Foglight^® for Storage Management 4.8.0

Managing Storage in Virtual Environments

Developed for Foglight Management Server 5.9.6/ Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.1/ Foglight Evolve 9.1

Release Notes

December 2019

Contents

Welcome to Foglight for Storage Management

New in this release

Resolved issues and enhancements

Deprecated features

Known issues

Third party known issues

Upgrade and compatibility

System requirements

Troubleshooting

Product licensing

Getting started with Foglight for Storage Management

About Us

Welcome to 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 4.8.0 release of Foglight for Storage Management. Review all sections before starting the installation.

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New in this release

Version 4.8.0 contains the following new features and updates:

• Huawei Dorado V6 series support.
• NetApp 9.6 simulator support.

Notes:

• Generic SMIS Storage agents currently do not support the high availability (HA) feature included with Foglight Agent Manager.
• This release of Foglight for Storage Management is designed for use with Foglight 5.9.6, Foglight Evolve 9.1, and Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.1.
• The included update of the Java VM for both the agent manager and the Foglight Management Server includes security updates that remove support for RC4 cipher suites, MD5 signed SSL certificates, and support for SSLv3. Older versions of the management server using the default installation certificate will be provided with an updated certificate. If a user-provided SSL certificate was configured then it must be upgraded to comply with the Java security requirements. This should be done before installing the server upgrade. Future updates to Java may also disable support for SHA-1 signed SSL certificates. SHA-256 is recommended as the signature algorithm for all SSL certificates.
• Any agents using SSL to monitor arrays or array management hosts use the same security restrictions. SSL certificates on arrays should be upgraded to SHA-256 signed certificates if SSL connections are required. Agents can switch to non-SSL connections if desired.
• When connecting to BNA to monitor Brocade switches, only read-only access is required. The documentation has been updated to reflect this.

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Resolved issues and enhancements

This 4.8.0 release of Foglight for Storage Management does not include any resolved issues and enhancements.

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Deprecated features

32-bit installers

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Known issues

The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.

Cartridge-related issues

Known Limitations

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Third party known issues

The following is a list of third party issues known to exist at the time of this release.

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Upgrade and compatibility

Select one of the following upgrade paths: 

Note: For a new installation, see Getting started with Foglight for Storage Management.

The following Foglight product versions and platforms are compatible with this release.

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System requirements

For information about system requirements for this release, see Foglight for Storage Management User and Reference Guide.

Note: Foglight for Storage Management requires a 64-bit Windows® or Linux® Agent Manager.

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Troubleshooting

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:

• To verify TCP/IP connectivity for SQL statement collections, Management Studio (SSMS) cannot be used as other protocols may be leveraged. Instead, verify connectivity using a UDL as detailed here (scroll down to the section entitled: How to Open a Data Link File with Notepad): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244659/
• To verify the WMI connectivity using a Microsoft Windows built-in utility, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc180684.aspx
• To troubleshoot WMI access permissions, see http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2007/08/14/wmi-troubleshooting-permissions.aspx
• For information about WMI connectivity from Windows Server 2003/Vista and later versions, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa822854(VS.85).aspx
• For WMI troubleshooting tips and techniques, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394603(VS.85).aspx

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Product licensing

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 Storage Management is covered by the Foglight Evolve Monitor, Operate, and Flex license.

To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:

1. On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Administration > Setup > Manage Licenses.
2. Click Install.
3. In the Install License dialog box, click Browse.
4. In the file browser that appears, specify the location of the license file.
5. In the Install License dialog box, click Install License.

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Getting started with Foglight for Storage Management

Contents of the release package

The Foglight for Storage Management 4.8.0 release package contains the following:

1. Foglight for Storage Management 4.8.0
   • Storage-4_8_0.car
   • StorageAgentSDK-1_0_4.car
   • PythonAgentSDK-1_0_4.car
   • ManagedTopologyService-1_0_3.car
   • SanHost-4_5_0.car (included in Storage-4_8_0.car)
   • SMISStorageAgent-1_5_0.car
2. Product documentation, including:
   • User and Reference Guide (PDF and online help)
     
• Release Notes (this document)

Installation instructions

Foglight for Storage Management 4.8.0 comes pre-installed and enabled on Foglight Evolve 9.1 or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.1.

To install Foglight for Storage Management on Foglight, you must install and enable the following cartridge files. The sequence of cartridge installation is important because of their dependencies:

• Storage-4_8_0.car
• StorageAgentSDK-1_0_4.car
• PythonAgentSDK-1_0_4.car
• ManagedTopologyService-1_0_3.car
• SanHost-4_5_0.car (included in Storage-4_8_0.car)
• SMISStorageAgent-1_5_0.car

To install cartridge files, use the Administration > Cartridges > Cartridge Inventory dashboard. For full installation instructions, refer to the topic "Installing Foglight cartridges" in the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help.

Additional resources

Additional information is available from the following:

• Online product documentation (https://support.quest.com/technical-documents#F)
• Foglight Community https://www.quest.com/community/products/foglight/

Globalization

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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About Us

We are more than just a name

We are on a quest to make your information technology work harder for you. That is why we build community-driven software solutions that help you spend less time on IT administration and more time on business innovation. We help you modernize your data center, get you to the cloud quicker and provide the expertise, security and accessibility you need to grow your data-driven business. Combined with Quest’s invitation to the global community to be a part of its innovation, and our firm commitment to ensuring customer satisfaction, we continue to deliver solutions that have a real impact on our customers today and leave a legacy we are proud of. We are challenging the status quo by transforming into a new software company. And as your partner, we work tirelessly to make sure your information technology is designed for you and by you. This is our mission, and we are in this together. Welcome to a new Quest. You are invited to Join the Innovation™.

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Our logo reflects our story: innovation, community and support. An important part of this story begins with the letter Q. It is a perfect circle, representing our commitment to technological precision and strength. The space in the Q itself symbolizes our need to add the missing piece — you — to the community, to the new Quest.

Contacting Quest

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Technical support is available to Quest customers with a valid maintenance contract and customers who have trial versions. You can access the Quest Support Portal at https://support.quest.com.

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