Which situation most clearly justifies using Instana's Prometheus integration?
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Short Explanation
It’s for the metrics you already have. If you’re starting from scratch, there’s no Prometheus pipeline to preserve, so native instrumentation is simpler.
Full Explanation
The situation that justifies using Instana's Prometheus integration is when applications and infrastructure already expose Prometheus metrics that teams depend on, and those metrics should appear alongside Instana's data rather than in a separate tool. The integration preserves existing exporters, scrape configuration, dashboards, and team familiarity while consolidating the view. A greenfield application with no existing instrumentation does not justify it because there is no pipeline worth preserving, so native instrumentation is simpler. A requirement to capture distributed traces that Instana's tracers cannot cover does not justify it because Prometheus does not supply traces. A need to reduce metrics collected across the estate does not justify it because the integration brings additional metrics in; reducing collection is separate. For the exam, tie the integration to existing metric pipelines specifically.