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Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 3 Table of Contents Introduction to this Guide..................................................................................................................................................5 About Quest Software, Inc. ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Contacting Quest Software ...................
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Introduction to this Guide The 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.
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1 Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition This chapter 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 8 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 9 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Storage Resizing Requirements The following table outlines the requirements necessary for Optimizer to successfully resize the storage on virtual machines.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 10 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition • Target VM should be powered ON • No snapshots • VMware tools should be installed and running • CD-ROM exists on VM • GUID Partition Table (GPT) is not supported • Routing is done between appliance and VM • No multiple network cards on VM • VMs with IDE disks are not supported • VMs with iSCSI mapped volumes are not supported • VMs with SCSI bus sharin
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition The Deploy OVF wizard appears. 4 Click Browse to navigate to the location of the extracted OVF file and select it. Click Next. 5 On the OVF Template Details page, verify the Product and Version number. Click Next. 6 On the Name and Location page, type a name for the virtual machine, and select a destination folder. Click Next.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 12 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition 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. Open vCenter, select the Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition virtual machine you just installed, and click Power on the virtual machine.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 13 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Installing as a Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Machine Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition is delivered as a fully configured Hyper-V virtual machine that can be installed directly using the Microsoft Hyper-V Manager.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 14 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition 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. 7 Right-click the Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition virtual machine and select Settings.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 15 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 16 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 17 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition After this process is complete, the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager is configured to log information to the rhevm_history database for reporting purposes. The rhevm_history database is required by Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition for the collection of performance metrics.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 18 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition b Locate and select the virtual machine created in step 2. c Click Network Interfaces, then click New. d Use the default values provided and click OK. Powering On and Initializing the Virtual Machine Right-click on the Virtual Machine and click Run.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 19 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition License Agreement Read the license agreement and then click Accept Agreement to proceed. 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.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 20 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition 4 The Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Performance Analyzer uses vCenter alarms for real-time monitoring of the state of the virtual environment. Note Six specific vKernel utilization alarms must be installed in vCenter in order to provide the real-time functionality.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 21 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition 3 Click Proceed. The appliance collects all the required virtual environment information. Depending on the size of the virtual environment, this can take anywhere from fifteen minutes to several hours. RHEV Connection 1 On the Add Connection dialog box, click the RHEV tab.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 22 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition VMware vCloud Connection 1 On the Add Connection dialog box, click the VMware vCloud tab. 2 Type the IP address or FQDN and the credentials for the system. For VMware vCloud, credentials should have Read-Only and Browse Datastore permissions for the entire environment.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 23 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition After the databases have been initialized, you are prompted to login to 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.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 24 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition If the appliance has recently been configured, it may still be collecting the required virtual environment information. Depending on the size of the virtual environment, this can take anywhere from fifteen minutes to several hours. After the initial collection is complete, a Welcome dialog box appears. 4 Click OK. The Get Started dashboard appears.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 25 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Activating a Trial License After the initial configuration, 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 Internet access is required to complete this procedure. To activate a trial license: 1 Click a top level tab other than Dashboard.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 26 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Activating a Purchased License After the initial configuration, 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 Internet access is required to complete this procedure.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 27 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition To install a purchased license: 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 Change a License. The Request a License dialog box opens. 4 Follow step 2 through step 6 of the procedure “To activate a purchased license:” on page 26.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition 5 Click the right arrow Note to move them to the Licensed Hosts/Sockets list on the right. The text that indicates the number of host and socket licenses used updates automatically. 6 When finished, click OK. The License tab updates to display the licensed hosts and sockets.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 29 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Optional — if you want to reset the list of assigned hosts when you import the license, select the Reset assigned host list after activation check box. 3 Click Activate. Deactivating All Licenses To deactivate all commercial licenses that have been installed on the Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition appliance, click Deactivate all Licenses.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 30 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition The Service tab shows the status of the Foglight for Virtualization Resource Monitor and the credentials for the service. 2 Click the Database tab. The Database tab shows the Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition database connection information.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 31 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition b In the Server Configuration area, type the appropriate server information and credentials. If you are using the Embedded PostgreSQL database, the Server address should be the address of the Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition virtual machine. For the embedded PostgreSQL database, the account and password are postgres and postgres.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 32 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition Note In order to successfully connect the Foglight for Virtualization Hyper-V Collector to the SCOM server, you must create the following group/users as the first step of an SCOM installation: OpsMgrAdmins: Global Group, containing the following users: • OpsMgrSDKConfig: a domain user, must be a local administrator on the server with OpsMgr and member
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 33 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition 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 > Foglight for Virtualization Hyper-V Collector and start the collector. The Foglight for Virtualization Hyper-V Collector dialog box opens, with the Service tab selected. 6 Click the Connections tab.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide 34 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 35 Chapter 1—Installing Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition 6 Click Install. System Center Integration The Foglight for Virtualization 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 13.
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide Index A activating purchased license 26 trial license 25 allocating socket licenses 27 C configuring Foglight for Virtualization Hyper-V Collector 29 RHEVM history database 16 connecting Microsoft System Center 20 RHEV 21 connecting VMware vCenter 19, 22 connection management 19 D data collection, initial 22 deactivating licenses 29 E export domain 17 F Foglight for Virtualization Hyper-V Collector configuring 29 instal
Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition: Installation and Configuration Guide Index integrating with Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition alarms 35 P postgres remote connection 18 powering on virtual machine 12 R Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager reports 16 Red Hat software requirements 8 remote database connection RHEVM postgres 18 reports RHEVM 16 requirements Hyper-V software 8 Red Hat (RHEVM) software 8 system 7 VMware software 8 RHEV connections 21 export domain, selecting 17
