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vRealize Operations Definitions for Metrics, Properties, and Alerts
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Contents
About vRealize Operations Manager Reference for Metrics, Properties, and Alerts 5
Metric Denitions in vRealize Operations Manager 7
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Metrics for vCenter Server Components 8
Calculated Metrics 63
Self-Monitoring Metrics for vRealize Operations Manager 68
Metrics for the Operating Systems and Remote Service Monitoring Plug-ins in
Endpoint Operations Management 93
Property Denitions in vRealize Operations Manager 111
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Properties for vCenter Server Components 111
Self-Monitoring Properties for vRealize Operations Manager 124
Alert Denitions in vRealize Operations Manager 127
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Cluster Compute Resource Alert Denitions 128
Host System Alert Denitions 131
vSphere Distributed Port Group 143
Virtual Machine Alert Denitions 144
vSphere Distributed Switch Alert Denitions 152
vCenter Server Alert Denitions 153
Datastore Alert Denitions 154
Data Center Alert Denitions 159
Custom Data Center Alert Denitions 160
Index 161
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About vRealize Operations Manager Reference for Metrics, Properties, and Alerts
The vRealize Operations Manager Reference for Metrics, Properties, and Alerts provides information about the
metric, properties, and alert denitions provided with vRealize Operations Manager.
Intended Audience
This information is intended for anyone who wants to install and congure vRealize Operations Manager by
using a virtual appliance deployment. The information is wrien for experienced virtual machine
administrators who are familiar with enterprise management applications and datacenter operations.
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Metric Definitions in
vRealize Operations Manager 1
Metric denitions provide an overview of how the metric value is calculated or derived. If you understand
the metric, you can beer tune vRealize Operations Manager to display results that help you to manage
your environment.
vRealize Operations Manager collects data from objects in your environment. Each piece of data collected is
called a metric observation or value. vRealize Operations Manager uses the VMware vCenter® adapter to
collect raw metrics. vRealize Operations Manager uses the vRealize Operations Manager adapter to collect
self-monitoring metrics. In addition to the metrics it collects, vRealize Operations Manager calculates
capacity metrics, badge metrics, and metrics to monitor the health of your system.
All metric denitions are provided. The metrics reported on your system depend on the objects in your
environment. You can use metrics to help troubleshoot problems. See the vRealize Operations Manager User
Guide.
Changes in Metric Availability
The CPU Demand of Recommended (%) metric is no longer available in vRealize Operations Manager
version 6.x. To approximate the metric, create a super metric using the following calculations, and add it to
your Views and Reports as needed.
( (CPU|Stress Free Demand (MHz)) × (CPU|Current Size in Unit(s)) ) ÷ ( (CPU|Recommended Size
(vCPUs)) × (CPU|Current Size (MHz)) )
For more information about super metrics, see the vRealize Operations Manager Information Center.
This chapter includes the following topics:
“Metrics for vCenter Server Components,” on page 8
n
“Calculated Metrics,” on page 63
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“Self-Monitoring Metrics for vRealize Operations Manager,” on page 68
n
“Metrics for the Operating Systems and Remote Service Monitoring Plug-ins in Endpoint Operations
n
Management,” on page 93
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Metrics for vCenter Server Components
vRealize Operations Manager connects to VMware vCenter Server® instances through the vCenter adapter
to collect metrics for vCenter Server components and uses formulas to derive statistics from those metrics.
You can use metrics to troubleshoot problems in your environment.
vCenter Server components are listed in the describe.xml le for the vCenter adapter. The following
example shows sensor metrics for the host system in the describe.xml le.
