SOLARWINDS NPM SAMPLE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
You notice that you are no longer receiving volume statistics from the Windows servers
you are monitoring. None of them are shown as down on the Orion Web Console. You
run a packet trace and you can verify that the requests are making it to the servers.
Everything was fine yesterday. What is the most likely cause of this issue? - Correct
Answers -Windows credentials stored in NPM are expired
You are required to report on hourly average response time of the last 60 days. How
should you configure your data collection and summarization parameters to meet these
requirements without unnecessarily using database size? - Correct Answers -
Summarize detailed data into hourly data after 30 days, summarize hourly data into
daily data after 60 days
You deployed Orion agents on several Windows and Linux servers in your environment.
Which port do you need to open on your network to ensure that secure, agent-initiated
communication from Windows and Linux agents can get through? - Correct Answers -
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You need to deploy the Orion agent software en masse via Active Directory Group
Policy. You've already created the Group Policy but you need the MST file. What's the
quickest way to get the MST file? - Correct Answers -From the Settings pages of the
Orion Web Console
You receive a number of alerts on high traffic utilization from several interfaces. When
you view the Orion Web Console, you find that traffic utilization has returned within
normal ranges. Traffic utilization spikes every now and then and you don't usually
consider it a problem. How should you modify the alert definitions so that it fires only
when high utilization is sustained for 10 minutes or more? - Correct Answers -Configure
the alert to trigger only when traffic utilization is sustained for 10 minutes
You are creating an alert for a Universal Device Poller (UnDP). Which of the following
trigger condition helps you target the custom poller you want? - Correct Answers -A
trigger condition where the custom poller Unique Name is equal to the name of your
UnDP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
You notice that you are no longer receiving volume statistics from the Windows servers
you are monitoring. None of them are shown as down on the Orion Web Console. You
run a packet trace and you can verify that the requests are making it to the servers.
Everything was fine yesterday. What is the most likely cause of this issue? - Correct
Answers -Windows credentials stored in NPM are expired
You are required to report on hourly average response time of the last 60 days. How
should you configure your data collection and summarization parameters to meet these
requirements without unnecessarily using database size? - Correct Answers -
Summarize detailed data into hourly data after 30 days, summarize hourly data into
daily data after 60 days
You deployed Orion agents on several Windows and Linux servers in your environment.
Which port do you need to open on your network to ensure that secure, agent-initiated
communication from Windows and Linux agents can get through? - Correct Answers -
17778
You need to deploy the Orion agent software en masse via Active Directory Group
Policy. You've already created the Group Policy but you need the MST file. What's the
quickest way to get the MST file? - Correct Answers -From the Settings pages of the
Orion Web Console
You receive a number of alerts on high traffic utilization from several interfaces. When
you view the Orion Web Console, you find that traffic utilization has returned within
normal ranges. Traffic utilization spikes every now and then and you don't usually
consider it a problem. How should you modify the alert definitions so that it fires only
when high utilization is sustained for 10 minutes or more? - Correct Answers -Configure
the alert to trigger only when traffic utilization is sustained for 10 minutes
You are creating an alert for a Universal Device Poller (UnDP). Which of the following
trigger condition helps you target the custom poller you want? - Correct Answers -A
trigger condition where the custom poller Unique Name is equal to the name of your
UnDP
