Foglight 5.6.3 is GA along with upgrades to the OS and database carts:
Foglight for SQL Server
SQLServer-5_5_8_5_SP2 = DB_SQL_Server-5_5_8_568.car
Foglight for SQL Server version 5.5.8.5 SP2 is the service pack to the previously released 5.5.8.5
version. The version deals exclusively with customer derived fixes and adjusting the product to
integrate with vFoglight version 6.6.
Foglight for SQL Server version 5.5.8.5 contains the following updates:
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Added the ability to exclude data from the SQL Server error log list
Top-SQL data was enhanced to utilize the StealthCollect technology, where available
The following cross-instance reports at the enterprise level were added
o Enterprise database space
o Enterprise disk space
o Enterprise SQL Server performance summary
o Enterprise SQL Server setup
Added the ability to exclude jobs using the job name from the "job retry" and "long
running jobs" alarm
 The Session Details screen was adjusted to provide the same display shown in
Foglight Performance Analysis for SQL Server, when the data is retrieved using the
StealthCollect technology
 Enabled integration with vFoglight (compatible with version 6.5.1)
 The Replication module was introduced, allowing to monitor the replication operation
via specific Homepage and drilldowns, available from the Databases table
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Foglight for Oracle
OracleDB-5_5_8_5_SP1 = DB_Oracle-5_5_8_560.car
Foglight for Oracle version 5.5.8.5 SP1 is the service pack to the previously released 5.5.8.5
version. The SP1 version deals exclusively with adjusting the product to support Foglight
Management Server version 5.6.2.
Foglight for Oracle version 5.5.8.5 provides the following enhancements:
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Alert log adjustment to support different date formats
Tablespace free space fragmentation was enhanced and replaced with an
asynchronic on-demand collection
On-demand collection timeouts were added to the tablespace free space
fragmentation and datafile fragmentation collections
Support for NTLMv2 authentication method was added
Scan Listener support was added for Oracle RAC version 11G R2
Kill session functionality is now available via the sessions dashboard notifying upon a
successful termination of the session
Added support for ERP in the session details dashboard (PeopleSoft and Oracle EBusiness)
The Homepage disk storage section now displays the last sample that was taken for
the specified time range instead of an average value for the specified time range.
The following dashboards now utilizes the StealthCollect technology
o The Top SQL dashboard
o The session details dashboard was adjusted to match Performance Analysis by
revising the following tabs
 Session Overview (revised metrics as well as added a since logon/selected
time range indicator)
 Session Statistics (revised metrics as well as added a since logon/selected
time range indicator)
 Open Cursors (added a per statement analysis)
 SQL Summary (added a per statement analysis)
 The following collection was added:
o Flashback Area
 Added the following alarms:
o ASM Total Used Pct
o StealthCollect Requires Upgrade
o Flashback Pct Non-Reclaimable
o Log Buffer Wait Percent
o Large Pool Full
o Write Complete Waits Pct
o Temporary I/O Wait Pct
o Flashback Buffer Free Wait Pct
o Flashback Pct Used
o Flashback Pct Non-Reclaimable
Foglight for Sybase
Sybase-5_5_8_2 = DB_DB2-5_5_8_855.car
This release contains the following new features.
Foglight for DB2 ULW
DB2-5_5_8_8_SP2 = DB_DB2-5_5_8_855.car
Foglight for DB2 LUW version 5.5.8.8 SP2 is the service pack to the previously released 5.5.8.8
version.
This release contains the following new features:
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Global view: adjusts to the Foglight for Databases look and feel, featuring
extended functionality, including the databases quick view panel.
Automatic Discovery Wizard: allows the discovery and monitoring of databases
that reside under a specified DB2 instance.
Centralized Administration Console: the Centralized Administration Console
(Global Administration) allows setting up general server properties, as well as
changing agent-related settings for one or more agents at the same time.
o Collection frequencies: provides an easy interface to enable or disable specific
collections, as well as configuration of the sampling frequency for each collection.
o User-defined collections: adds user-defined collections to all of one or more
agents, to provide for queries not included in Foglight for Azure. User-defined
collections can also be cloned between agents.
o On-Demand Data Port: allows defining of a port for each Foglight Agent
Manager (FglAM) to be used for retrieving on-demand data.
o Alarms: features all the alarms grouped according to topic and introduces new
configuration functionality and an extended email notification settings that allow
defining email notifications per severity, per alarm, and per instance.
o Database management: allows defining of connection settings for one or more
of the instances and databases listed below, to enable their monitoring.
o Notification log: allows handling of DB2 messages and configuration which
triggers alarms as well as an option to disable triggering alarms as a result of the
entire notification log monitoring.