<ResourceGroup instanced="false" key="Sensor" nameKey="1350" validation="">
<ResourceGroup instanced="false" key="fan" nameKey="1351" validation="">
<ResourceAttribute key="currentValue" nameKey="1360" dashboardOrder="1"
dataType="float" defaultMonitored="false" isDiscrete="false" isRate="false" maxVal=""
minVal="" unit="percent"/>
<ResourceAttribute key="healthState" nameKey="1361" dashboardOrder="1" dataType="float"
defaultMonitored="false" isDiscrete="false" isRate="false" maxVal="" minVal="" />
</ResourceGroup>
<ResourceGroup instanced="false" key="temperature" nameKey="1352" validation="">
<ResourceAttribute key="currentValue" nameKey="1362" dashboardOrder="1"
dataType="float" defaultMonitored="false" isDiscrete="false" isRate="false" maxVal=""
minVal="" />
<ResourceAttribute key="healthState" nameKey="1363" dashboardOrder="1" dataType="float"
defaultMonitored="false" isDiscrete="false" isRate="false" maxVal="" minVal="" />
</ResourceGroup>
</ResourceGroup>
Each ResourceAttribute element includes the name of a metric that appears in the UI and is documented as
a Metric Key.
Table 1‑1. Sensor Metrics for Host System Cooling
Metric Key Metric Name Description
Sensor|fan|currentValue Speed Fan speed.
Sensor|fan|healthState Health State Fan health state.
Sensor|temperature|currentValue Temperature Host system temperature.
Sensor|temperature|healthState Health State Host system health state.
vSphere Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects CPU use, disk, memory, network, and summary metrics for objects in
the vSphere world.
Capacity metrics can be calculated for vSphere world objects. See “Capacity and Project-Based Metrics,” on
page 63.
CPU Usage Metrics
CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
Table 1‑2. CPU Usage Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|capacity_usagepct_average Capacity Usage CPU usages as a percent during the interval.
cpu|capacity_contentionPct CPU Contention Percent of time the virtual machine is unable to
run because it is contending for access to the
physical CPU(s).
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Table 1‑2. CPU Usage Metrics (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|demandPct Demand (%) CPU resource entitlement to CPU demand ratio
(in percents).
cpu|demandmhz Demand (MHz) The amount of CPU resources a virtual machine
would use if there were no CPU contention or
CPU limit.
cpu|demand_average Demand CPU demand in megaher.
cpu|iowait IO Wait IO wait (ms).
cpu|numpackages Number of CPU Sockets Number of CPU sockets.
cpu|capacity_contention Overall CPU Contention Overall CPU contention in milliseconds.
cpu|capacity_provisioned Provisioned Capacity (MHz) capacity in MHz of the physical CPU cores.
cpu|corecount_provisioned Provisioned vCPU(s) Number of provisioned CPU cores.
cpu|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (MHz) Total CPU capacity reserved by virtual machines.
cpu|usagemhz_average Usage (MHz) CPU usages, as measured in megaher, during
the interval.
VM - Amount of actively used virtual CPU.
n
This is the host's view of the CPU usage, not
the guest operating system view.
Host - Sum of the actively used CPU of all
n
powered on virtual machines on a host. The
maximum possible value is the frequency of
the two processors multiplied by the number
of processors. For example, if you have a host
with four 2 GHz CPUs running a virtual
machine that is using 4000 MHz, the host is
using two CPUs completely: 400 / (4 2000) =
0.50
cpu|wait Wait Total CPU time spent in wait state. The wait total
includes time spent in the CPU Idle, CPU Swap
Wait, and CPU I/O Wait states.
cpu|workload Workload (%) Percent of workload
Memory Metrics
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
Table 1‑3. Memory Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|host_contentionPct Contention Percent host memory contention.
mem|host_demand Machine Demand (KB) Host memory demand in kilobytes.
mem|host_provisioned Provisioned Memory Provisioned host memory in kilobytes.
mem|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (KB) Total amount of memory reservation used by
powered-on virtual machines and vSphere services
on the host.
mem|host_usable Usable Memory (KB) Usable host memory in kilobytes.
mem|host_usage Host Usage (KB) Host memory use in kilobytes.
mem|host_usagePct Usage/Usable (%) Memory usage as percentage of total congured or
available memory.
mem|workload Workload (%) Percent of workload.
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Network Metrics
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
Table 1‑4. Network Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|droppedPct Packets Dropped (%) Percent network packets dropped.
net|usage_average Usage Rate (KB per second) Sum of the data transmied and received for all of
net|workload Workload (%) Percent of workload.
