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00:00:00 – 00:16:06
The video highlights key advancements in the Dynatrace Discovery and Coverage app and its new "One Agent Mode" named Foundation and Discovery. Spearheaded by contributions from Lucas, the app now aids in comprehensive and economical deployment across enterprises, including previously under-monitored applications. The app identifies monitoring blind spots and leverages data from the smartscape to provide solutions with no additional costs for SaaS customers.
Coverage for cloud environments is stressed, revealing initial coverage gaps, especially for VMware hosts, and a low 59% coverage rate for AWS hosts due to missing integrations. The platform improves connectivity by simplifying host monitoring with easily accessible IP addresses and instructions.
Automation tools enhance agent installation across cloud environments, culminating in a comprehensive SmartScape overview. Best practice rules help determine optimal monitoring settings for components like M SQL databases, which can be managed collectively across entities. The video guides viewers on changing the monitoring mode for detailed performance stats and activating database extensions, alongside monitoring logs and Kubernetes for extensive workload insights.
A focus on user interface improvements for Kubernetes observability reveals plans to clarify host coverage distinctions based on feedback and improve rule explanations for better user comprehension. Upcoming innovations aim to streamline interactions, enhance dashboard integration, and expand device coverage.
Concluding with customer feedback, the video emphasizes the goal of achieving 100% infrastructure coverage with forthcoming features to address comprehensive network monitoring needs.
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In this segment of the video, the focus is on the Discovery and Coverage app, with notable contributions from Lucas. The discussion centers around key announcements made at Perform, particularly the new “One Agent Mode” called Foundation and Discovery. This mode allows the deployment of the One Agent across an entire enterprise, including tier three and tier four applications, which were previously too costly to monitor comprehensively. The Foundation Discovery mode aims to provide a more economical solution, addressing the issue of monitoring gaps and under-monitored hosts. The Discovery and Coverage app helps identify where One Agent can be potentially deployed to ensure thorough coverage, facilitating easy deployment, automatic updates, and extensive host monitoring capabilities.
00:03:00
In this part of the video, the discussion focuses on the Discovery and Coverage application and its benefits. The host explains that the application helps identify monitoring blind spots within an enterprise’s infrastructure and provides solutions to address these gaps, leveraging data from the existing smartscape. The app is available to all SaaS customers by default without additional costs and assists in tasks like managing agent modes. A demonstration of the app is also hinted at, showing its practical use and potential future expansions for Dynatrace admin users.
00:06:00
In this part of the video, the discussion revolves around ensuring comprehensive coverage of hosts in various cloud environments. The main use cases highlighted are connecting all clouds and ensuring all hosts are covered. Initially, there’s a 59% overall coverage rate, with a specific issue noted that VMware hosts are not fully included due to missing cloud integrations. This partial coverage is critical as it prevents full monitoring of all hosts. For instance, out of 73 detected AWS hosts, only 41 have proper agent installation. To address these gaps, the video explains that the platform now allows users to easily find IP addresses and instructions within the app, simplifying the process of connecting hosts and improving overall coverage.
00:09:00
In this part of the video, they discuss the process of installing the one agent using automation tools and iterating through a list of hosts efficiently. After connecting all clouds and deploying the agents, they achieve a comprehensive SmartScape overview of their processes. The next focus is on Discovery findings, which utilize best practice rules to determine how components, like M SQL databases, should be monitored. They demonstrate setting the monitoring mode for one agent to infrastructure mode to get detailed performance stats and activating an extension for deeper database insights. The process is streamlined to apply these settings across multiple entities effortlessly. Additionally, they cover monitoring logs and Kubernetes, pointing out how to check coverage and ensure all nodes are included for detailed workload information.
00:12:00
In this part of the video, the presenter, a CNCF Ambassador with a focus on Kubernetes, discusses improvements made to a user interface specifically for Kubernetes observability. The current version is available to all customers, but the presenter provides a sneak peek into upcoming changes. These changes include clarifying host coverage columns based on user feedback to better distinguish between discovered and undiscovered hosts and the presence of one agents. Additionally, the user experience on explaining rules has been enhanced to show why certain elements, like MySQL databases, are critical and to display the exact DQL rule used for understanding relationships in Smartscape. These updates aim to streamline user interactions, allowing for easier data extraction and dashboard integration. The presenter concludes by highlighting ongoing and planned enhancements for the year.
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In this segment of the video, the discussion focuses on customer feedback about the current infrastructure monitoring tools. Customers expressed a desire for better network monitoring. The next steps for the developers include adding device coverage to address this need, using a straightforward, one-click approach to identify and close monitoring gaps. The segment concludes with a mention of upcoming innovations and further app coverage, highlighting a commitment to achieving 100% infrastructure coverage.