The Cisco AppDynamics Associate Performance Analyst (CAAPA)
Module 1: Introduction to Application Performance.
- Overview of Application Performance Management (APM).
- Importance of Performance Monitoring.
- Key Metrics and KPIs.
- Verify agent functionality, performance, and connectivity.
- Monitor performance trends.
- Determine application performance impact.
- Troubleshoot performance problems.
Module 2: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Techniques.
- Transaction Snapshots and Diagnostics.
- Log Analysis for Performance Troubleshooting.
- Root Cause Analysis.
- Utilize dashboards to identify performance issues.
- Utilize pre-established procedures to investigate.
- Capture snapshots with diagnostic sessions.
- Troubleshoot health rule violations.
- Identify slow performance and errors from backend systems.
- Evaluate server performance metrics.
- Identify memory thrashing and leaks.
- Identify slow, error, and stalled business transactions.
Module 3: Business Transactions.
- Create business transaction configurations.
- Determine business transaction scope and rule assignment.
- Manage business transaction discovery (instrumented code and entry points).
- Initiate business transaction preview.
- Analyse business transaction metrics.
- Manage business transaction clean-up.
- Determine required detection logic.
Module 4: Collectors, Information Points, and Service Endpoints.
- Define data collectors.
- Configure data collector settings.
- Utilize database collectors.
- Configure information points.
- Utilize information point metrics.
- Manage business transaction split configurations.
- Configure asynchronous transactions.
- Create service endpoints.
- Analyze service endpoint metrics.
Module 5: Performance Metrics and Baselines.
- Understanding Performance Metrics.
- Establishing Baselines and Thresholds.
- Setting Alerting Rules.
- Configure alerts.
- Identify system performance metrics.
- Define scheduled reports.
Module 6: Application Profiling and Optimization.
- Profiling Application Performance.
- Identifying Performance Bottlenecks.
- Optimization Strategies.
Module 7: Transaction Analysis and Optimization.
- Analyzing Business Transactions.
- Transaction Performance Improvement Techniques.
Module 8: Database Performance Management.
- Monitoring Database Performance Metrics.
- Query Analysis and Optimization.
- Database Health and Resource Utilization.
Module 9: Infrastructure and Server Monitoring.
- Server Health and Performance Metrics.
- Hardware Resource Utilization.
- Server Capacity Planning.
Module 10: User Experience Monitoring.
- Real User Monitoring (RUM).
- Synthetic User Monitoring (SUM).
- User Journey Analysis.
Module 11: Performance Reporting and Dashboards.
- Creating Custom Performance Reports.
- Designing Dashboards for Performance Insights.
Module 12: Performance Best Practices and Optimization.
- Best Practices for Application Performance.
- Performance Optimization Strategies.