What is the purpose of the 'Heartbeat' probe?

The 'Heartbeat' probe is designed to periodically send a signal to all MID servers every five minutes to ensure they are operational and functioning correctly. This monitoring mechanism helps ensure that the discovery process is consistent and reliable. By conducting these synthetic transactions, the system can verify the connectivity and responsiveness of the MID servers, which is critical for efficient data collection and integration from various sources.

The other options represent different functionalities that do not align with the specific purpose of the 'Heartbeat' probe. Checking for data accuracy in the ECC queue focuses on data integrity, initiating updates to the CI records pertains to maintaining the configuration management database, and creating new CI IDs refers to the process of identifying new configuration items rather than monitoring server health. The 'Heartbeat' probe is specifically aimed at operational checks to maintain system performance and availability.