PCDOE Implementing service monitoring strategies Practice Question
A team wants to implement multi-cluster monitoring for GKE using Managed Service for Prometheus. Which configuration is required?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to assume a single 'central' cluster can aggregate metrics from others (like a traditional Prometheus federation), but Managed Service for Prometheus requires each cluster to independently send metrics to a shared Cloud Monitoring workspace.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Enable Managed Service for Prometheus in each cluster and configure a single Cloud Monitoring workspace to collect metrics from all clusters
Managed Service for Prometheus is a Google Cloud-managed, multi-cluster monitoring solution. To collect metrics from multiple GKE clusters, you must enable the service in each cluster individually and then configure a single Cloud Monitoring workspace to aggregate the data. This ensures each cluster runs its own collection pipeline, while the workspace provides a unified view across all clusters.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Enable Managed Service for Prometheus in one cluster and have other clusters forward metrics to it
Why it's wrong here
Each cluster must have the managed collection enabled independently.
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Enable Managed Service for Prometheus in each cluster and configure a single Cloud Monitoring workspace to collect metrics from all clusters
Why this is correct
This aggregates metrics from multiple clusters in one workspace.
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Use Cloud Monitoring agent on nodes in each cluster
Why it's wrong here
Managed Service for Prometheus uses its own collection, not the legacy agent.
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Set up a separate workspace per cluster
Why it's wrong here
This defeats the purpose of multi-cluster monitoring; a single workspace is needed.
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