Foglight™ Foglight™ for Virtualization, Standard Edition 6.5.
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Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 3 Table of Contents Introduction to this Guide..................................................................................................................................................4 About Quest Software, Inc. ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Contacting Quest Software ...................
Introduction to this Guide This Installation and Configuration Guide provides instructions for installing, configuring, and starting Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition. About Quest Software, Inc. Established in 1987, Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) provides simple and innovative IT management solutions that enable more than 100,000 global customers to save time and money across physical and virtual environments.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide Introduction to this Guide • Download the latest releases and service packs • Create, update, and review Support cases View the Global Support Guide for a detailed explanation of support programs, online services, contact information, policies, and procedures. The guide is available at: http://www.quest.com/ support.
1 Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition This chapter provides instructions for installing and configuring the Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition. Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition is delivered as a fully configured virtual machine, which can be installed on one of three platforms: VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, or Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platform.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 7 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Number of VMs 1 to 200 200 to 1000 1000 to 3000 External Database Server Average CPU Use Network Storage Less than 90% Optional Less than 80% Optional Less than 80% Not Recommended Less than 90% 2 or 3 Less than 80% 2 or 3 Less than 80% 2 Read Only +Browse Datastore Read Only + Browse Datastore Read Only + Browse Datastore Less than 90% Opt
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 8 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Note This procedure contains instructions for deploying the virtual appliance using the Deploy OVF Template Wizard. For complete information about this wizard and other vSphere Client features, see your vSphere Client documentation.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 9 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Click Next. 9 On the Disk Format page, select the type of datastore provisioning. Click Next. 10 Review the deployment settings and click Finish. Powering On and Initializing the Virtual Machine After installing the OVF, you must power on, and initialize the virtual machine.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 10 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition If there is no DHCP server available, you must manually enter the IP address before proceeding with the configuration steps below. Open a console window and respond to the questions about the IP address and the network time server.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 11 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition The Import Virtual Machine dialog appears. 4 Select Copy the virtual machine (create a new unique ID). 5 Click Browse to browse to and select the location of the extracted VHD directories. 6 In the Import Virtual Machine dialog box, click Import. The virtual machine is imported and appears in the list of virtual machines for the host.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 12 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Setting a Static IP Address or Changing the Network Time Server 1 Open the Hyper-V Manager and connect to the virtual machine. 2 Log in as root with password for the password. 3 Change the directory to: /usr/local/vkernel/scripts. 4 Run the changeIp.sh script. Follow the prompts to set the desired IP address and network time server.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 13 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition 5 After the package has been copied to the RHEVM server, log onto the console as root, change to the user directory of the account you used in the previous step, and run the following command: #yum locallinstall rhevm-image-uploader-3.0.0_0000-0.noarch.rpm Substitute the current package number and version in place of 3.0.0_0000-0.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 14 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition is required by Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition for the collection of performance metrics. Note The rhevm-etl service must be running for this collection to occur. Selecting the RHEV Export Domain The next step is to determine which export domain to use.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 15 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition d Use the default values provided and click OK. Power On and Initialize the Virtual Machine Right-click on the Virtual Machine and click Run. Setting a Static IP Address or Changing the Network Time Server 1 Right-click on the VM and select Console. 2 Log in as root with password for the password.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 16 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Connection Management The environment connection screen appears and the Add Connection dialog box opens. You must have at least one connection to complete the configuration. VMware Connection 1 On the Add Connection dialog box, click the vCenter tab. 2 Type the IP address or FQDN and the credentials for the system.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 17 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Microsoft System Center Connection 1 Select the System Center tab on the Add Connection dialog box. 2 To establish the Microsoft Hyper-V connection, the Hyper-V Collector must be installed, as described in “Installing and Configuring the VKernel Hyper-V Collector” on page 26.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 18 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition RHEV Connection 1 On the Add Connection dialog box, click the RHEV tab. 2 Configure the Red Hat connection with the IP address or FQDN of the RHEVM server. Provide the credentials for an account with SuperUser rights to the RHEVM application. 3 Click Add. VMware vCloud Connection 1 On the Add Connection dialog box, click the VMware vCloud tab.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 19 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition The credentials used for the VMware vCloud where the Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition appliance is installed must also have Virtual Machine State permissions in order for the appliance to be updated automatically. 3 Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition can be accessed and used from within VMware vCloud using a vKernel plug-in.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 20 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Logging in to Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition This section describes how to log in to Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition. To log in to Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: 1 Open a standard Web browser (for example, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or Chrome with Adobe Flash 10 or later).
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 21 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Managing Licenses When you click any top level tab other than Dashboard, the Request a License dialog box opens and prompts you to license the module you are trying to access. Note A 30-day free trial of the complete Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition is available. Select either Trial License or Purchased License and click Next.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 22 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition 4 Click Finish to begin using Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition. To allocate socket licenses, see “Allocating Socket Licenses” on page 24.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 23 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition A message box opens while the request is processed, then the results of the license request are displayed. 6 Click Finish. To allocate socket licenses, see “Allocating Socket Licenses” on page 24.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 24 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Allocating Socket Licenses To allocate the license sockets: 1 Click the Configure Gear icon at the top-right corner of the browser interface to access the settings. 2 Click the License tab. 3 Click License Assignment. The Foglight for Virtualization License Assignment dialog box opens.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 25 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Installing a License Received by E-mail If you have requested and received a license by e-mail, you can install that license through the Settings > License tab. To install an e-mailed license: 1 On the Settings > License tab, click Install License received via E-mail. The Manual Activation dialog box opens.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 26 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Deactivating All Licenses To deactivate all commercial licenses that have been installed on the Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition appliance, click Deactivate all Licenses. A message box opens, prompting you to confirm the action.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 27 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition The Database tab shows the Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition database connection information. a Select the SQL Server Type. b In the PostgreSQL Server Configuration area, type the appropriate server information and credentials.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 28 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition The Connections tab specifies the connection to the Systems Center Operations Manager. If the connection parameters were specified properly, a new connection appears on the connection list. The VKernel Hyper-V Collector service starts immediately. 5 Review the connection information and edit if necessary. 6 Click Close.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 29 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition • VKernel Capacity Analyzer PRO Pack 2 Highlight one of the three management packs and click Delete. 3 Click Yes to confirm the deletion. 4 Repeat step 2 and step 3 for the remaining two management packs. 5 Navigate to All Programs > VKernel Hyper-V Collector and start the collector.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 30 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Because you have chosen to import management packs from a disk and not from the catalog, you are prompted to search the catalog for any dependencies the management packs may have. 4 Click No to not search for dependencies.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 31 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition 6 Click Install. System Center Integration The VKernel Hyper-V Collector is required in order to propagate the Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition alarms into the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager. For more information, see “Installing as a Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Machine” on page 10.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 32 Index A I activating purchased license 22 trial license 21 allocating socket licenses 24 initial,data connection 19 initializing virtual machine 9 installation guidelines 6 installing 6 Hyper-V virtual machine 10 license from e-mail 25 required packages for RHEVM reports 13 RHEVM virtual machine 12 vKernel Hyper-V collector 26 VMware virtual machine 7 integrating alarms with System Center 31 C configuring RHEVM hist
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide Index R Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager reports 13 Red Hat software requirements 7 remote database connection RHEVM postgres 15 reports RHEVM 13 requirements Hyper-V software 7 Red Hat (RHEVM) software 7 system 6 VMware software 7 RHEV connections 18 export domain, selecting 14 RHEVM configuring history database 13 history database 13 installing required packages 13 virtual machine, installing as 12 S selecting,
