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IBM Certified Instana Observability v1.0.277 Administrator - Professional

IBM professional certification validating experienced administration of Instana v1.0.277 in SaaS and on-prem environments.

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IBM Instana Observability v1.0.277 Administrator - Professional
Certification Agreement
Accept the IBM Certification Agreement before credential issuance and comply with IBM testing policies.
Date Basis
Current official live records and currently linked study guide support applicability on 2026-10-27; administrative timestamps and publication dates are not treated as official effective dates, so unknown date boundaries remain null.
Horizon
Requested 2026-11-25 through 2027-02-28 appointments are not guaranteed or tied to a school; the current official record announces no withdrawal date.
Preparation
The target role presumes experience. TN205G and the sample/assessment resources are preparatory; the guide's Next Steps assessment advice is read with the current page's preparedness description and the IBM policy allowing candidates who are already prepared to sit the required exam. They do not create another required certification exam leaf.
Registration
Use an IBM-specific Pearson VUE account and valid matching government-issued identification. Test-center or OnVUE appointments depend on available seats and delivery eligibility; online delivery requires appropriate private space, system/internet and proctoring.

IBM Instana Observability v1.0.277 Administrator - Professional

Provider
Pearson VUE
Format
English, proctored multiple-choice certification examination; authorized test center or OnVUE delivery.
Exam questions
Total questions: 61.
Time limit
90 minutes
Passing score
41 questions to pass
Exam fee
$200 USD for United States as displayed at retrieval; subject to applicable pricing and taxes.
Examination outline
  • Planning (13%)
    • Prepare Installation Prerequisites
    • Articulate Instana architecture for on premise
    • Identify Core Capabilities and use cases
    • Distinguish Agent Modes
    • Differentiate Sensors, Tracers, Platform support
    • Compare Cloud service agents and serverless agents
  • Installation (17%)
    • Install Instana backend
    • Install Agents
    • Migrate Instana
    • Deploy Synthetic Monitoring PoPs
  • Configuration (18%)
    • Configure Business Process Monitoring
    • Configure Serverless Agent
    • Configure Cloud Service Agent
    • Configure the Agent
    • Configure Service Naming Rules
    • Implement required technologies (Sensor types)
    • Implement and Manage OpenTelemetry
    • Configure Smart Alerts
    • Configure custom tracing
    • Configure SLIs
    • Configure Custom Payload (for Alert Notification Channels)
    • Configure agent proxy
    • Managing licenses
  • Security and Compliance (8%)
    • Describe Data retention policy
    • Plan for Regulatory Compliance
    • View audit logs
    • Secure APIs
    • Configure Access Management
  • Integration (13%)
    • Utilize Agent based integration (Omegamon/ITM/ITCAM)
    • Integrate with Prometheus
    • Integrate with Grafana
    • Integrate automation action
    • Integrate Alert Channels
    • Use the Instana REST API
  • Operations (21%)
    • Configure website monitoring
    • Use Synthetic Monitoring
    • Configure applications monitoring
    • Create Incidents, Issues and Alerts
    • Analyze Infrastructure
    • Use Analytics
    • Configure Mobile Applications
    • Describe Golden Signals for monitoring systems
    • Perform Backup / Restore (Standard Edition)
    • Set Maintenance Windows
    • Investigate alerts
    • Create Custom Dashboard
    • Navigate Infrastructure and Analyze warnings and events
  • Troubleshooting (10%)
    • Configure log levels for troubleshooting
    • Collect logs for troubleshooting
    • Troubleshoot Agent Connectivity
    • Troubleshoot Instana Backend installation
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