An architect is responsible for designing a new VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)-based private cloud.
During the discovery workshops, the following information was captured from key customer
stakeholders:
The private cloud will operate with three different monitoring levels:
Self-Managed Service: VM construct only
OS Managed Service: OS metrics and VM construct
Fully Managed Service: Infrastructure apps + OS metrics + VM construct
Approved infrastructure applications include: Microsoft IIS, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Tomcat
Server, and Apache HTTPD
Each workload must subscribe to a monitoring level
Minimal management overhead is required for agent operations
Which two design decision should the architect make to meet the stated monitoring requirements?
(Choose two.)
Answer
- A. Configure the Service Discovery for all workloads that subscribe to the Self-Managed service
- B. Deploy the Managed Telegraf Agent for all workloads that subscribe to the Fully Managed service Correct
- C. Deploy the Managed Telegraf Agent for all workloads that subscribe to the OS Managed service Correct
- D. Deploy the Managed Telegraf Agent for all workloads that subscribe Self-Managed service
- E. Deploy the Open Source Telegraf Agent for all workloads that subscribe to the Fully Managed service
Explanation
The Managed Telegraf Agent provides full observability and is centrally managed through VMware AriaOperations (formerly vRealize Operations). It is ideal for scenarios where both OS and infrastructure
application metrics are needed, such as in the Fully Managed and OS Managed services. This meets the
requirement for monitoring while minimizing manual overhead. The Self-Managed service does not
require agent deployment, as only VM-level metrics are needed.
Reference: VMware Aria Operations for VCF 9.0 Deployment Guide – Monitoring Levels and Telegraf
Agent Management
VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Monitoring Levels Explained