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Operation

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Operate a Dynatrace Managed Cluster after installation. This section covers updating, backing up, restoring, migrating, and removing a Managed Cluster, and managing its nodes, storage, and license data.

The cards below follow the sidebar groups and order.

Updates

Update a Managed Cluster

Update a Managed Cluster manually or schedule an automatic update.

Managed version update logic

Learn which Managed versions you can skip when you update.

Update Cluster ActiveGate

Update a Cluster ActiveGate automatically, on demand, or manually.

Backup and restore

Back up and restore a Managed Cluster

Back up a Managed Cluster and restore it from a backup.

Estimate Managed Cluster backup size

Estimate the backup size for metrics storage and Elasticsearch storage.

Cluster nodes

Start/stop/restart a Cluster node

Shut down and restart a node with command line parameters.

Start/stop/restart a Managed Cluster

Shut down and restart a Managed Cluster that contains three or more nodes.

Apply operating system patches to a node

Shut down a node gracefully, apply operating system patches, and restart it.

Reconfigure the IP address of a Cluster node

Reconfigure the IP address of a Cluster node.

Change storage location

Move the datastores that you defined during installation to a new storage location.

Remove a Cluster node

Remove a Cluster node from your Managed Cluster.

Migration and removal

Migrate a Managed Cluster

Move a Managed Cluster from one data center to another.

Remove a Managed Cluster

Remove a Managed Cluster and release the associated license.

Environments and licensing

Manage your monitoring environments

Create, configure, access, delete, disable, and switch between monitoring environments.

Export license data

Export raw hourly license usage data from the Cluster Management Console.

License data export file reference

Look up the objects and properties in the exported license data files.

Support

Diagnostic archives for Dynatrace Managed installations

Download a support archive with configuration and log files from your Dynatrace Managed components.