156-815.71 · Question #138
Let's assume that your Multi-Domain Management with Provider-1 configuration has only one MDS. You want the installation to be redundant, so you decide to set up a secondary MDS Container and…
The correct answer is D. When the secondary MDS is defined in the MDG and the activation key has been correct. Check Point 156-815.71 Exam
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Let's assume that your Multi-Domain Management with Provider-1 configuration has only one MDS. You want the installation to be redundant, so you decide to set up a secondary MDS Container and Manager. While completing the installation, you need to provide the activation key. The installation is completed after a reboot. The final steps are taken with the MDG connecting to the primary MDS. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
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- AWhen the activation key is provided, synchronization at MDS as well as CMA level is started
- BThe first step is to define the secondary MDS in the MDG and to provide the activation key.
- CBefore synchronization can start, both the activation key and performing an Install Database
- DWhen the secondary MDS is defined in the MDG and the activation key has been correct,
How the community answered
(46 responses)- A7% (3)
- B4% (2)
- C17% (8)
- D72% (33)
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Nina C.Jun 27, 2026D is correct because after the secondary MDS reboots, you connect the MDG to the primary MDS, define the secondary MDS object there, and once the activation key you entered during installation is confirmed as correct, synchronization kicks off automatically, so no extra "Install Database" step is needed and the key was already set during install, not in the MDG.
Anjali D.Jun 27, 2026Group agrees D is correct, synchronization starts automatically once the activation key is accepted.
Eitan E.Jun 27, 2026Anjali has it right, and the exam detail worth locking in is that "automatically" here means the Security Management Server initiates the full sync immediately after the SIC trust is established, so you will never need to manually trigger it from SmartConsole unless a subsequent sync fails and you use the Synchronize button as a recovery step.
Eitan E.Jun 18, 2026D, synchronization kicks off automatically once MDG accepts the key. Saw this exact wording trip up half my class in Geneva last spring, everyone circled A because "MDS and CMA" sounds thorough, but CMA sync is a separate step that comes later.
Anjali D.Jun 20, 2026Good callout, and worth adding that the timing matters too, since the auto-sync window is bounded, so if the MDG acceptance is delayed past that threshold the process does not trigger automatically and you have to initiate it manually, which is another reason A falls apart.