An administrator needs to deploy the Instana host agent on an IBM AIX 7.2 server to monitor a critical financial application. The administrator is experienced with Linux RPM installations but has not set up Instana on AIX before. Which installation approach is supported for AIX?
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AIX uses a different package management ecosystem from Linux and does not support standard RPM or APT repositories in the same way as RHEL or Ubuntu. Instana provides a dedicated installer script for AIX that handles the platform-specific installation requirements, directory layout, and service configuration. Docker container agent deployment is not a supported option on AIX because Docker has very limited support for that operating system.
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Full Explanation
AIX uses a different package management ecosystem from Linux and does not support standard RPM or APT repositories in the same way as RHEL or Ubuntu. Instana provides a dedicated installer script for AIX that handles the platform-specific installation requirements, directory layout, and service configuration. Docker container agent deployment is not a supported option on AIX because Docker has very limited support for that operating system. The correct answer is 'Download and execute the Instana platform-specific installer script for AIX'. The incorrect options — 'Configure the AIX yum repository and install the instana-agent-dynamic package', 'Use the Docker container agent with the --network=host flag on the AIX host', 'Install using the AIX Package Manager from the Instana software marketplace' — are wrong because they do not align with IBM Instana's architecture or recommended practices for this scenario. Understanding this concept is essential for the Domain 3: Installation domain of the IBM Instana Observability certification.