Disk Metrics
Disk metrics provide information about disk use.
Table 1‑5. Disk Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|commandsAveraged_average Commands per second Average number of commands issued per second
disk|usage_average Usage Rate (KB per second) Average of the sum of the data read and wrien for
disk|workload Workload (%) Percent of workload.
the NIC instances of the host or virtual machine.
during the collection cycle.
all of the disk instances of the host or virtual
machine.
Summary Metrics
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
Table 1‑6. Summary Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|number_running_hosts Number of Running Hosts Number of running hosts.
summary|number_running_vms Number of Running VMs Number of running virtual
machines.
summary|total_number_clusters Total Number of Clusters Total number of clusters.
summary|total_number_datastores Total Number of Datastores Total number of datastores.
summary|total_number_hosts Total Number of Hosts Total number of hosts.
summary|total_number_vms Total Number of VMs Total number of virtual machines.
summary|total_number_datacenters Total Number of Datacenters Total number of data centers.
summary|number_running_vcpus Number VCPUs on Powered on VMs Number of virtual CPUs on
powered-on virtual machines.
summary|avg_vm_density Average Running VM Count per Running
Host
Average running virtual machine
count per running host.
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vCenter Server Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects CPU use, disk, memory, network, and summary metrics for vCenter
Server system objects.
vCenter Server metrics include capacity and badge metrics. See denitions in:
“Capacity and Project-Based Metrics,” on page 63
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“Badge Metrics,” on page 66
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CPU Usage Metrics
CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
Table 1‑7. CPU Usage Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|capacity_usagepct_average Capacity Usage (%) Percent capacity used.
cpu|capacity_contentionPct CPU Contention (%) Percent CPU contention.
cpu|demandPct Demand (%) Percent demand.
cpu|demandmhz Demand (MHz) Demand in megaher.
cpu|demand_average Demand CPU Demand.
cpu|iowait IO Wait (ms) IO wait time in milliseconds.
cpu|numpackages Number of CPU Sockets Number of CPU sockets.
cpu|capacity_contention Overall CPU Contention (ms) Overall CPU contention in milliseconds.
cpu|capacity_provisioned Provisioned Capacity (MHz) Provisioned capacity in megaher.
cpu|corecount_provisioned Provisioned vCPU Number of provisioned virtual CPU cores.
cpu|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (MHz) Sum of the reservation properties of the
immediate children of the host's root resource
pool.
cpu|usagemhz_average Usage (MHz) Average CPU use in megaher.
cpu|wait Wait (ms) CPU time spent on the idle state.
cpu|overhead_average Overhead Amount of CPU that is overhead.
cpu|demand_without_overhead Demand without overhead Value of demand excluding any overhead.
cpu|vm_capacity_provisioned Provisioned Capacity Provisioned capacity (MHz).
Datastore Metrics
Datastore metrics provide information about the datastore.
Table 1‑8. Datastore Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
datastore|
maxObserved_NumberRead
datastore|maxObserved_Read Max Observed Read Rate Max observed rate of reading data from the
datastore|
maxObserved_NumberWrite
datastore|maxObserved_Write Max Observed Write Rate Max observed rate of writing data from the
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Max Observed Reads per
second
Max Observed Writes per
second
Max observed average number of read commands
issued per second during the collection interval.
datastore.
Max observed average number of write commands
issued per second during the collection interval.
datastore.
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Table 1‑8. Datastore Metrics (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
datastore|maxObserved_OIO Max Observed Number of
Outstanding IO Operations
datastore|demand_oio Outstanding IO requests OIO for datastore.
datastore|
numberReadAveraged_average
datastore|
numberWriteAveraged_average
datastore|read_average Read Rate Amount of data read in the performance interval.
datastore|write_average Write Rate Amount of data wrien to disk in the performance
Reads per second Average number of read commands issued per
Writes per second Average number of write commands issued per
Disk Metrics
Disk metrics provide information about disk use.