 Foglight for DB2 LUW dashboards:
o New Homepages: provides a quick and intuitive representation of the instance,
partition and database architecture, and activity.
o Configuration (DiagLog): provides a graphical overview of the number of alert
messages by severity over time, as a measure of database health (available only
at the database level).
o User-Defined Collection: displays user-defined collections, plotted over the
specified time range (available only at the database level).
o Current Agents Dashboards: lists all current agents and allows viewing specific
agent details as well as general agent workload information.
o Top SQL: allows DBAs to easily understand statements with the most impactful in
their environment, and to fully grasp the execution dynamics of those statements
and their impact on overall database performance.
o Locks (Current): provides details for all current lock conflicts.
o Tablespaces-displays the database individual tablespace information, sorted by
either percent of space usage or size, also enabling a drill down to the specific
tablespace information thus providing additional tablespace information.
o Tablespace Buffer pool activities: provides information regarding the
tablespace buffer activities in terms of the individual and aggregated hit ratios.
 The following alarms have been added:
o Partition level
 Storage
 FS Storage Utilization
 Log Utilization
 Tablespace Utilization
 Auto Tablespace Utilization
 Fixed Tablespace Utilization
 Tablespace Resize Failure
 General
 Monitored Switches
 Performance
 CPU Utilization
 Deadlocks
 Lock Timeout
 Index Cache Hit Ratio
 Overall Cache Hit Ratio
 Memory Usage Baseline
 CPU Utilization Baseline
 FCM
 FCM State
o Instance level
 Storage
 Auto Tablespace Utilization
 Fixed Tablespace Utilization
Messages
 Log File Size
 OS
 OS General CPU Utilization
 OS Memory Utilization
 Performance
 CPU Utilization Baseline
 Memory Usage Baseline
o Database level
 Storage
 Log Utilization
 Auto Tablespace Utilization
 Fixed Tablespace Utilization
 Messages
 Log Message
 Log Message Summary
 HADR
 HADR State
 HADR Disconnected
 HADR Log Gap
 Performance
 Index Cache Hit Ratio
 Overall Cache Hit Ratio
 CPU Utilization Baseline
 Memory Usage Baseline
o General and Usability alarms
 Database Response Time
 Instance Availability
 Database Availability
 Database Connection Time
 Collection Status
 Introducing a new balance mechanism to intuitively display the balance
between the various partitions according to:
o Average active session
o Physical reads
o Logical reads
o Database CPU utilization
o Database memory utilization
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Foglight for SQLAzure
SQLAzure-5_5_8_6_SP1 = DB_Azure-5_5_8_673.car
Foglight for SQL Azure version 5.5.8.6 SP1 is the service pack release of the previously released
product. This release deals exclusively with customer related issues.
Foglight for SQL Azure version 5.5.8.6 contains the following features:
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Global view adjusting to the Foglight for Databases look and feel, featuring extended
functionality, including the databases quick view panel.
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New dashboards as follows:
o Summary: provides a quick and intuitive representation of SQL Azure database
architecture and activity.
o Blocking (current): provides details for all current lock conflicts.
o Blocking (History): displays all of the locks whose duration exceeded a predefined
threshold.
o Sessions: lists all current SQL sessions and allows viewing session details and
locks.
o Top SQL Statements: provides detailed information about the SQL statements
that experienced the longest time of CPU consumption or highest number of total
wait events.
o Bandwidth Usage: provides detailed information about wait events, such as the
maximum wait times.
o Tables and Indexes: displays all of the database’s largest tables, by either size or
row number and allows viewing detailed statistics for each index.
o Storage: displays the database storage properties, its utilization and growth.
o Estimated storage cost: displays the database properties and the current storage
cost model, alongside the estimated daily cost for the last days and the entire
month.
o Database Properties: provides detailed information regarding both the master
database (instance) and the currently monitored database.
o Cost: allows monitoring the database’s total estimated costs—on both storage and
bandwidth usage—based on the pricing plan and the actual usage during the
specified time range.
o User defined: displays user-defined collections, plotted over the specified time
range.
