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System Requirements and Platform
Support Guide
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Supported Platforms..........................................................................................................................................13
Supported Platforms for the vFoglight Management Server .......................................................................................... 13
Operating System Patch Requirements for the JRE ...................................................................................................... 14
Supported External Databases ...................................................................................................................................... 15
Supported Platforms for the vFoglight Agent Manager .................................................................................................. 16
Supported Platforms for the Cartridge for Operating Systems ...................................................................................... 19
Validated Web Browsers ................................................................................................................................................ 22
Supported PDF Report Viewer....................................................................................................................................... 23
Index....................................................................................................................................................................27
Introduction to this Guide
The System Requirements and Platform Support Guide contains information on the
hardware requirements and supported platforms for vFoglight 6.5. Please review the
information in this guide before installing vFoglight.
This guide is intended for vFoglight system administrators. The first chapter lists the
system requirements for the vFoglight Management Server and database repository for
32-bit and 64-bit platforms. The next chapter lists the platforms supported for the
vFoglight Mangement Server, database repository, and for monitored hosts (vFoglight
Agent Manager and OS cartridges), as well as validated Web browsers and PDF viewer.
The last chapter provides reference information on the vFoglight license model.
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Refer to our Web site for regional and international office information.
This chapter lists the hardware requirements (CPU, RAM and disk storage) for 32- and
64-bit installations of the vFoglight Management Server and the database repository.
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
• 0.8 GB for operating system
Important Some 32-bit operating systems, such as Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, have a
4 GB memory limit. Adjust your memory allocation accordingly. Windows Server 2003
Enterprise Edition can support up to 32 GB of physical memory with the Physical
Address Extension utility enabled. For more details, see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778(VS.85).aspx.
Hardware Requirements and Guidelines 9
Multi-Tier vFoglight Hardware Requirements
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 operating system
Note 13 GB RAM is required if the PA WebView cartridge will be used (it
runs on the vFoglight server and uses an RMI process to communicate
with monitored hosts).
32-bit 64-bit
32-bit 64-bit
CPU Usage • Varies greatly by cartridge / agent, the amount of data being
collected, and the complexity of the technology being monitored
• Average is 4.8% CPU utilization
Caution This section is intended to provide general information that is applicable to most
vFoglight installations. You should not consider doing a production implementation
without conducting a proper scoping and sizing exercise with a qualified Quest Software
representative.
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Supported Platforms
This chapter lists the platforms supported for the vFoglight Management Server and
database repository, for the vFoglight Agent Manager, and for the Operating System
cartridges. It also lists the requirements for other software used with vFoglight.
64-bit
Linux CentOS 5.3 x86_64
5.4
x86_64
32-bit
64-bit
Oracle Unbreakable Linux 5 x86
x86_64 1
10 x86_64
SPARC
1
On 64-bit Linux platforms, the 32-bit version of libgcc*.rpm must be
installed for the installer and vFoglight Management Server to run.
Note vFoglight is a multi-threaded software application running in a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
It runs on, and takes advantage of, MultiThreading and HyperThreading (also known as
Simultaneous MultiThreading) enabled environments.
Unless you are running the installer in console mode, verify that you have an X Windows
environment prior to installing vFoglight on UNIX platforms.
While you can run your external database on any operating system platform supported
by your database vendor, Quest Software will only support database issues that can be
reproduced on one of the following OS platforms (32- or 64-bit):
HP-UX 11i v2
Sun Solaris 10
32-bit
64-bit
HP-UX 11i v1 PA-RISC
11i v2 PA-RISC
Itanium
11i v3 PA-RISC
Itanium
x86_64
Supported Platforms 17
Supported Platforms for the vFoglight Agent Manager
32-bit
64-bit
Microsoft Windows XP x86
x86_64
x86_64
Itanium
Vista x86
x86_64
Windows 7 x86
x86_64
10 x86
x86_64
11 x86
x86_64
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32-bit
64-bit
Oracle Unbreakable Linux 4 x86
x86_64
5 x86
x86_64
x86_64
x86_64
10 x86_64
SPARC
Important The operating system must be patched to support the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
required by the vFoglight Agent Manager. See “Operating System Patch Requirements
for the JRE” on page 14 for details.
Supported Platforms 19
Supported Platforms for the Cartridge for Operating Systems
32-bit
64-bit
HP-UX 11i v1 PA-RISC
11i v2 PA-RISC
Itanium
11i v3 PA-RISC
Itanium
x86_64
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32-bit
64-bit
Microsoft Windows XP x86
x86_64
x86_64
Itanium
Vista x86
x86_64
Windows 7 x86
x86_64
10 x86
x86_64
11 x86
x86_64
Supported Platforms 21
Supported Platforms for the Cartridge for Operating Systems
32-bit
64-bit
Oracle Unbreakable Linux 4 x86
x86_64
5 x86
x86_64
x86_64
x86_64
10 x86_64
SPARC
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Windows Vista
Note The latest patch release of the browser is required for supportability purposes.