Table 1‑9. Disk Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|commandsAveraged_average Commands per second Average number of commands issued per second
disk|totalLatency_average Disk Command Latency
(ms)
disk|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) Average of the sum of the data read and wrien for
disk|sum_queued_oio Total queued outstanding
operations
disk|max_observed Max Observed OIO Max observed IO for a disk.
Maximum observed number of outstanding IO
operations.
second during the collection interval.
second during the collection interval.
interval.
during the collection cycle.
Average amount of time taken for a command from
the perspective of the guest operating system. This
metric is the sum of the Kernel Device Command
Latency and Physical Device Command Latency
metrics.
all of the disk instances of the host or virtual
machine.
Sum of queued operations and outstanding
operations.
Diskspace Metrics
Disk space metrics provide information about disk space use.
Table 1‑10. Diskspace Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
diskspace|total_usage Total disk space used (KB) Total disk space used on all datastores visible to
this object.
diskspace|total_capacity Total disk space (KB) Total disk space on all datastores visible to this
object.
diskspace|total_provisioned Total provisioned disk space
(KB)
Total provisioned disk space on all datastores
visible to this object.
Memory Metrics
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
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Table 1‑11. Memory Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|host_contentionPct Contention (%) Percent host memory contention.
mem|host_demand Machine Demand (KB) Host memory demand in kilobytes.
mem|host_systemUsage ESX System Usage Memory usage by the VMkernel and ESX user-
level services.
mem|host_provisioned Provisioned Memory (KB) Provisioned host memory in kilobytes.
mem|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (KB) Sum of the reservation properties of the immediate
children of the host's root resource pool.
mem|host_usable Usable Memory (KB) Usable host memory in kilobytes.
mem|host_usage Host Usage (KB) Host memory use in kilobytes.
mem|host_usagePct Usage/Usable (%) Percent host memory used.
mem|host_contention Contention (KB) Host contention in kilobytes.
mem|overhead_average VM Overhead (KB) Memory overhead reported by host.
Network Metrics
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
Table 1‑12. Network Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|droppedPct Packets Dropped (%) Percent network packets dropped.
net|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) Sum of the data transmied and received for all of
the NIC instances of the host or virtual machine.
net|packetsRx_summation Packets Received Number of packets received in the performance
interval.
net|packetsTx_summation Packets Transmied Number of packets transmied in the
performance interval.
net|droppedRx_summation Received Packets Dropped Number of received packets dropped in the
performance interval.
net|droppedTx_summation Transmied Packets Dropped Number of transmied packets dropped in the
performance interval.
net|maxObserved_KBps Max Observed Throughput
(KBps)
net|maxObserved_Tx_KBps Max Observed Transmied
Throughput (KBps)
net|maxObserved_Rx_KBps Max Observed Received
Throughput (KBps)
net|transmied_average Data Transmit Rate (KBps) Average amount of data transmied per second.
net|received_average Data Receive Rate (KBps) Average amount of data received per second.
Max observed rate of network throughput.
Max observed transmied rate of network
throughput.
Max observed received rate of network
throughput.
Summary Metrics
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
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Table 1‑13. Summary Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|number_running_hosts Number of Running Hosts Number of hosts that are on.
summary|number_running_vms Number of Running VMs Number of virtual machines that
summary|total_number_clusters Total Number of Clusters Total number of clusters.
summary|total_number_datastores Total Number of Datastores Total number of datastores.
summary|total_number_hosts Total Number of Hosts Total number of hosts.
summary|total_number_vms Total Number of VMs Total number of virtual machines.
summary|max_number_vms Maximum Number of VMs Maximum number of virtual
summary|workload_indicator Workload Indicator (%) Percent workload indicator.
summary|total_number_datacenters Total Number of Datacenters Total number of datacenters.
summary|
number_powered_on_cores
summary|number_running_vcpus Number VCPUs on Powered on VMs Number of virtual CPUs on
summary|avg_vm_density Average Running VM Count per Running
summary|vc_query_time VC Query Time (ms) vCenter Server query time in
summary|
derived_metrics_comp_time
summary|number_objs Number of objects Number of objects.
summary|number_vc_events Number of VC Events Number of vCenter Server events.
summary|number_sms_metrics Number of SMS Metrics Number of SMS metrics.
summary|collector_mem_usage Collector Memory Usage (MB) Collector memory use in
Number of Cores on Powered On Hosts Number of cores on powered-on
Host
Derived Metrics Computation Time (ms) Derived metrics computation time
are on.
machines.
hosts.
powered-on virtual machines.
