Deployment Guide

Table of Contents
Introduction to this Guide...................................................................................................................................7
About vFoglight ................................................................................................................................................................ 8
About this Guide............................................................................................................................................................... 8
vFoglight Documentation Suite ........................................................................................................................................ 9
Core Documentation Set ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Cartridge Documentation Sets .............................................................................................................................. 10
Feedback on the Documentation........................................................................................................................... 10
Text Conventions ........................................................................................................................................................... 11
About Vizioncore Inc. ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
Contacting Dell............................................................................................................................................................... 12
Before Installing vFoglight................................................................................................................................25
What Is vFoglight?.......................................................................................................................................................... 26
Planning Your Installation or Upgrade............................................................................................................................ 27
High Availability Mode ........................................................................................................................................... 28
Using External Databases..................................................................................................................................... 29
Licensing ............................................................................................................................................................... 29
Hardware Requirements and Guidelines ....................................................................................................................... 31
Installation Recommendations .............................................................................................................................. 31
Hardware Requirements........................................................................................................................................ 31
Installing vFoglight ............................................................................................................................................33
Preparing to Install ......................................................................................................................................................... 34
Installing a New Version of the vFoglight Management Server...................................................................................... 34
Installing the vFoglight Management Server ......................................................................................................... 34
Next Steps............................................................................................................................................................. 55
External MySQL Database Access for Remote Users .......................................................................................... 56