Foglight® for Storage Management 4.6.5
Managing Storage in Virtual Environments
Developed for Foglight Management Server 5.9.4 / Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.5
Release Notes
November 2018
Welcome to Foglight for Storage Management
Resolved issues and enhancements
Getting started with Foglight for Storage Management
Foglight® for Storage Management is a monitoring solution for virtual environments utilizing physical storage to provide metrics and alerts for: performance, capacity, and topology. With Foglight for Storage Management, virtualization administrators can visualize their entire virtual to physical storage environment through detailed architectural representations. Out-of-the-box alerts provide the ability to predict, diagnose, and resolve problems affecting performance, capacity, and availability, while allowing storage administrators to visualize the consumers of storage and impacts to changes. Foglight® for Storage Management enables organizations to better manage their underlying physical storage for optimal virtual infrastructure performance, and reduce data gathering time with end-to-end visibility to quickly ascertain root cause.
These Release Notes cover the resolved issues, known issues, workarounds, and other important information about the 4.6.5 release of Foglight® for Storage Management. Review all sections before starting the installation.
Version 4.6.5 contains the following new features and updates:
Notes:
The following is a list of issues addressed and enhancements implemented in this release.
|
Defect ID |
Resolved Issue |
| VFGLS-4028 | Added Storage cartridge roles to Federation Master. |
The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.
|
Defect ID |
Known Issue |
| VFGLS-4028 | EMC CLI and HDS Tuning Manager upgrade from versions earlier than 4.6.0 could fail to collect data. |
| VFGLS-3904 | Generic SMI-S Array Agent collecting from EMC Unity array may show higher LUN Latency metrics than EMC Unity Unisphere. |
VFGLS-3467 |
Installation failed when install Foglight/FVE/FSM with embedded DB to Windows %PROGRAMFILES% dir. |
VFGLS-3438 |
If both valid and invalid credentials are provided for the system to be monitored, it is possible for the valid credential to not be found or used. The invalid credential should be manually deleted in this case. |
| VFGLS-3397 | NetApp System-api-list calls made to determine what other API calls are available may trigger log messages on the NetApp system regarding access permission on the NetApp console. Foglight for Storage Management does not call these other API methods. |
VFGLS-3166 |
Memory leak when deploying new Python agent build. |
VFGLS-3152 |
NetApp - Used in Monitored Environment value under Summary is incorrect for NASVolumes. |
| VFGLS-2897 | VM to LUN mapping calculations can fail. |
| VFGLS-2881 | SAN topology mapping is inconsistent. |
VFGLS-2381 |
Values for the protection level obtained from Clariion arrays may be different if collected using the command line from those collected using an SMIS connection. |
VFGLS-1938 |
Some NetApp filter instances will display no information for IP and FC ports. |
|
VFGLS-434 |
FCoE support (Fiber Channel over Ethernet). |
|
Defect ID |
Known Issue |
| VFGLS-3637 | NetApp MetroCluster configuration is not supported due to topology and command query differences between NetApp MetroCluster and Cluster (C-mode) get the inventory and performance metrics. |
| VFGLS-3608 | |
| VFGLS-3452 | EMC VNXe as a collection target is not supported. |
| VFGLS-2603 | Hitachi USP: Data and Ops data rates may be shown as zero due to same level of detail is not included in target. |
The following is a list of third party issues known to exist at the time of this release.
