Mission Control (MC) observes each Managed Cluster node, and this self-monitoring underpins Dynatrace proactive support. You control where the self-monitoring data resides and who can access it. All Managed Clusters have a local self-monitoring environment with internal metrics. Additionally, OneAgent can monitor a Managed Cluster node and report to Dynatrace or to your own environment.
The premium self-monitoring environment is only available and included in Enterprise Success and Support subscriptions.
Dynatrace Managed deployment includes Dynatrace OneAgent at each Managed Cluster node, which provides self-monitoring of Managed Cluster health. OneAgent runs in Full-Stack Monitoring mode.
With this capability, Dynatrace product experts provide proactive support, so you can focus on monitoring your applications. MC Support Services receives the data and stores it in a self-monitoring environment hosted on a Dynatrace SaaS cluster in the United States region. Only privileged Dynatrace employees have access to the data.
On each new installation or upgrade of a Dynatrace Managed Cluster node, MC provides a self-monitoring OneAgent download address. Installation sets up a predefined self-monitoring configuration, and OneAgent reports data to the configured environment. Beyond infrastructure and Dynatrace service metrics, OneAgent also captures the following: