During deployment of Cortex XDR for Linux Agents, the security engineering team is asked to implement memory monitoring for agent health monitoring. Which agent service should be monitored to…

The correct answer is D. pmd. pmd (Process Monitor Daemon) is the Cortex XDR Linux agent service responsible for memory monitoring and agent health. It tracks resource consumption-including memory usage-of the agent itself, making it the correct target for health monitoring implementations. The distractors…

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Question

During deployment of Cortex XDR for Linux Agents, the security engineering team is asked to implement memory monitoring for agent health monitoring. Which agent service should be monitored to fulfill this request?

Options

Adypdng
Bclad
Cpyxd
Dpmd

How the community answered

(36 responses)

A
3% (1)
B
3% (1)
C
8% (3)
D
86% (31)

Explanation

pmd (Process Monitor Daemon) is the Cortex XDR Linux agent service responsible for memory monitoring and agent health. It tracks resource consumption-including memory usage-of the agent itself, making it the correct target for health monitoring implementations.

The distractors each represent real Cortex XDR Linux services with different roles: pyxd is the primary XDR agent daemon that handles core endpoint detection and response functions; clad (Cortex Local Analysis Daemon) performs local malware analysis and prevention logic; dypdng is a fabricated service name included purely as a decoy with no role in the Cortex XDR architecture.

Memory tip: Think "pmd = Performance/Memory Daemon" - the m in the middle stands for the monitoring function it provides. If a question mentions agent health, resource tracking, or memory, anchor on pmd.

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