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Table of Contents Introduction to this Guide ...................................................................................................................................5 About vFoglight ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 About this Guide...........................................................................................................................................
vFoglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide Cartridge for Operating Systems ........................................................................................................................... 35 Supported Web Browsers............................................................................................................................................... 37 Supported Report Viewer ....................................................................................................
Introduction to this Guide This chapter provides information about what is contained in the vFoglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide. It also provides information about the vFoglight documentation suite and Vizioncore. This chapter contains the following sections: About vFoglight..............................................................................................................................6 About this Guide........................................................................
vFoglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide About vFoglight vFoglight helps IT organizations understand the virtual infrastructure by managing the relationships and interaction between all the components in the environment, including data centers, data stores, clusters, resource pools, hosts and virtual machines.
Introduction to this Guide vFoglight Documentation Suite 7 • Online Help: You can open the online help by selecting the Help tab from vFoglight’s action panel. • PDF: The Getting Started Guide, What’s New Guide, System Requirements and Platform Support Guide, Installation and Setup Guide set, Administration and Configuration Guide, vFoglight User Guide, Command-Line Reference Guide, Web Component Guide, and Web Component Tutorial, are provided as PDF files.
vFoglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide • Installation and Setup Guide—Installing on Windows with an External Oracle Database • Administration and Configuration Guide (PDF and online help) • vFoglight User Guide (PDF and online help) • Advanced Configuration Guide set • Command-Line Reference Guide (PDF and online help) • Web Component Guide (PDF and online help) • Web Component Tutorial (PDF and online help) • Web Component Reference (online help) Cartridge Documentation Sets When you
Introduction to this Guide Text Conventions 9 Text Conventions The following table summarizes how text styles are used in this guide: Convention Description Code Monospace text represents code, code objects, and commandline input.
Contacting Dell Note: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell product catalog. Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell for sales, technical support, or customer service issues: 1 Visit http://support.dell.com.
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2 Hardware Requirements and Guidelines This chapter outlines the Windows hardware requirements (CPU, RAM and disk storage) for 32- and 64-bit installations of the vFoglight Management Server and the database repository. This chapter contains the following sections: About vFoglight Hardware Requirements....................................................................................24 Single-Tier vFoglight Hardware Requirements............................................................................
vFoglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide About vFoglight Hardware Requirements The hardware needed to run vFoglight can vary widely depending on a number of factors, including: • The number and type of agents that are being used • The persistence and data-rollup policies • Agent configuration settings You should not consider doing a production implementation without conducting a proper scoping and sizing exercise with a qualified Vizioncore representative.
Hardware Requirements and Guidelines Single-Tier vFoglight Hardware Requirements 25 32-bit Platforms The hardware requirements for a single-tier 32-bit installation of vFoglight are as follows: CPU 4-way 2.4 GHz CPUs—one of the following: • 1 quad core • 2 dual core • 4 single core RAM 4 GB in total: • 2.4 GB for Management Server (1.6 GB for Heap, 0.8 GB for Java Virtual Machine) • 0.8 GB for database repository • 0.
vFoglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide RAM 12 GB in total: • 6 GB for Management Server (4 GB for Heap, 2 GB for Java Virtual Machine) • 4 GB for database repository • 2 GB for the operating system Storage • For Management Server: 40 GB, 7500 RPM hard disk or better • For Database Repository: 80 GB, 10000 RPM hard disk or better Multi-Tier vFoglight Hardware Requirements To install vFoglight in a multi-tier configuration, you must have separate hardware to run the vFoglight Manage
Hardware Requirements and Guidelines Multi-Tier vFoglight Hardware Requirements 27 vFoglight Database Repository (32- and 64-bit Platforms) The hardware requirements for a vFoglight Database Repository Server tier installation are as follows: 32-bit 64-bit CPU 2-way 2.