|
Defect ID |
Resolved Issue |
|
VFGLS-2214 |
NetApp filers can be configured for both SSLv3 and TLS connections. As a result of recent security changes in Java, the agent will no longer, by default, attempt SSLv3 connections when monitoring these systems. If a secure connection is required, it is strongly recommended that TLS be enabled for the filer. See https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1155684/html/GUID-3E07D3F8-6A05-49C0-BF92-9C88BA252E1F.html To enable SSLv3 connections to the filer, edit the file "jre/lib/security/java.security" from the agent manager hosting the agent monitoring the filer, remove or comment out the line jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms=SSLv3, and restart the agent manager. |
Select one of the following upgrade paths:
| If you are using: | Supported Upgrade Path |
| Only Foglight for Storage
Management version 4.4.5 or later |
Upgrade to FVE 8.8.5. |
| Only Foglight for Storage Management version 4.4, 4.3.5, 4.3, or 4.2 |
1. Upgrade to Foglight for Storage Management 4.4.5. 2. Upgrade to FVE 8.6. 3. Upgrade to FVE 8.7. 4. Upgrade to FVE 8.8.5. |
| Only Foglight for Storage Management version 4.1, 4.0, 3.2, 3.1.x or 3.0.x |
1. Upgrade to Foglight for Storage Management 4.2. 2. Upgrade to FVE 8.6. 3. Upgrade to FVE 8.7. 4. Upgrade to FVE 8.8.5. |
| Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition |
Upgrade to version 8.8.5. |
Note: For a new installation, see Getting started with Foglight for Storage Management.
These upgrade paths are not supported:
The following Foglight product versions and platforms are 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 Note: The monitoring agents available in this version of Foglight for Storage Management do not support the Agent Manager HA failover mode. For more information about this mode, see the Agent Manager Guide. |
5.9.4 |
All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Agent Manager |
|
Foglight For Virtualization, Enterprise Edition |
8.7 8.7.5 8.8 8.8.5 |
All platforms supported by these versions of the Foglight For Virtualization, Enterprise Edition |
Before you begin, review the licensing notes for your currently installed version.
During this upgrade process, Foglight for Storage Management is upgraded to version 4.6.5, and the Foglight for Virtualization cartridges are upgraded to the versions released in FVE 8.8.5, and Foglight is upgraded to version 5.9.4. The Foglight Agent Manager will be upgraded to version 5.9.4.
To upgrade Foglight for Storage Management:
ICacls [foglight_home]\state\PostgreSQL-data /t /grant [domain]\administrator:(OI)(CI)FWhere
[domain]\administrator is a local or domain administrator.After deploying the new storage agents to an agent manager, the agent manager baseline.jvmargs.config file, if it has been customized previously, may need to be updated. Specifically:
- Any memory settings under 3 Gb can be removed.
- Any memory settings over 3 Gb should be reduced by 3 Gb
The storage agent now includes support for dynamic memory settings and the previous memory settings in baseline.jvmargs.config are not needed. The amount of memory used for storage agents will be adjusted automatically as more agents are brought online.
The upgrade dialog will:
For information about system requirements for this release, see Foglight for Storage Management Installation Guide.
Note: Foglight for Storage Management requires a 64-bit Windows® or Linux® Agent Manager.
This section provides a list of references which address the most commonly faced issues relating to remote connectivity, allowing for easy troubleshooting using the vendor's information knowledgebase:
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 Virtualization, Enterprise Edition and Foglight for Storage Management are licensed separately. Note the following:
Installing the Foglight for Storage Management package installs its trial license which is valid for 30 days.
Installing the Foglight for Virtualization EE package installs its trial license which is valid for 30 days.
No matter which package you download and install, when the licenses for both products are activated, the features and functionality of the final installed solution are identical.
To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:
The Foglight for Storage Management 4.6.5 release package contains the following:
Foglight for Storage Management is typically installed using a package installer that includes Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition. For information about installing Foglight for Storage Management, see the Foglight for Storage Management Installation Guide.
Note: Both products require Management Server 5.9.4, which is included in the installer.
While not recommended, it is possible to install the Foglight for Storage Management cartridge in a general Foglight installation. However you must upgrade to Foglight 5.9.4 before installing the cartridge, which may affect other installed cartridges. You may want to consult Professional Services before attempting this upgrade.
Notes:
To install the Foglight for Storage Management cartridge in a Foglight installation:
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 was not enabled and tested for international operation. Only U.S. English configurations of this product and U.S. English datasets are fully supported. Support for non-ASCII characters or non-English configurations may work appropriately, but these configurations have not been tested and this release should be used with caution in these environments.
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