Configuration monitoring (also called configuration enforcement) by a configuration management tool generally solves which problem?

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Configuration monitoring (also called configuration enforcement) by a configuration management tool generally solves which problem?

  • Tracking the identity of individuals who changed files, along with which files they changed
  • Listing differences between a former and current configuration
  • Testing a configuration change to determine whether it will be rejected or not when implemented
  • Finding instances of configuration drift

Explanation: Configuration monitoring (a generic description) refers to a process of checking the device’s actual configuration versus the configuration management system’s intended configuration for the device. If the actual configuration has moved away from the intended configuration—that is, if configuration drift has occurred-configuration monitoring can either reconfigure the device or notify the engineering staff.
For the other answers, two refer to features of the associated version control software typically used along with the configuration management tool. Version control software will track the identity of each user who changes files and track the differences in files over time. The other incorrect answer is a useful feature of many configuration management tools, in which the tool verifies that the configuration will be accepted when attempted (or not). However, that useful feature is not part of what is called configuration monitoring.

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