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3 Supported Platforms This chapter outlines the platforms supported for the vFoglight Management Server and database repository, supported platforms for the vFoglight Agent Manager, supported operating systems for the Operating System cartridges, and requirements for other software used with vFoglight. This chapter contains the following sections: Supported Platforms for the vFoglight Management Server .......................................................30 Supported External Databases....................
vFoglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide Supported Platforms for the vFoglight Management Server Vizioncore supports the platforms listed in the following table. These platforms have passed quality assurance testing with vFoglight. Note vFoglight is licensed for open systems only, in accordance with the supported platform matrix.
Supported Platforms Supported External Databases 31 Supported External Databases The vFoglight Management Server requires a database repository. You have the option of using the embedded database included with vFoglight, or using an external database. The external database must be a supported platform and version. Customers are responsible for the procurement, installation, and management of an external database. The following table outlines the external databases supported for vFoglight 5.2.4.
vFoglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide Supported Platforms for the vFoglight Agent Manager The vFoglight Agent Manager (FglAM) is supported on the following platforms: Operating System Version Architecture Additional Details IBM AIX® 5.2 IBM PowerPC 4 and PowerPC 5 32-bit and 64-bit support PA-RISC 32-bit and 64-bit support 5.3 6.
Supported Platforms Supported Platforms for the vFoglight Agent Manager Operating System Version Architecture Additional Details Oracle Unbreakable Linux 4 x86_64 32-bit and 64-bit support x86 32-bit support x86_64 32-bit and 64-bit support x86 32-bit support x86_64 32-bit and 64-bit support x86 32-bit support SPARC 32-bit and 64-bit support 5 Linux CentOS Sun Solaris™ 5.
vFoglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide Operating System Patch Requirements for the JRE The vFoglight Management Server and the vFoglight Agent Manager require a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). In order for vFoglight to run properly, it requires that the operating system is at a minimum patch level to support our JRE. Please ensure that your OS is properly patched for the JRE. It is recommended that you check with your OS vendor for the latest patches for your platform.
Supported Platforms Supported Operating Systems for System Cartridges 35 Supported Operating Systems for System Cartridges Cartridge for Operating Systems Note The Cartridge for Operating Systems is only available with the Professional version of vFoglight. The Cartridge for Operating Systems is supported on the following operating systems: Operating System Version Architecture Additional Details IBM AIX® 5.
vFoglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide Operating System Version Architecture Additional Details Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® AS/ES 4 x86_64 32-bit and 64-bit support x86 32-bit support AS/ES 5 x86_64 32-bit and 64-bit support EL 2.
Supported Platforms Supported Web Browsers Operating System Version Architecture Additional Details Sun Solaris™ 10 x86 32-bit support SPARC 32-bit and 64-bit support SPARC 32-bit and 64-bit support x86 32-bit support x86_64 32-bit and 64-bit support x86_64 32-bit and 64-bit support x86 32-bit support Itanium 32-bit and 64-bit support x86 32-bit support 9 8 Microsoft Windows® XP Server 2003 Server 2000 Supported Web Browsers The following table lists the Web browsers supported f
vFoglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide Browser Type Operating System Firefox 2 and 3 Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows Vista Linux RedHat, SuSE Note Firefox 3 is only supported on Desktop Linux— Enterprise Linux is not supported. Supported Report Viewer To view PDF reports in vFoglight, Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7.0.9 (or higher) is preferred.
Index A M about vFoglight 6 multi-tier system requirements 26 C O contacting Vizioncore 9 operating system, patch requirements for JRE 34 D database platform support 31 documentation cartridge 8 core 7 feedback 8 suite 6 E external databases 31 support 31 H hardware requirements, overview 24 I installation, recommendations 24 J JRE requirements 34 R recommendations, installing vFoglight 24 S single-tier system requirements 24 supported external databases 31 supported operating systems system c
Foglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide hardware overview 24 single system requirements 24 vFoglight Agent Manager supported platforms 32 vFoglight Database Repository hardware requirements 27 vFoglight Management Server hardware requirements 26 supported platforms 30 W web browsers 37
