Foglight® for Automation 5.6.3.8
Developed for Foglight Management Server 5.9.4 / Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5
Release Notes
November 2018
Welcome to Foglight for Automation
Resolved Issues and Enhancements
Getting Started with Foglight for Automation
Foglight for Automation provides you with the tools to automate virtual environment management. With Foglight for Automation you can control virtual resources by designing and executing workflows that implement custom business logic. The Workflow Studio, which is a module of Foglight for Automation, runs the visual environment where you can design workflows.
These Release Notes cover the resolved issues, known issues, workarounds, and other important information about the 5.6.3.8 release of Foglight for Automation. Review all sections before starting the installation.
This 5.6.3.8 release of Foglight for Automation accompanies the release of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5. It does not include any new feature or improvement.
This 5.6.3.8 release of Foglight for Automation accompanies the release of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5. It does not include any resolved issues.
The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.
Defect ID |
Known Issue |
N/A |
Workflow automation is not supported in High Availability (HA) environments
|
N/A |
Workflow automation is not supported on Federation Master
Servers |
N/A |
Unbounded Threads |
VCON-337 |
The FAQs tab on the main Automation dashboard is empty. |
For information about upgrading Foglight for Automation to the latest version, see the Foglight Upgrade Guide.
The following is a list of product versions and platforms compatible with this release.
Product Name |
Product Version |
Platform |
Foglight Management Server | 5.9.4 | All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Management Server |
Foglight Agent Manager | 5.9.4 | All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Agent Manager |
Foglight For Virtualization, Enterprise Edition | 8.8.5 | All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight For Virtualization, Enterprise Edition |
See the Foglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide for information about system requirements.
Support for the Internet Explorer (IE) 6 browser has been discontinued.
Foglight includes a licensing capability that restricts access to those features that are defined in the license. Any Management Server installation requires a license that grants access to server-specific parts of the browser interface and the features associated with them. Foglight cartridges are also license-protected. While some cartridges are covered by the base Foglight license (such as Foglight Agent Manager cartridges and the Cartridge for Infrastructure), others may require an additional license.
Foglight for Automation is covered by the Foglight for Virtualization Enterprise license. A separate additional license may be required for installation in the base Foglight product.
To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:
The Foglight for Automation release package contains the following:
Additional information is available from the following:
This section contains information about installing and operating this product in non-English configurations, such as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation.
This release is Unicode-enabled and supports any character set. In this release, all product components should be configured to use the same or compatible character encodings and should be installed to use the same locale and regional options. This release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America, Western Europe and Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.
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