In general, browser versions supported by Quest reflect the vendor’s end-of-life policy. For
example, Firefox 3 is not listed above because Mozilla ended support in March 2010 and
we cannot guarantee vendor support for potential security and stability issues.
vFoglight-Server
vFoglight-Server is the central data repository, correlation, and analysis engine for
vFoglight. All dashboards and reports are built and viewed from the central server. It is
licensed on a per-server basis, which means that a license must be purchased for each
physical server that will run the vFoglight Server software. The vFoglight Server is a
prerequisite for all the other licensable components of vFoglight.
For each vFoglight Server you purchase, you are entitled to unlimited usage with no
user restrictions.
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vFoglight OS Management
vFoglight OS Management delivers a subset of the collectors, rules, alarms, and out-of-
the-box dashboards and reports that are provided in the vFoglight part. It is licensed on
a per-CPU socket basis.
For each socket that you have licensed under vFoglight OS Management, you are
entitled only to:
• All OS monitoring capabilities
• Custom cartridges
• All utility agents for URL, log, NIC, terminal services, and network ping
monitoring
• Export data for the managed component into third-party systems
vFoglight Integration
vFoglight Integration enables sending and receiving alerts to and from the vFoglight
Management Server and third-party products, and includes:
• Third-party monitoring tool integrations
• Third-party Service-Desk integration
Index
versions supported for vFoglight Agent Manager 16 versions supported for vFoglight Agent Manager 18
Internet Explorer browser versions 22 versions supported for vFoglight Management
Server 14
J
JRE requirements 14 P
PA WebView cartridge additional RAM requirements 9
L PDF reader supported for vFoglight reports 23
processor requirements
Linux CentOS
multi-tier installation, database repository 10
versions supported for Operating System cartridge 19
multi-tier installation, vFoglight Server 10
versions supported for vFoglight Agent Manager 16
single-tier 32-bit installation 8
versions supported for vFoglight Management
single-tier 64-bit installation 9
Server 13
R
M
RAM requirements
memory requirements
multi-tier installation, database repository 10
multi-tier installation, database repository 10
multi-tier installation, vFoglight Server 10
multi-tier installation, vFoglight Server 10
single-tier 32-bit installation 8
single-tier 32-bit installation 8
single-tier 64-bit installation 9
single-tier 64-bit installation 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Microsoft .NET cartridge support for FglAM 16
versions supported for Operating System cartridge 21
Microsoft Windows
versions supported for vFoglight Agent Manager 18
versions supported for Operating System cartridge 20
versions supported for vFoglight Management
versions supported for vFoglight Agent Manager 17
Server 14
versions supported for vFoglight Management
report viewer, Acrobat Reader version 23
Server 13
requirements for FMS and database separately 9
multi-threading, support for 14
requirements for FMS and database together 8
RHEL
N versions supported for Operating System cartridge 21
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server versions supported for vFoglight 14
versions supported for Operating System cartridge 20 versions supported for vFoglight Agent Manager 18
versions supported for vFoglight Agent Manager 17
versions supported for vFoglight Management S
Server 13
Safari browser versions 22
Simultaneous MultiThreading, support for 14
O SLES
operating system, patch requirements for JRE 14 versions supported for Operating System cartridge 20
Oracle Unbreakable Linux versions supported for vFoglight Agent Manager 17
versions supported for Operating System cartridge 21
Index 29
versions supported for vFoglight Management vFoglight components and tiers, definition 7
Server 13 vFoglight Management Server
Solaris supported platforms 13
versions supported for Operating System cartridge 21 Vista support
versions supported for vFoglight 14 Operating System cartridge 20
versions supported for vFoglight Agent Manager 18 vFoglight Agent Manager 17
storage requirements
multi-tier installation, database repository 10 W
multi-tier installation, vFoglight Server 10
Web browsers 22
single-tier 32-bit installation 8
Windows
single-tier 64-bit installation 9
versions supported for Operating System cartridge 20
Sun Solaris
versions supported for vFoglight Agent Manager 17
versions supported for Operating System cartridge 21
versions supported for vFoglight Management
versions supported for vFoglight Agent Manager 18
Server 13
versions supported for vFoglight Management
Windows 7 support
Server 14
Operating System cartridge 20
support 6
vFoglight Agent Manager 17
supported external databases 15
Windows Server 2008 support
supported operating systems
Operating System cartridge 20
system cartridges 19
vFoglight Agent Manager 17
supported platforms
vFoglight Management Server 13
vFoglight Agent Manager 16
vFoglight Management Server 13
supported Web browsers 22
system cartridges
supported operating systems 19
system requirements
multiple tiers 9
single tier 8
system requirements, overview 7
T
technical support 6
tiers, definition 7
V
validated Web browsers 22
vFoglight Agent Manager
.NET cartridge support 16
supported platforms 16