NEW DYNATRACE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
WRITTEN EXAM
What are the 4 parts included in 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 plugin for you, will depend on contract. Whatever custom metrics are used will be
charged.
How frequently do ActiveGate plugins execute? - ANSWER>>Once per minute
ANSWER>>No, you need to deploy them on ActiveGate and upload them to server.
In general, what is the point of plugins.json (ActiveGate plugins)? - ANSWER>>Define how data
is presented in the Dynatrace UI.
In general, what is the point of Python files for ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER>>Define
additional events, create custom properties.
Can you run multiple endpoints in a single ActiveGate plugin module? - ANSWER>>Yes
What kind of ActiveGate executes ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER>>Environment ActiveGate
Can you execute ActiveGate plugins using an Environment ActiveGate that's configured for
multi-environment support? - ANSWER>>No
Where can you view results from plugin-monitoring? - ANSWER>>Technology overview page
,What is a "device group"? - ANSWER>>A technology tile that derives its data from an
ActiveGate plugin.
Why would you set up "key metrics" for an ActiveGate plugin? - ANSWER>>Define important
metrics to be displayed in technology overview page.
What is the favicon property in the plugins.json definition? - ANSWER>>Allows you to define
your own custom icon for device groups!
What can device groups represent? - ANSWER>>Clusters, regions, groups of servers, etc.
What is a custom device group entity? - ANSWER>>Bind metrics and properties to monitor
device group metrics
How do you define the type and look of charts of ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER>>plugin.json
What is pgmetrics in plugins.json for ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER>>Section that allows you to
define custom device metrics.
Does Dynatrace AI baseline the metrics of your custom devices? - ANSWER>>Yes!
How does Dynatrace create problems from custom devices (ActiveGate plugin)? -
ANSWER>>Metric threshold violation in JSON definition. (Automatically sends events, not
problems)
How do you manually generate problems for your ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER>>Python API -
raise performance, availability, error, and resource contention problems
Does Dynatrace automatically distribute plugins between Dynatrace server and ActiveGates? -
How many Cluster Management Consoles are there per cluster? - ANSWER>>One per cluster.
, What is each managed cluster associated with? - ANSWER>>One or more nodes (with
Dynatrace server instances), one or more monitored environments (with OneAgent), one
cluster management console.
What are the components included in the Dynatrace Managed installer? - ANSWER>>Dynatrace
Server, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Embedded ActiveGate, NGINX
What can you do with CMC? - ANSWER>>Create user accounts and groups, add new cluster
nodes, add new monitoring environments.
How many nodes does Dynatrace recommend per cluster? - ANSWER>>At least 3 - data is
replicated across nodes
What percentage of managed cluster nodes does Dynatrace need to be running? -
ANSWER>>Majority (50%+)
What does Dynatrace recommend for latency between managed cluster nodes? -
ANSWER>>10ms or less
Is transaction data (call stacks, database statements, code-level visibility etc.) replicated across
managed cluster nodes? - ANSWER>>No - evenly distributed across all nodes
If you're distributing managed cluster nodes across separate data centers, what is the max
amount of nodes that Dynatrace recommends per data center? - ANSWER>>No more than 2
nodes per data center
If you're distributing managed cluster nodes across separate data centers, what is the min
amount of data centers that Dynatrace recommends? - ANSWER>>At least 3 data centers (1 can
fail)
WRITTEN EXAM
What are the 4 parts included in 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 plugin for you, will depend on contract. Whatever custom metrics are used will be
charged.
How frequently do ActiveGate plugins execute? - ANSWER>>Once per minute
ANSWER>>No, you need to deploy them on ActiveGate and upload them to server.
In general, what is the point of plugins.json (ActiveGate plugins)? - ANSWER>>Define how data
is presented in the Dynatrace UI.
In general, what is the point of Python files for ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER>>Define
additional events, create custom properties.
Can you run multiple endpoints in a single ActiveGate plugin module? - ANSWER>>Yes
What kind of ActiveGate executes ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER>>Environment ActiveGate
Can you execute ActiveGate plugins using an Environment ActiveGate that's configured for
multi-environment support? - ANSWER>>No
Where can you view results from plugin-monitoring? - ANSWER>>Technology overview page
,What is a "device group"? - ANSWER>>A technology tile that derives its data from an
ActiveGate plugin.
Why would you set up "key metrics" for an ActiveGate plugin? - ANSWER>>Define important
metrics to be displayed in technology overview page.
What is the favicon property in the plugins.json definition? - ANSWER>>Allows you to define
your own custom icon for device groups!
What can device groups represent? - ANSWER>>Clusters, regions, groups of servers, etc.
What is a custom device group entity? - ANSWER>>Bind metrics and properties to monitor
device group metrics
How do you define the type and look of charts of ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER>>plugin.json
What is pgmetrics in plugins.json for ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER>>Section that allows you to
define custom device metrics.
Does Dynatrace AI baseline the metrics of your custom devices? - ANSWER>>Yes!
How does Dynatrace create problems from custom devices (ActiveGate plugin)? -
ANSWER>>Metric threshold violation in JSON definition. (Automatically sends events, not
problems)
How do you manually generate problems for your ActiveGate plugins? - ANSWER>>Python API -
raise performance, availability, error, and resource contention problems
Does Dynatrace automatically distribute plugins between Dynatrace server and ActiveGates? -
How many Cluster Management Consoles are there per cluster? - ANSWER>>One per cluster.
, What is each managed cluster associated with? - ANSWER>>One or more nodes (with
Dynatrace server instances), one or more monitored environments (with OneAgent), one
cluster management console.
What are the components included in the Dynatrace Managed installer? - ANSWER>>Dynatrace
Server, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Embedded ActiveGate, NGINX
What can you do with CMC? - ANSWER>>Create user accounts and groups, add new cluster
nodes, add new monitoring environments.
How many nodes does Dynatrace recommend per cluster? - ANSWER>>At least 3 - data is
replicated across nodes
What percentage of managed cluster nodes does Dynatrace need to be running? -
ANSWER>>Majority (50%+)
What does Dynatrace recommend for latency between managed cluster nodes? -
ANSWER>>10ms or less
Is transaction data (call stacks, database statements, code-level visibility etc.) replicated across
managed cluster nodes? - ANSWER>>No - evenly distributed across all nodes
If you're distributing managed cluster nodes across separate data centers, what is the max
amount of nodes that Dynatrace recommends per data center? - ANSWER>>No more than 2
nodes per data center
If you're distributing managed cluster nodes across separate data centers, what is the min
amount of data centers that Dynatrace recommends? - ANSWER>>At least 3 data centers (1 can
fail)
