Chapter 7
Cloud Management

THE FOLLOWING COMPTIA CLOUD+ EXAM OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

•  4.1 Given a scenario, analyze defined metrics to determine the presence of an abnormality and/or forecast future needed cloud resources.
  • Monitoring
    • Target object baselines
    • Target object anomalies
    • Common alert methods/messaging
    • Alerting based on deviation from baseline
    • Event collection
  • Event correlation
  • Forecasting resource capacity
    • Upsize/increase
    • Downsize/decrease
  • Policies in support of event collection
  • Policies to communicate alerts appropriately
•  4.2 Given a scenario, determine the appropriate allocation of cloud resources.
  • Resources needed based on cloud deployment models
    • Hybrid
    • Community
    • Public
    • Private
  • Capacity/elasticity of cloud environment
  • Support agreements
    • Cloud service model maintenance responsibility
  • Configuration management tool
  • Resource balancing techniques
  • Change management
    • Advisory board
    • Approval process
    • Document actions taken
      • CMDB
      • Spreadsheet...