A company uses a configuration management tool in audit mode to detect drift. They now want to automatically correct drift, but they are concerned about the tool making unintended changes. What is the best way to transition to automatic correction while minimizing risk?

Continue using audit mode and manually fix drift

Enable enforcement mode on all servers at once

Use a different tool that only reports drift

Gradually enable enforcement mode on a small set of servers, review the impact, then expand

A small IT team manages a mix of Windows and Linux servers. They need a tool that can enforce consistent configurations across both platforms and report on compliance. Which type of tool should they select?

A cross-platform configuration management tool

An organization uses a configuration management tool to manage its servers. A recent audit found that some servers have unauthorized changes to their configuration files, and the tool did not correct them. The team wants to ensure that any drift is automatically corrected. What should they configure?

Configure the tool to run in audit mode and send alerts when drift is detected

Increase the frequency of manual audits by the IT team

Use the tool's reporting feature to generate drift reports for administrators

Set the configuration management tool to run in enforcement mode on a regular schedule

Which of the following is a typical step in deploying an automation solution?

Testing the automation in a staging environment before production

Removing all version control from the automation code

Deploying directly to production without testing to save time

Manually configuring each system before running automation

A company has a mix of legacy servers that cannot run a configuration management agent and modern servers that can. They want to reduce configuration drift across all servers. What is the best approach?

Replace all legacy servers with modern ones that support agents

Ignore legacy servers and focus only on modern servers

Use a script that runs on legacy servers to apply configurations manually

Use a configuration management tool that supports agentless management for legacy servers and agent-based for modern servers

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21expert · hard
A company uses a configuration management tool in audit mode to detect drift. They now want to automatically correct drift, but they are concerned about the tool making unintended changes. What is the best way to transition to automatic correction while minimizing risk?
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22application · easy
A small IT team manages a mix of Windows and Linux servers. They need a tool that can enforce consistent configurations across both platforms and report on compliance. Which type of tool should they select?
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23application · medium
An organization uses a configuration management tool to manage its servers. A recent audit found that some servers have unauthorized changes to their configuration files, and the tool did not correct them. The team wants to ensure that any drift is automatically corrected. What should they configure?
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24foundation · easy
Which of the following is a typical step in deploying an automation solution?
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25expert · hard
A company has a mix of legacy servers that cannot run a configuration management agent and modern servers that can. They want to reduce configuration drift across all servers. What is the best approach?
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