diff --git a/source/code/plugin/ApplicationInsightsUtility.rb b/source/code/plugin/ApplicationInsightsUtility.rb
index 76e0b2926..2b2db673b 100644
--- a/source/code/plugin/ApplicationInsightsUtility.rb
+++ b/source/code/plugin/ApplicationInsightsUtility.rb
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ class ApplicationInsightsUtility
     @@Exception = 'ExceptionEvent'
     @@AcsClusterType = 'ACS'
     @@AksClusterType = 'AKS'
-    @@DaemonsetControllerType = 'DaemonSet'
     @OmsAdminFilePath = '/etc/opt/microsoft/omsagent/conf/omsadmin.conf'
     @@EnvAcsResourceName = 'ACS_RESOURCE_NAME'
     @@EnvAksRegion = 'AKS_REGION'
     @@EnvAgentVersion = 'AGENT_VERSION'
     @@EnvApplicationInsightsKey = 'APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_AUTH'
+    @@EnvControllerType = 'CONTROLLER_TYPE'
     @@CustomProperties = {}
     @@Tc = nil
     @@hostName = (OMS::Common.get_hostname)
@@ -54,12 +54,10 @@ def initializeUtility()
 		            @@CustomProperties["ClusterName"] = clusterName
 		            @@CustomProperties["Region"] = ENV[@@EnvAksRegion]
                 end
-                @@CustomProperties['ControllerType'] = @@DaemonsetControllerType
-                dockerInfo = DockerApiClient.dockerInfo
-                @@CustomProperties['DockerVersion'] = dockerInfo['Version']
-                @@CustomProperties['DockerApiVersion'] = dockerInfo['ApiVersion']
+                getDockerInfo()
                 @@CustomProperties['WorkspaceID'] = getWorkspaceId
                 @@CustomProperties['AgentVersion'] = ENV[@@EnvAgentVersion]
+                @@CustomProperties['ControllerType'] = ENV[@@EnvControllerType]
                 encodedAppInsightsKey = ENV[@@EnvApplicationInsightsKey]
                 if !encodedAppInsightsKey.nil?
                     decodedAppInsightsKey = Base64.decode64(encodedAppInsightsKey)
@@ -70,6 +68,14 @@ def initializeUtility()
             end
         end
 
+        def getDockerInfo() 
+            dockerInfo = DockerApiClient.dockerInfo
+            if (!dockerInfo.nil? && !dockerInfo.empty?)
+                @@CustomProperties['DockerVersion'] = dockerInfo['Version']
+                @@CustomProperties['DockerApiVersion'] = dockerInfo['ApiVersion']
+            end
+        end
+
         def sendHeartBeatEvent(pluginName)
             begin
                 eventName = pluginName + @@HeartBeat
@@ -100,7 +106,9 @@ def sendCustomMetric(pluginName, properties)
         def sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
             begin
                 if @@CustomProperties.empty? || @@CustomProperties.nil?
-                    initializeUtility
+                    initializeUtility()
+                elsif @@CustomProperties['DockerVersion'].nil?
+                    getDockerInfo()
                 end
                 if !(@@Tc.nil?)
                     @@Tc.track_exception errorStr , :properties => @@CustomProperties
@@ -116,7 +124,9 @@ def sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
         def sendTelemetry(pluginName, properties)
             begin
                 if @@CustomProperties.empty? || @@CustomProperties.nil?
-                    initializeUtility
+                    initializeUtility()
+                elsif @@CustomProperties['DockerVersion'].nil?
+                    getDockerInfo()
                 end
                 @@CustomProperties['Computer'] = properties['Computer']
                 sendHeartBeatEvent(pluginName)
@@ -134,7 +144,9 @@ def sendMetricTelemetry(metricName, metricValue, properties)
                     return
                 end
                 if @@CustomProperties.empty? || @@CustomProperties.nil?
-                    initializeUtility
+                    initializeUtility()
+                elsif @@CustomProperties['DockerVersion'].nil?
+                    getDockerInfo()
                 end
                 telemetryProps = {}
                 telemetryProps["Computer"] = @@hostName
diff --git a/source/code/plugin/DockerApiClient.rb b/source/code/plugin/DockerApiClient.rb
index e12ef13ec..903256f6d 100644
--- a/source/code/plugin/DockerApiClient.rb
+++ b/source/code/plugin/DockerApiClient.rb
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ class DockerApiClient
     require_relative 'DockerApiRestHelper'
     require_relative 'ApplicationInsightsUtility'
 
-    @@SocketPath = "/var/run/docker.sock"
+    @@SocketPath = "/var/run/host/docker.sock"
     @@ChunkSize = 4096
     @@TimeoutInSeconds = 5
     @@PluginName = 'ContainerInventory'
+
     def initialize
     end
 
diff --git a/source/code/plugin/in_containerinventory.rb b/source/code/plugin/in_containerinventory.rb
index f501421a2..a38697741 100644
--- a/source/code/plugin/in_containerinventory.rb
+++ b/source/code/plugin/in_containerinventory.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def initialize
       require_relative 'ContainerInventoryState'
       require_relative 'ApplicationInsightsUtility'
       require_relative 'omslog'
+
     end
 
     config_param :run_interval, :time, :default => '1m'
diff --git a/source/code/plugin/in_kube_events.rb b/source/code/plugin/in_kube_events.rb
index 5df31df95..b7be24510 100644
--- a/source/code/plugin/in_kube_events.rb
+++ b/source/code/plugin/in_kube_events.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ def initialize
       require_relative 'KubernetesApiClient'
       require_relative 'oms_common'
       require_relative 'omslog'
+      require_relative 'ApplicationInsightsUtility'
+
     end
 
     config_param :run_interval, :time, :default => '1m'
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ def enumerate(eventList = nil)
           rescue  => errorStr
             $log.warn line.dump, error: errorStr.to_s
             $log.debug_backtrace(errorStr.backtrace)
+            ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
           end   
     end
 
