A SysOps administrator manages many Windows EC2 instances in one account. Each instance is tagged with key OS and value Windows. The company uses Systems Manager for patching and has the CloudWatch agent installed inconsistently across instances. The administrator needs to apply a consistent CloudWatch agent configuration to all instances. Which combination of steps will achieve this? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: Store the CloudWatch agent configuration content in Systems Manager Parameter Store., Create a Systems Manager State Manager association to run the AmazonCloudWatch-ManageAgent Run Command document, selecting Systems Manager as the optional configuration source and targeting instances by tag..
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Storing the CloudWatch agent configuration content in Systems Manager Parameter Store allows for centralized management and versioning of the configuration. Creating a Systems Manager State Manager association with the AmazonCloudWatch-ManageAgent Run Command document, and selecting Systems Manager as the optional configuration source, ensures that the agent on targeted instances (identified by the OS:Windows tag) will retrieve its configuration directly from Parameter Store. This combination automates the consistent deployment of the CloudWatch agent configuration across all specified instances. Saving the configuration in OpsCenter is for operational work items, not configuration storage. Using an S3 bucket as a configuration source is possible, but Parameter Store is more integrated with Systems Manager for this type of configuration management.
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