Exam AWS-SysOps topic 1 question 819 discussion

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Question #: 819
Topic #: 1

A SysOps Administrator working on an Amazon EC2 instance has misconfigured the clock by one hour. The EC2 instance is sending data to Amazon CloudWatch through the CloudWatch agent. The timestamps on the logs are 45 minutes in the future.
What will be the result of this configuration?

A. Amazon CloudWatch will not capture the data because it is in the future.
B. Amazon CloudWatch will accept the custom metric data and record it.
C. The Amazon CloudWatch agent will check the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server before sending the data, and the agent will correct the time.
D. The Amazon CloudWatch agent will check the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server, and the agent will not send the data because it is more than 30 minutes in the future.

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by nicat at May 11, 2020, 3:23 a.m.

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nicat

Highly Voted 2 years, 8 months ago

B. Amazon CloudWatch will accept the custom metric data and record it. The time stamp sent by the user can be up to two weeks in the past and up to two hours into the future.

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4007

2 years, 8 months ago

Src: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch_concepts.html

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albert_kuo

Most Recent 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

Amazon CloudWatch does not strictly enforce the chronological order of custom metric data submissions. It accepts and records the data regardless of whether the timestamps are in the past, present, or future. CloudWatch simply uses the provided timestamps to organize and display the data, allowing you to analyze the metrics over time. While it is important to have accurate timestamps for metrics to facilitate meaningful analysis and troubleshooting, CloudWatch will not reject or discard metric data based on future timestamps.

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arvsrv

2 years, 7 months ago

B :->Each metric data point must be associated with a time stamp. The time stamp can be up to two weeks in the past and up to two hours into the future. If you do not provide a time stamp, CloudWatch creates a time stamp for you based on the time the data point was received.

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abhishek_m_86

2 years, 7 months ago

B. Amazon CloudWatch will accept the custom metric data and record it. The time stamp sent by the user can be up to two weeks in the past and up to two hours into the future.

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jackdryan

2 years, 7 months ago

I'll go with B

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ImranR

2 years, 8 months ago

B. The time stamp sent by the user can be up to two weeks in the past and up to two hours into the future.

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