monitor, version 5.9.1
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Foglight Hybrid Cloud Manager, version 1.1
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Quest VROOM, version 1.2
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Foglight for Automation, version 5.6.3.5
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Foglight ActionPacks, version 5.6.3.5

For a complete list of fixes for any of these components, please refer to the release notes that accompany them. If you decide to maintain the version you have of any of the updated components, as opposed to upgrading, you will not acquire the new fixes for that component.

For more details, see these topics:

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Foglight cartridge upgrade issues
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Foglight appliance upgrade issues

Foglight cartridge upgrade issues

 
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NOTE: Any versions earlier than those listed in the Components compatibility list may not be compatible with Foglight 5.9.1. It is recommended that you only use the listed versions.

The following cartridges are not compatible with the Foglight 5.9.1 release:

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Cartridge for DB2 LUW, version 5.5.8.1
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Cartridge for Integration, version 5.5.8
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Cartridge for Java EE Technologies, version 5.8.x and earlier
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Cartridge for JMX, version 5.8.x and earlier
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Cartridge for WebService Integration, version 1.0.8
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Foglight APM for Real User Experience cartridge
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Foglight for Transaction Recorder and Player
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Foglight APM for End User Experience
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Foglight for SQL Azure
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Foglight for Guest Process Investigation, version 5.6.7
 
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NOTE: Foglight for Guest Process Investigation is no longer available with this Foglight release. A new multi-host process monitoring agent is provided as part of the Foglight for Infrastructure cartridge.

For any Foglight cartridge, follow the instructions in this guide to upgrade the cartridge to the latest version. If any additional information is required to upgrade a particular cartridge, the instructions in this guide will direct you to the release notes for that cartridge for the information.

Foglight appliance upgrade issues

The latest version of the Foglight Experience Monitor (FxM) appliance is 5.6.5. For more information, see Upgrade the Foglight Experience Monitor appliance.

The latest version of the Foglight Experience Viewer (FxV) appliances is 5.6.5. For more information, see Upgrade the Foglight Experience Viewer appliance.

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