Which two Remote Checks are available in vRealize Operations to manage Telegraf Agents on a virtual machine? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• AICMP
• BSMTP
• CFTP
• DTCP
• ERDP

• A
  75% (15)
• B
  5% (1)
• C
  5% (1)
• E
  15% (3)

Explanation

vRealize Operations uses ICMP (ping) and TCP as its two Remote Checks for verifying connectivity to a virtual machine before deploying or managing Telegraf agents. ICMP confirms basic network reachability to the target VM, while TCP verifies that a specific port is open and accepting connections - together they cover the fundamental layers of agent communication.

The distractors are wrong because SMTP (B) is an email transfer protocol, FTP (C) is a file transfer protocol, and RDP (E) is a Windows remote desktop protocol - none of these are part of the Telegraf agent management workflow in vROps.

Memory tip: Think of the acronym "IT" - ICMP and TCP are the two checks, representing the two essential questions: "Can I reach you?" (ICMP) and "Can I connect to your port?" (TCP). Anything else (SMTP, FTP, RDP) is a specific application protocol unrelated to agent health checks.

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