NEW 2024-2025 DYNATRACE
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION WRITTEN
EXAM
What are the four sections of the plugin?JSON definition for ActiveGate plugins? -
ANSWER Metadata, UI, metrics, configuration.
How are ActiveGate plugins licensed? - ANSWER The plugin SDK is free.
Dynatrace partners can develop plugins for you, depending on the contract. Any
custom metrics used will be charged.
How often do ActiveGate plugins execute? - ANSWER Once each minute.
Can you operate several endpoints in the same ActiveGate plugin module? - The
answer is yes.
What sort of ActiveGate runs ActiveGate plugins? ANSWER Environment
ActiveGate
Can ActiveGate plugins be executed using an Environment ActiveGate that has
been set to handle multiple environments? - Answer No.
Where can you view the results of plugin monitoring? - ANSWER Technology
Overview Page.
What exactly constitutes a "device group"? - ANSWER A technology tile that gets
its information from an ActiveGate plugin.
Why would you enable "key metrics" for an ActiveGate plugin? - ANSWER
Define important metrics to be displayed on the technology overview page.
,What exactly is the favicon property in the plugins.json definition? - ANSWER
Allows you to create your custom icons for device groupings!
What do device groupings represent? - ANSWER Clusters, regions, server groups,
and so on.
What exactly constitutes a custom device group entity? - ANSWER Bind metrics
and properties for monitoring device group metrics.
How do you define the type and appearance of ActiveGate plugin charts? -
ANSWER plugin.json
What is pgmetrics in plugins.json for ActiveGate plugins? - The ANSWER section
allows you to define custom device metrics.
Does Dynatrace AI create baseline measurements for your bespoke devices? - The
answer is yes!
How does Dynatrace cause problems with custom devices (ActiveGate plugin)? -
ANSWER Metric threshold violation in JSON specification. (Automatically sends
events rather than problems)
How do you manually create problems for your ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER
Python API - Report performance, availability, error, and resource contention
issues
Does Dynatrace automatically distribute plugins between the Dynatrace server and
ActiveGates? - ANSWER No, you must deploy them through ActiveGate and
upload them to the server.
, In general, what is the purpose of plugins?JSON (ActiveGate plugins)? - ANSWER
Define how data is shown in the Dynatrace UI.
In general, what is the purpose of Python files for ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER
Define additional events and custom properties.
How many Cluster Management Consoles exist per cluster? - ANSWER: One per
cluster.
What is each managed cluster linked to? - ANSWER One or more nodes (with
Dynatrace server instances), one or more monitored environments (using
OneAgent), and a single cluster administration console.
What components are included with the Dynatrace Managed installer? - Solution:
Dynatrace Server, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Embedded ActiveGate, NGINX.
What can you do with the CMC? - ANSWER Create user accounts and groups, add
new cluster nodes, and establish new monitoring environments.
What number of nodes does Dynatrace propose per cluster? - ANSWER Data is
replicated across at least three nodes.
What percentage of managed cluster nodes does Dynatrace require to be running? -
ANSWER: Majority (50%+)
What is Dynatrace's recommendation for latency between managed cluster nodes? -
Answer in 10ms or less.
Is transaction data (call stacks, database statements, code-level visibility, etc.)
duplicated between managed cluster nodes? - ANSWER No, uniformly spread
across all nodes.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION WRITTEN
EXAM
What are the four sections of the plugin?JSON definition for ActiveGate plugins? -
ANSWER Metadata, UI, metrics, configuration.
How are ActiveGate plugins licensed? - ANSWER The plugin SDK is free.
Dynatrace partners can develop plugins for you, depending on the contract. Any
custom metrics used will be charged.
How often do ActiveGate plugins execute? - ANSWER Once each minute.
Can you operate several endpoints in the same ActiveGate plugin module? - The
answer is yes.
What sort of ActiveGate runs ActiveGate plugins? ANSWER Environment
ActiveGate
Can ActiveGate plugins be executed using an Environment ActiveGate that has
been set to handle multiple environments? - Answer No.
Where can you view the results of plugin monitoring? - ANSWER Technology
Overview Page.
What exactly constitutes a "device group"? - ANSWER A technology tile that gets
its information from an ActiveGate plugin.
Why would you enable "key metrics" for an ActiveGate plugin? - ANSWER
Define important metrics to be displayed on the technology overview page.
,What exactly is the favicon property in the plugins.json definition? - ANSWER
Allows you to create your custom icons for device groupings!
What do device groupings represent? - ANSWER Clusters, regions, server groups,
and so on.
What exactly constitutes a custom device group entity? - ANSWER Bind metrics
and properties for monitoring device group metrics.
How do you define the type and appearance of ActiveGate plugin charts? -
ANSWER plugin.json
What is pgmetrics in plugins.json for ActiveGate plugins? - The ANSWER section
allows you to define custom device metrics.
Does Dynatrace AI create baseline measurements for your bespoke devices? - The
answer is yes!
How does Dynatrace cause problems with custom devices (ActiveGate plugin)? -
ANSWER Metric threshold violation in JSON specification. (Automatically sends
events rather than problems)
How do you manually create problems for your ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER
Python API - Report performance, availability, error, and resource contention
issues
Does Dynatrace automatically distribute plugins between the Dynatrace server and
ActiveGates? - ANSWER No, you must deploy them through ActiveGate and
upload them to the server.
, In general, what is the purpose of plugins?JSON (ActiveGate plugins)? - ANSWER
Define how data is shown in the Dynatrace UI.
In general, what is the purpose of Python files for ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER
Define additional events and custom properties.
How many Cluster Management Consoles exist per cluster? - ANSWER: One per
cluster.
What is each managed cluster linked to? - ANSWER One or more nodes (with
Dynatrace server instances), one or more monitored environments (using
OneAgent), and a single cluster administration console.
What components are included with the Dynatrace Managed installer? - Solution:
Dynatrace Server, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Embedded ActiveGate, NGINX.
What can you do with the CMC? - ANSWER Create user accounts and groups, add
new cluster nodes, and establish new monitoring environments.
What number of nodes does Dynatrace propose per cluster? - ANSWER Data is
replicated across at least three nodes.
What percentage of managed cluster nodes does Dynatrace require to be running? -
ANSWER: Majority (50%+)
What is Dynatrace's recommendation for latency between managed cluster nodes? -
Answer in 10ms or less.
Is transaction data (call stacks, database statements, code-level visibility, etc.)
duplicated between managed cluster nodes? - ANSWER No, uniformly spread
across all nodes.
