Installing and configuring Foglight for VMware
Foglight™ for VMware monitors the health of your virtual system by tracking resource consumption such as CPU, network, and memory consumption for individual ESX® hosts, virtual machines, and other components in your integrated environment. This chapter contains information about system requirements and takes you through the installation procedure, step by step.
Requirements and compatibility
This section describes the components that are required to successfully integrate Foglight™ for VMware into Foglight.
Foglight for VMware for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition
Foglight for VMware is installed with Foglight for VMware for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition. For information about installing Foglight for VMware for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition, see the Foglight for VMware Installation and Setup Guide for your target environment. This version of Foglight for VMware is included and supported with version 8.4.0 of Foglight for VMware for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition.
Foglight for VMware Management Server
Before installing Foglight for VMware, ensure that your Management Server is properly installed and configured. For information on how to install and configure the Management Server, see the Installation and Setup Guide and the Administration and Configuration Guide. The minimum supported version of the Management Server is 5.7.5.