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Foglight 5.9.2 - 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 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

Upgrade Foglight Automation

The latest version of Foglight Automation is 5.6.3.5.

Foglight Automation 5.6.3.5 requires Management Server version 5.9.x.

To upgrade Foglight Automation:
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Disable the previous 5.6.3.4 before upgrading this cartridge, upgrade the Management Server to version 5.9.x, and then install version 5.6.3.5 of the cartridge as you would install a new Foglight Automation.

For cartridge installation instructions, see “Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition Cartridges” in the Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition Administration and Configuration Help.

For more details, see Upgrading Foglight ActionPacks.

Upgrading Foglight ActionPacks

The latest version of Foglight ActionPacks is 5.6.3.6:

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BMC Remedy
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Hyper-V
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Linux Provisioning
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Scripting
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System Preparation
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VMware vCenter

Foglight ActionPacks 5.6.3.6 requires Management Server version 5.9.2.

To upgrade Foglight ActionPacks:
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Disable the previous 5.6.3.5 before upgrading this cartridge, upgrade the Management Server to version 5.9.2, and then install version 5.6.3.6 of the cartridge as you would install a new Foglight ActionPacks.

The ActionPacks require the ActionPack-Runtime.car file, which is included in the Foglight Automation.car file. All cartridges must have the same version.

Upgrade Foglight Capacity Management

The latest version of Foglight Capacity Management is 5.7.4.

 
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NOTE: The name of this cartridge has changed. In previous versions, this cartridge was called the Cartridge for Capacity Planning.

Foglight Capacity Management 5.7.4 requires Management Server version 5.9.x, or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.7.

To upgrade Foglight Capacity Management:
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Install version 5.7.4of the cartridge as you would install a new Foglight Capacity Management cartridge. Do not delete the older version of the .car file. Install version 5.7.4 over the older version.

For cartridge installation instructions, see “Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition Cartridges” in the Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition Administration and Configuration Help.

Upgrade Foglight Change Analyzer

The latest version of Foglight Change Analyzer is 5.7.4.

Foglight Change Analyzer 5.7.4 requires Management Server version 5.9.x, or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.7. It also requires Foglight for VMware version 5.7.4 (or later).

To upgrade Foglight Change Analyzer to the latest version:
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Download the following packages from Quest Support Portal:
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Foglight for VMware version 5.7.4 (which includes the DRP-5_7_4.car, Virtual-VMware-5_7_4.car and Virtual-VMware-Admin-5_7_4.car cartridge files)
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Foglight Change Analyzer version 5.7.4 (which includes the CommonAnalytics-5_7_4.car and ChangeAnalyzer-5_7_4.car cartridge files)
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Foglight Resource Optimizer Automation version 5.7.4 (which includes the OptimizerAutomation-5_7_4.car cartridge file)
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Foglight Resource Optimizer version 5.7.4 (which includes the Optimizer-5_7_4.car and VMware-Optimizer-5_7_4.car cartridge files)
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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 cartridges” in the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help.
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DRP-5_7_4.car
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OptimizerAutomation-5_7_4.car
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CommonAnalytics-5_7_4.car
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Virtual-VMware-5_7_4.car
 
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NOTE: After installing the Virtual-VMware-5_7_4.car cartridge, existing vCenter agents (VC agents) must be updated using the Update Agent button in the VMware Environment > Administration tab.
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Virtual-VMware-Admin-5_7_4.car
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VMware-Optimizer-5_7_4.car
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Optimizer-5_7_4.car
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ChangeAnalyzer-5_7_4.car
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