Cloud Automation

Question 1

What are the two AI-based approaches Dynatraces uses to reduce Alert noise?

Answer 1

Deterministic AI: Performs step-by-step analysis (fault tree analysis)
Machine Learning AI: uses statistics to correlate metrics, events & alerts

Question 2

What are Service Level Objectives (SLO)?

Answer 2

A service-level objective (SLO) is part of a service-level agreement (SLA) that documents the key performance indicators (KPIs) the customer should expect from a provider. In addition to specifying details about the service being purchased, an SLO also documents what the consequences will be if SLOs are not achieved.
The following must be provided in an SLO
SLI
Targets
Evaluation Period

Question 3

What is the SLO status & SLO error budget?

Answer 3

SLO status is the current evaluation result of the SLO, expressed in percentage
SLO error budget is the remaining buffer until the defined SLO target is considered as failed.

Question 4

What are the different ways we can configure version detection for Dynatrace?

Answer 4

Environment Variables: By setting env variable in windows or Linux
Kubernetes Lables: By applying POD lables
Event Ingestion: By sending custom deployment events to dynatrace API

Question 5

What does issue tracking allow you to do?

Answer 5

Integrate your preferred issue tracking tool (jira, github, etc) by allowing you to create rules.

Question 6

How does Dynatrace help with release monitoring?

Answer 6

Dynatrace offers a built-in release-analysis solution that helps you determine the following.
Version deployed, Version state, change logs, and analysis information to track down bugs.

Question 7

What are the five pillars of observability that Dynatrace provides?

Answer 7

Metrics, logs, tracing, UX, Topology