Foglight for DB2 (Cartridge) 6.3.0 - Release Notes

FOGDG-650

The Foglight Agent Manager (FglAM) failed to restart when upgrading DB Cartridge, which is due to “Could not obtain a deployment lock” error.

Workaround: Perform the procedure described in the Knowledge Article 266110.

FGL-20596

Cannot import license into installer with license file name XXX.lic.

Workaround:

DDB-1683

WMI-related issue

Problem: WMI support is affected by the firewall on versions of Windows prior to Windows 7.

Workaround: For Windows versions prior to Windows Server 2008/Vista, use the following steps:

For Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008:

According to Microsoft (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929851), the default dynamic port range for TCP/IP has changed in these versions. The new default start port is 49152 and end port is 65535. Subsequently, monitoring instances that run under these operation systems can be carried out by using either one of the following options:

FAM-7722

In FIPS-compliant mode, it is required to use at least 2048 RSA and DSA key size to do OS monitoring via SSH connection in DB cartridge.

When FglAM version is lower than 5.9.7.1, FglAM will not check RSA/DSA key size < 2048, and the connection is non-FIPS compliant.

Workaround: Upgrade the FglAM version to 5.9.7.1 or later.

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Monitoring a DB2 instance which resides on Windows Server 2008R2 or higher requires the following workaround:

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Some base values are not updated when using the Win32_PerfRawData_PerfDisk_LogicalDisk WMI class to calculate performance data in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, because this class does not contain the PercentDiskTime_Base metric.

Workaround: A hotfix is available on Microsoft's Web site, at https://support.microsoft.com/kb/961435/en-us.