Orion Platform Architecture Flashcards

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The Orion Platform consists of?

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Orion polling engine/s, Orion Website, and Orion Database

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Modules that come with a free Additional Polling Engine

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Log Analyzer, SAM with Node-based licensing, SCM, SRM, VMAN

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/orion_platform_scalability_engine_guidelines.htm

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According to the multi-module system guidelines, the small deployment guidelines support how many modules?

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“small environments” mean up to three modules

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Agents are available for what OS. Select all that apply:

  1. Rasberry
  2. Windows
  3. Linux
  4. AS400
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  1. Windows
  2. Linux
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True or False:

The Orion Platform does not support the merging of Two complete Orion instances into one system.

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True

This is because of the following:

Merging data/tables from one Orion database to another is NOT supported. Each Orion instance has its own SQL Server and database and the database cannot be merged into one.

Reference: https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Merge-two-SolarWinds-databases?language=en_US

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6
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The ports must be open between the main and secondary servers to allow RabbitMQ clustering between the two servers. These ports exchange EPMD and Erlang distribution protocol messages for RabbbitMQ. They do not need to be open in additional polling engine pools.

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TCP Ports 4369 and 25672

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This port is used continuously by the agent to communicate back to the Orion server. (Agent-Initiated) Also used to deploy the agent. Select all that apply.

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17778 and 17791 on Windows 2008 R2

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This port is used for communication between the Orion Business Layer and container environments

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TCP 38012

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-solarwinds-port-requirements.htm

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This port is used for communication between polling engines and the Nutanix AOS API.

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9440

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-solarwinds-port-requirements.htm

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Port Used by Agent to communicate with the Orion server (Server-Initiated)

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17790

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This refers to software that provides a communication channel between the Orion server and a Windows or Linux/Unix computer.

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Agent

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12
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Based on the Multi-Module Guidelines, xlarge environments” monitor up to how many elements

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1 Million, 1 000 000

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13
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True or False

Users running the Configuration wizard must have DBO specified as the default database schema

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True

reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-requirements-sw1916.htm#Amazon2

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True or False:

RAID recommendations only apply to physical environments

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True

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-requirements-sw1916.htm#Amazon2

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Required .NET Framework Version on your primary server and any additional polling engines or additional web servers in the environment.

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.NET 4.8

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16
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When to use SQL Server Express version?

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  1. evaluations
  2. very small environments
  3. EOC
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Recommended SQL versions to achieve optimal performance since they support the column store index which is recommended for larger deployments

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SQL 2016 SP1 or later

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-requirements-sw1916.htm

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18
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Maximum Database Size for MS SQL Express

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10 GB

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True or False

The SolarWinds platform does not support case-sensitive databases.

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True

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-requirements-sw1916.htm#Amazon2

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Required server roles: in database

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dbcreator
public
securityadmin

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-requirements-sw1916.htm#Amazon2

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21
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Due to intense I/O requirements, a _______ drive is strongly recommended for the SolarWinds database, data, and log files with a dedicated drive for the server operating system and tempdb files.

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RAID 1+0

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-requirements-sw1916.htm#:~:text=Due%20to%20intense%20I%2FO,affect%20your%20SQL%20Server’s%20performance.

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22
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These ports are used by the Job Engine v2 process to communicate with Windows nodes

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RPC ports > 1024 (TCP, bidirectional)

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-requirements-sw1916.htm#Amazon2

23
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Two Supported Cloud Solutions

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Amazon Web Service
Microsoft Azure

24
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True or False:

You cannot install SolarWinds platform products on domain controllers

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True

Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-requirements-sw1916.htm

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Port used for SMTP port for non-encrypted messages
TCP, 25 Outbound
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UDP Port used in resolving DNS Queries
53 UDP Outbound
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IIS Default additional web server port The port might also be used for Cisco UCS monitoring.
80, TCP , Inbound
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Required for devices polled via WMI. Used to initiate communication with the remotely managed host.
135, Bidirectional
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Port used to Send and receive SNMP information
161 UDP Outbound
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Port used to Receive trap messages
162
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Default port for https binding.
443
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SMTP port used to send TLS-enabled email alert actions
465
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Port used to Receive syslog messages
514, Inbound
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SMTP port used to send TLS-enabled email alert actions
587, Outbound
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Port used for Communication between the SolarWinds platform server and the SQL Server.
1433
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Port used for Communication with the SQL Server Browser Service to determine how to communicate with certain non-standard SQL Server installations.
1434
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Port used for encrypted RabbitMQ messaging (AMQP/TLS) into the main polling engine from all SolarWinds platform servers (additional polling engines, HA servers, or additional web servers). Sending messages to RabbitMQ.
5671, Bi-directional
38
Port used for Communication between services and SolarWinds Orion module traffic. Communication between the SolarWinds platform Web Console and the polling engines. Communication between the main server and pool members.
17777
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True or False In deploying Orion Platform Products in the Cloud, Hosting the main SolarWinds platform server and database servers separately is not recommended
True. Your main SolarWinds Platform server and your SolarWinds Platform database server should be hosted at the same location, either both servers are on premises or both are in the cloud. Hosting the main SolarWinds Platform server and database servers separately is not recommended due to connectivity concerns. Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/install-orion-azure.htm
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True or False: In Cloud Deployment, SolarWinds recommends that all components (SolarWinds platform server, SolarWinds platform database) are deployed in the same region. If you run High Availability, deploy all components on one availability group.
True Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/install-orion-azure.htm
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Network scalability and deployment configurations are influenced by:
Network size Topology / WAN bandwidth Polling frequency Diversity / performance of managed objects Number of products installed and which products Number of simultaneous users accessing the monitoring system not the answer but the Exam Choices: Number of devices to be monitored Local network Utilization Memory Utilization of the Orion Server
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Additional Polling needs to access the following. Select all that apply 1. Orion Web Console 2. MSSQL Database 3. NTA FSDB 4. Main Polling Engine
2. MSSQL Database 3. NTA FSDB 4. Main Polling Engine
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Limit for concurrent SolarWinds Platform Web Console users
25 - 50 concurrent SolarWinds Platform Web Console users
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In WPM, This refers to a playback of recorded user interactions to a website (internal or external).
Transaction
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What are Supported server replications in Orion Platform?
Availability Groups For larger environments, synchronous commit mode is not supported because it significantly affects performance. AlwaysOn availability
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Solarwinds Web Console is accessible by the following: Select all that apply: a. telnet/ssh b. Dial up/modem c. Web browser d. Application that resides on the Orion Server
c. Web browser d. Application that resides on the Orion Server
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True or False: NetPath Default Polling Interval can be change
True
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True or False: UDT Supports Stacking of APE
False Only NPM (up to 4) and SAM (up to 2) can use stackable polling engines Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/orion_platform_scalability_engine_guidelines.htm
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True or False: NTA Supports Stacking of Additional Polling Engines
False Only NPM (up to 4) and SAM (up to 2) can use stackable polling engines Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/orion_platform_scalability_engine_guidelines.htm
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True or False: You need the VMAN Virtual Appliance to start monitoring virtualized environments
False?
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You inherit a Solarwinds instance with outdated products. What is the best approach to determine whether upgrades are available for the products and scalability engines in your deployment?
Run the SolarWinds Orion installer to determine whether upgrades are available for the products and scalability engines in your deployment. The installer checks for product updates, and then presents installation steps to complete upgrades and installations. Orion Platform 2017.3 HF3 brought v1.3 with support for auto-update installer and APE\AWS\HA support. Orion Platform 2018.2 added Centralized Orion Deployment, a new feature with Orion installer 2.0.
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The port used for SSL-encrypted RabbitMQ messaging from the main polling engine to the additional polling engine.
5671 TCP Outbound
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The port is used for communication between the APE and the SolarWinds Platform database.
1433 TCP Outbound
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Deploying Agents in Linux Servers are supported in the following distros. Select all that apply 1. SUSE 2. Redhat 3. Ubuntu
1. SUSE 2. Redhat 3. Ubuntu Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-agent-requirements-sw476.htm