New alarms as follows:
o Database related alarms:
 Storage:
 Database Reaching Maximum Limit Capacity.
 Database Requires Change In Edition.
 Database Reaching Current Limit Capacity.
 Locks:
 Long Lock Running.
 Operational:
 Response Time.
 Connection Time.
 Instance/Database Unresponsive.
 Database Property Changed.
 Collection Status.
 Baseline:
 Executions Baseline Deviation.
 Total CLR Time Baseline Deviation.
 Total I/O Baseline Deviation.
o Instance related alarms:
 Storage:
 Database Reaching Maximum Limit Capacity.
 Database Requires Change In Edition.
 Database Reaching Current Limit Capacity.
 Database Wrong Edition Used.
 Database Current Limit Resized.
 Tables/Indexes Ratio.
 Operational:
 Response Time.
 Connection Time.
 Instance/Database Unresponsive.
 Cost Change.
 Cost Was Not Set.
 Collection Status.
 Baseline:
 Bandwidth Usage Baseline Deviation.
 Total Connections Baseline Deviation.
 All Active Connections Baseline Deviation.
 Blockers Connections Baseline Deviation.
 Centralized Administration Console:
The Centralized Administration Console (Global Administration) allows setting up
general server properties, as well as changing agent-related settings for one or more
agents at the same time.
o Connection Details: allows defining the connection settings for one or more of the
selected agents, as well as configuring user-defined collections.
o Collection frequencies: provides an easy interface to enable or disable specific
collections, as well as configure the sampling frequency for each collection.
o User-Defined collections: used for adding user-defined collections to all of one or
more agents, to provide for queries not included in Foglight for Azure. UserDefined collections can also be cloned between agents.
o On-Demand Data Port: allows defining a port for each Foglight Agent Manager
(FglAM) to be used for retrieving on-demand data.
o Alarms: featuring all the alarms grouped according to topic and introducing new
configuration functionality and an extended email notification settings that allow
defining email notifications per severity, per alarm and per instance.
o Cost Configuration: used for setting the prices, in US dollars, for bandwidth and
storage usage. These prices form the basis for the estimated cost calculations in
Foglight for SQL Azure.
o User Account: allows setting the Windows Live ID and data center, which are used
for accessing and using SQL Azure services.
 Automatic Discovery Wizard: allowing discovery and monitoring of databases that
reside under a specified SQL Azure instance.
Infrastructure OS
Infrastructure-5_6_3 = Infrastructure-5_6_3.car
This is the first release of this cartridge. It contains the following new features:
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WinRM (Windows Remote Management) connection option for the
WindowsAgent: added the ability to connect the WindowsAgent to remote systems
by using the WinRM connection option. (IC-448)
Infrastructure Environment dashboard > Monitoring tab > Quick view:
redesigned to focus on the alarm state of the associated topology object and to
display the metrics which are used to determine the alarm state in an associated
chart. (IC-514)
Infrastructure Environment dashboard > Administration tab: new tab,
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allowing users to edit the Infrastructure agents' properties, without navigating
through the Foglight administrative UI. (IC-639, IC-583, IC-532)
Infrastructure Environment dashboard > Add OS Monitoring button: new
button, allowing users to add a monitoring host, by using the Add Monitored Host
wizard. (IC-639)
Add Monitored Host wizard:
o Agent Properties > collection options for the WindowsAgent: added the
"Collect Service Metrics" and "Services to Monitor" collection options. (IC-533)
o Agent Properties > system metrics: increased the granularity of agent
properties, by replacing the "Collect System Performance Metrics" option with
"Collect Metrics" check boxes for CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network. (IC-647)
o Host and Agent Manager > Virtual/Guest check box: when enabled, the
collection of CPU performance metrics is by default disabled. (IC-584)
Rules: implemented the following new rules in the Infrastructure cartridge:
Windows Services, Windows Services Restart, and Event Log. These rules
include email actions (for more information, see "Configuring Email Notifications" in
the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help).(IC-666, IC-665, AGENT-442)
Windows services: added the ability to restart stopped Windows services. (IC530)
Windows Log event filters: added the ability to filter out of the event log the
events that are not of interest to users. This feature is available on the
Administration > Agents > Agent Properties dashboard. (IC-609)
Windows process information: added the following metrics to the Windows
HostProcessInstance topology object: CommandLine, ExecutablePath, and
CreationDate. (IC-620)