Specifications
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide   7
Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition
Java Software Requirements:
• Java Version 1.6 or later
VMware Software Requirements: 
• VMware Player 1.0.0 or later
• VMware Workstation 5 or later
• VMware ESX Server 3.x or later
• Virtual Center 2.5 or later, or VMware Server 1.03 or later
Hyper-V Software Requirements:
• Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 and Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager 
2008 R2
Or
• Systems Center Operations Manager 2012 and Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager 
2012
Red Hat Software Requirements:
• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.0 or higher
Installing as a VMware Virtual Machine 
Installing the VMware virtual machine involves downloading the virtual appliance, and then 
deploying it to your VMware environment using the VMware Deploy OVF Template option.
External Database Server
Average CPU Use
Network Storage
Less than 90%
Optional
Less than 80%
Optional
Less than 80%
Not 
Recommended
VMware vCenter
Average CPU Use
5 Minute Interval Statistics 
Level
Minimum Privileges
Less than 90%
2 or 3
Read Only 
+Browse 
Datastore
Less than 80%
2 or 3
Read Only + 
Browse Datastore
Less than 80%
2 
Read Only + 
Browse Datastore
vCenter Database Server
Average CPU Use
Network Storage
Less than 90%
Optional
Less than 80%
Optional
Less than 80%
Not 
Recommended
Number of VMs 1 to 200  200 to 1000  1000 to 3000 










