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500-425 · Question #44

After installing the standalone machine agent, how do you enable the agent to start collecting metrics?

The correct answer is D. The machine agent must be started and running. The machine agent is a standalone Java program that collects performance statistics about your environment. It can be deployed on any machine that hosts application servers, database servers, messaging servers, Web servers, etc. However, the machine agent does not start collectin

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Question

After installing the standalone machine agent, how do you enable the agent to start collecting metrics?

Options

  • AThe machine agent requires an app agent to collect metrics
  • BThe machine agent runs with the monitored application
  • CThe machine agent starts collecting metrics as soon as it is installed
  • DThe machine agent must be started and running

How the community answered

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  • A
    4% (1)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    92% (23)

Explanation

The machine agent is a standalone Java program that collects performance statistics about your environment. It can be deployed on any machine that hosts application servers, database servers, messaging servers, Web servers, etc. However, the machine agent does not start collecting metrics as soon as it is installed. You need to start the machine agent manually or configure it to run as a service or a daemon.

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#machine agent#agent startup#metric collection#standalone agent

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