General Definitions

Question 1

Node

Answer 1

1. a monitored server or JVM in the application environment
2. the smallest unit of the modeled environmen

NB Depending on the agent type, a node may correspond to an individual application server, JVM, CLR, PHP application, Apache Web server.

Question 2

Tier

Answer 2

1. a unit in the AppDynamics model composed of a grouping of one or more nodes
2. often used to a group of a set of identical, redundant servers. (not strictly required)
3. can group any set of nodes, identical or not, for which you want performance metrics to be treated as a unit into a single tier

Question 3

Tiers restrictions

Answer 3

1. all nodes in a single tier must be the same type.
2. There is no interaction among nodes within a single tier
3. An application agent node cannot belong to more than one tier

Question 4

Entities

Answer 4

any object that AppDynamics monitors

Question 5

Entity Types

Answer 5

application, tier, node, and business transaction

Question 6

Backend

Answer 6

a component that is not instrumented by an AppDynamics agent but that participates in the processing of a business transaction instance.

Question 7

Backend examples

Answer 7

web server, database, message queue, or another type of service

Question 8

Left Panel Options

Answer 8

1. Application dashboard
2. Business transactions
3. Service endpoints
4. Tiers & Nodes
5. Servers
6. Containers
7. Database Calls
8. Remote Services
9. Troubleshoot
10. More => (Information points)
11. Alert and respond
12. Metric Browser
13. Configuration