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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

Upgrade Foglight for vCloud Director

The latest version of Foglight for vCloud Director is 5.7.4.

Foglight for vCloud Director 5.7.4 requires Management Server version 5.9.1, or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.7.

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On the Cartridge Inventory dashboard, install the vCloud-Director-5_7_4.car file. Do not remove the older version of this cartridge. Install version 5.7.4 over the older version.
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On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click vCloud Environment to open the vCloud Director Environment dashboard.
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Click the Administration tab.
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Click Update Agent once for each Foglight Agent Manager instance on which outdated vCloud Director agents are running.

Upgrade Foglight Web Monitor

The latest version of Foglight Web Monitor is 5.9.1.

Foglight Web Monitor 5.9.1 requires Management Server version 5.6.5 or later.

Foglight Web Monitor 5.9.1 can co-exist with legacy Cartridge for Operating System 5.5.4. If you have the Cartridge for Operating System 5.5.4 installed:

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Deactivate all of the WebMonitorAgent instances.
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Install the WebMonitor-5_9_1.car file on the Management Server as you would install a new Foglight Web Monitor. Do not uninstall or delete the previous version of this file. For complete instructions, see “Installing Foglight cartridges” in the Administration and Configuration Help.
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Activate the WebMonitorAgent instances.

Upgrade Foglight for VMware

The latest version of Foglight for VMware is 5.7.4.

Foglight for VMware 5.7.4 requires Management Server version 5.9.1, or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.7.

Upgrades are supported from Foglight for VMware 5.6.15.x and later. Upgrades from the versions earlier than 5.6.15.x are not supported.

Important: The VMware Performance Agent uses a Virtual Center account to log in to the monitored Virtual Center. The administrative role associated with that account must be granted the Performance > Modify intervals privilege. When collecting traffic-type network metrics from the monitored ESX hosts, this privilege enables the VMware Performance Agent to change the performance metric counter levels in order to collect this data. On the Virtual Center server, verify that the user has the following privileges:

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Important. If you increased the JVM memory allocation in a previous cartridge installation (as described in the “System Requirements” section of the Foglight for VMware Release Notes), you need to repeat this process after deploying the new agent package and before activating the agents.

Upgrade Foglight for VMware Horizon View

The latest version of Foglight for VMware Horizon View is 5.7.4.

Foglight for VMware Horizon View 5.7.4 requires Management Server version 5.9.1, or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.7. It also requires Foglight for VMware 5.7.4 (or later) to be installed and enabled on the same Foglight Management Server.

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On the Cartridge Inventory dashboard, install the following cartridge files. Do not remove the older version of these cartridges. Install the new versions over the older versions. The sequence of cartridge installation is important because of their dependencies.
For cartridge installation instructions, see “Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition cartridges” in the Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition Administration and Configuration Help.
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On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click VMware View to open the VMware View Environment dashboard.
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Click the Administration tab.
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Click Update Agent once for each Foglight Agent Manager instance on which outdated VMware Horizon View agents are running.
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Click the Details tab, then the Desktops tile.
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On the navigation panel, click Administration > Agents > Agent Status, to open the Agent Status dashboard.
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Click Modify the private properties for this agent.
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In the Properties area, set to True the following options: Collect CPU metrics, Collect disk metrics, Collect memory metrics, and Collect network metrics.
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Click Save.
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