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ def run_periodic
             enumerate
           rescue => errorStr
             $log.warn "in_kube_events::run_periodic: enumerate Failed to retrieve kube events: #{errorStr}"
+            ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
           end
         end
         @mutex.lock
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ def getEventQueryState
       rescue  => errorStr
         $log.warn $log.warn line.dump, error: errorStr.to_s
         $log.debug_backtrace(errorStr.backtrace)
+        ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
       end
       return eventQueryState
     end
@@ -144,6 +149,7 @@ def writeEventQueryState(eventQueryState)
       rescue  => errorStr
         $log.warn $log.warn line.dump, error: errorStr.to_s
         $log.debug_backtrace(errorStr.backtrace)
+        ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/source/code/plugin/in_kube_nodes.rb b/source/code/plugin/in_kube_nodes.rb
index 1c792d0da..85153b21c 100644
--- a/source/code/plugin/in_kube_nodes.rb
+++ b/source/code/plugin/in_kube_nodes.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def initialize
         require_relative 'ApplicationInsightsUtility'
         require_relative 'oms_common'
         require_relative 'omslog'
+
       end
   
       config_param :run_interval, :time, :default => '1m'
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ def enumerate
           rescue  => errorStr
             $log.warn "Failed to retrieve node inventory: #{errorStr}"
             $log.debug_backtrace(errorStr.backtrace)
+            ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
           end       
       end
   
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ def run_periodic
               enumerate
             rescue => errorStr
               $log.warn "in_kube_nodes::run_periodic: enumerate Failed to retrieve node inventory: #{errorStr}"
+              ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
             end
           end
           @mutex.lock
diff --git a/source/code/plugin/in_kube_podinventory.rb b/source/code/plugin/in_kube_podinventory.rb
index c6873e8fe..eaf14b035 100644
--- a/source/code/plugin/in_kube_podinventory.rb
+++ b/source/code/plugin/in_kube_podinventory.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def initialize
       require_relative 'ApplicationInsightsUtility'
       require_relative 'oms_common'
       require_relative 'omslog'
+
     end
 
     config_param :run_interval, :time, :default => '1m'
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ def enumerate(podList = nil)
         rescue  => errorStr
           $log.warn "Failed in enumerate pod inventory: #{errorStr}"
           $log.debug_backtrace(errorStr.backtrace)
+          ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
         end  
     end
 
@@ -207,6 +209,7 @@ def parse_and_emit_records(podInventory, serviceList)
         end  #podInventory block end
         router.emit_stream(@tag, eventStream) if eventStream
         if telemetryFlush == true
+          ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendHeartBeatEvent("KubePodInventory")
           ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendMetricTelemetry("PodCount", podInventory['items'].length , {})
           ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendMetricTelemetry("ControllerCount", controllerSet.length , {})
           @@podTelemetryTimeTracker = DateTime.now.to_time.to_i
@@ -218,6 +221,7 @@ def parse_and_emit_records(podInventory, serviceList)
       rescue  => errorStr
         $log.warn "Failed in parse_and_emit_record pod inventory: #{errorStr}"
         $log.debug_backtrace(errorStr.backtrace)
+        ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
       end #begin block end  
     end  
 
@@ -234,6 +238,7 @@ def run_periodic
             enumerate
           rescue => errorStr
             $log.warn "in_kube_podinventory::run_periodic: enumerate Failed to retrieve pod inventory: #{errorStr}"
+            ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
           end
         end
         @mutex.lock
@@ -268,6 +273,7 @@ def getServiceNameFromLabels(namespace, labels, serviceList)
       rescue  => errorStr
         $log.warn "Failed to retrieve service name from labels: #{errorStr}"
         $log.debug_backtrace(errorStr.backtrace)
+        ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
       end
       return serviceName
     end
diff --git a/source/code/plugin/in_kube_services.rb b/source/code/plugin/in_kube_services.rb
index 9a33f4581..655beef59 100644
--- a/source/code/plugin/in_kube_services.rb
+++ b/source/code/plugin/in_kube_services.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ def initialize
           require_relative 'KubernetesApiClient'
           require_relative 'oms_common'
           require_relative 'omslog'
+          require_relative 'ApplicationInsightsUtility'
+
         end
     
         config_param :run_interval, :time, :default => '1m'
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ def enumerate
               rescue  => errorStr
                 $log.warn line.dump, error: errorStr.to_s
                 $log.debug_backtrace(e.backtrace)
+                ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
               end   
         end
     
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ def run_periodic
                 enumerate
               rescue => errorStr
                 $log.warn "in_kube_services::run_periodic: enumerate Failed to kube services: #{errorStr}"
+                ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(errorStr)
               end
             end
             @mutex.lock