SK0-004 · Question #16
A server technician in a datacenter configures a daemon to monitor the battery health in a UPS. Over a two day time period, the daemon generates a warning message. Which of the following represents th
The correct answer is A. Perform a test on the UPS batteries. When a UPS monitoring daemon generates a battery warning, the first step is to test the batteries to confirm their actual condition before taking any corrective action.
Question
A server technician in a datacenter configures a daemon to monitor the battery health in a UPS. Over a two day time period, the daemon generates a warning message. Which of the following represents the FIRST action that should be taken by the server technician?
Options
- APerform a test on the UPS batteries
- BImmediately replace the UPS batteries
- CMove the servers connected to the UPS to another existing UPS
- DImmediately replace the UPS with a new UPS
How the community answered
(35 responses)- A77% (27)
- B3% (1)
- C6% (2)
- D14% (5)
Why each option
When a UPS monitoring daemon generates a battery warning, the first step is to test the batteries to confirm their actual condition before taking any corrective action.
Performing a diagnostic test on the UPS batteries first confirms whether the warning reflects a genuine failure or a false alarm from the monitoring daemon - this follows standard troubleshooting methodology of verifying the problem before committing to any disruptive or costly remediation action such as replacement or load migration.
Immediately replacing the batteries without testing is premature because a warning may indicate a minor degradation, calibration drift, or a sensor error that does not require replacement.
Moving servers to another UPS before testing is unnecessarily disruptive, risks overloading the target UPS, and skips the diagnostic step that may reveal no action is needed.
Replacing the entire UPS unit without first testing the batteries is an excessive and costly response that bypasses proper diagnostic verification and may be completely unnecessary.
Concept tested: UPS battery warning triage and first response steps
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