Foglight® for Azure SQL Database 5.9.5.20
Developed and tested for Foglight Management Server 5.9.2, 5.9.3, 5.9.4, 5.9.5, and 5.9.7
Release Notes Revision 1
April 2020
Revision 1:
Foglight for Azure SQL Database 5.9.5.20 Release Notes Revision 1 is a re-release of the Foglight for Azure SQL Database 5.9.5.20 Release Notes with the following change:
Welcome to Foglight for Azure SQL Database
Getting started with Foglight for Azure SQL Database
Foglight® for Azure SQL Database allows DBAs to quickly and efficiently identify performance deviations, determine their root cause, perform comprehensive analyses, and resolve performance bottlenecks. The product provides web-enabled dashboards for centralized visibility, management and health checks for the Azure SQL Database deployed in your environment, as well as proactive alerting and alarm workflows for tracking your responses to critical performance anomalies.
Foglight for Azure SQL Database is an n-tier application, which leverages a web-based user interface to ensure having complete visibility into the Azure SQL Database infrastructure wherever an Internet connection is available.
These Release Notes cover the known issues, workarounds, and other important information about 5.9.5.20 release of Foglight for Azure SQL Database. Review all sections before starting installation.
Foglight for Azure SQL DB monitors the Azure SQL Database activity by connecting to and querying the database. Version 5.9.5.20 of Foglight for Azure SQL Database contains the following main features and functions:
Added Heatmap-Style Global View.
The following is a list of issues addressed and enhancements implemented in this release.
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Defect ID |
Resolved Issue |
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AZFOG-28 |
Fixed an issue that due to script errors, failed to change the RMI port configuration. |
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AZFOG-25 |
Fixed an issue that Azure cartridge rule SQL_AZURE-EmailNotification_Rule_General and Oracle cartridge rule DBO-EmailNotification_Rule_General have the same ID. |
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AZFOG-16 |
Fixed an issue that the blocked process count does not match on blocking dashboard. |
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AZFOG-8 |
Fixed an issue that FileNotFoundException occurs in Azure SQL DB agent log. |
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AZFOG-4 |
Fixed an issue that the severity icon and unit of Query Store Utilization are not showing up for a fresh monitored instance. |
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FOGDG-1323 |
Fixed an issue that the potential email notification string combination is incorrect. |
The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.
Defect ID |
Known Issue |
|
AZFOG-29 |
When accessing the Database dashboard, no entry to the Upgrade wizard
can be found after new version cartridge has been installed. |
SSFOG-1569 |
User Level Access and Manage Alarm Blackouts are not supported for 5.9.5.10 Azure SQL DB, and they are not UI limitation/notes. |
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SSFOG-1629 |
Azure cannot change RMI setting in Administration. |
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GVFOG-207 |
An error log showed in FMS log for loading heatmap component in FMS version before 5.9.3. |
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n/a |
Cross platform report is not supported for Azure SQL DB. |
|
n/a |
Agent does not support MFA (Multi-Factor_Authentication) connections to Azure databases. |
The following is a list of third party issues known to exist at the time of this release.
Defect ID |
Known Issue |
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. |
|
FOGDG-1372 |
Cannot use AD account to monitor Azure SQL DB when the FglAM deploy
in Azure VM. |
|
n/a |
The Windows System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) tool and Anti-Virus
Protection tools installed on Windows® may negatively impact CPU and
system performance of machines running Foglight, Foglight Agent
Manager, and the SQL PI repository.
|
|
n/a |
Anti-virus software may negatively impact the CPU and system performance of machines running Foglight. To reduce resource consumption, it is highly recommended to exclude the relevant directory, processes, and executables from being scanned by the anti-virus software. For detailed information, refer to the "Configuring anti-virus exclusion settings" in Installing Foglight on Windows with an Embedded PostgreSQL Database. |
n/a |
The Foglight Time Bar Chart click event does not work with Chrome version 40.x.x.x and 39.x.x.x. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428308 |
The following Foglight product versions and platforms are compatible with this release.
|
Product Name |
Product Version |
Platform |
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Foglight Management Server |
5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4 5.9.5 5.9.7 |
All platforms supported by these versions of the Foglight Management Server |
|
Foglight Agent Manager Note: The monitoring agents
available in this version of Foglight for Azure SQL Database support the
Agent Manager HA failover mode, except for the Agent Manager
monitoring SQL PI agents. For more information about this mode, see
the Agent Manager Guide.
|
5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4 5.9.5 5.9.7 |
All platforms supported by these versions of the Foglight Agent Manager |
Note: Foglight for Azure SQL Database 5.9.5.20 is compatible with Foglight 5.9.7, however, it cannot run on Foglight 5.9.7 with FIPS-compliant mode enabled.
Before installing Foglight for Azure SQL Database, ensure that your system meets the hardware and software requirements detailed in Foglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide. Customers running large deployments (more than 20 agents) should consult the Foglight for Databases Deployment Guide.
For information on the required privileges, refer to the Foglight for Databases Deployment Guide.
Support for Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8, 9, and 10 has been discontinued in this Foglight release.
Microsoft ended the support for these browsers on January 12, 2016. For more information, visit https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle?p1=13418.
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 Foglight for Infrastructure), others may require an additional license.
Foglight for Azure SQL Database is covered by the base Foglight license that allows cartridges to be installed.
To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:
The Foglight for SQL Azure 5.9.5.20 release package contains the following:
For installation pre-requisites, permissions, information necessary to determine your environment’s hardware requirements, and for installation instructions, see the Foglight for Databases Deployment Guide.
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, Far-East Asia, Japan.
This release has the following known capabilities or limitations: The server will be enabled for Global Operation, but not localized to any particular locale.
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