Transactions and services

Question 1

What are the five main service categories in Dynatrace?

Answer 1

Entry points
Used by Applications
External dependencies
Background only
Internal only

Question 2

What are the service types in Dynatrace ?

Answer 2

1. Web request services
2. Web services
3. Database services
4. Messaging and queueing
5. Remoting services
6. Background activity services
7. Custom services
8. Span (default) service
9. Unified service
10. Volatile services

Question 3

What information does Dynatrace use to identify and assign names to services within your application environment?

Answer 3

Web server name
Web application ID
Context root

Question 4

What is a “merged service”?

Answer 4

A merged service is an aggregate of multiple web request services of the same process group with identical functionality across separate cluster nodes.

Question 5

Why might Dynatrace not have code-level visibility for certain services? What are the two main reasons for this limitation?

Answer 5

1. The technology is recognized, but deep monitoring is not supported.
2. The technology is not recognized or not supported.

Question 6

How does Dynatrace detect and present services within a monitored environment

Answer 6

Services are automatically discovered based on observed traffic and dependencies.

Question 7

In Dynatrace, why is it important to customize naming and recognition of services and entities?

Answer 7

To accurately identify and categorize services and entities for better monitoring and analysis.