Exam Essentials
Know what a metric is. Know that a measurement is a metric and can be any number of objects that you select to monitor such as CPU utilization or disk reads. By collecting metrics, you can determine trends in your usage. The exam may give a long scenario-based question that can be solved by focusing on metrics and what they are used for.
Understand baselines and anomalies. A baseline is what is considered to be normal operations, and values above or below the baseline are considered to be anomalies. There may be questions that test you in your knowledge to distinguish between the two terms.
Know alerting, methods, and, triggers, and notifications. Alerting is the process determining that there is a value out of variance and notifying either people or machines that an event has occurred and needs attention. Know what event triggers are and how basic notifications work.
Understand cloud management support agreements and responsibilities. Cloud companies offer a basic support...