Average running virtual machine
count per running host.
milliseconds.
in milliseconds.
megabytes.
Virtual Machine Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects conguration, CPU use, memory, datastore, disk, virtual disk, guest
le system, network, power, disk space, storage, and summary metrics for virtual machine objects.
Capacity metrics can be calculated for virtual machine objects. See “Capacity and Project-Based Metrics,” on
page 63.
Configuration Metrics for Virtual Machines
Conguration metrics provide information about virtual machine conguration.
Table 1‑14. Configuration Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cong|hardware|thin_Enabled Thin Provisioned Disk Thin Provisioned Disk.
cong|hardware|num_Cpu Number of CPUs Number of CPUs for a Virtual
Machine.
cong|hardware|disk_Space Disk Space Disk space metrics.
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CPU Usage Metrics for Virtual Machines
CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
Table 1‑15. CPU Use Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|iowait IO Wait (ms) CPU time spent waiting for IO.
cpu|wait Wait (ms) Wait time in milliseconds.
cpu|capacity_contention Overall CPU Contention (ms) The amount of time the CPU cannot
run due to contention.
cpu|reservation_used Reservation Used CPU Reservation Used.
cpu|eective_limit Eective Limit CPU Eective Limit.
cpu|estimated_entitlement Estimated Entitlement CPU Estimated Entitlement.
cpu|idlePct Idle (%) Percentage time that CPU is idle.
cpu|iowaitPct IO Wait (%) Percentage IO Wait.
cpu|swapwaitPct Swap wait (%) Percentage swap wait for CPU.
cpu|waitPct Wait (%) Percentage of total CPU time spent in
wait state.
cpu|systemSummationPct System (%) Percentage CPU time spent on
system processes.
cpu|demandOverLimit Demand Over Limit (MHz) Amount of CPU Demand that is over
the congured CPU Limit.
cpu|demandOverCapacity Demand Over Capacity (MHz) Amount of CPU Demand that is over
the congured CPU Capacity.
cpu|sizePctReduction Recommended Size Reduction
(%)
cpu|perCpuCoStopPct Normalized Co-stop Percentage of co-stop time,
cpu|numberToAdd Recommended number of vCPUs
to Add
cpu|numberToRemove Recommended number of vCPUs
to Remove
cpu|capacity_entitlement Capacity entitlement (MHz) CPU entitlement for the VM after
cpu|corecount_provisioned Provisioned CPU Cores Number of provisioned CPU cores.
cpu|capacity_demandEntitlementPct Capacity Demand Entitlement (%) Percent capacity demand entitlement.
cpu|capacity_contentionPct CPU Contention (%) CPU contention as a percentage of
cpu|capacity_provisioned Provisioned Capacity (MHz) Provisioned CPU capacity in
cpu|demandmhz Demand (MHz) CPU demand in megaher.
cpu|host_demand_for_aggregation Host demand for aggregation Host demand for aggregation.
cpu|demand_average Demand (ms) The total CPU time that the VM
cpu|demandPct Demand (%) CPU demand as a percentage of the
cpu|dynamic_entitlement Dynamic Entitlement CPU Dynamic Entitlement.
Percentage of recommended CPU
size reduction.
normalized across all vCPUs.
Recommended number of vCPUs to
Add to the VM.
Recommended number of vCPUs to
Remove from the VM.
taking limits into account.
20-second collection interval.
megahertrz.
could use if there was no contention.
provisioned capacity.
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Table 1‑15. CPU Use Metrics for Virtual Machines (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|usage_average Usage (%) CPU Usage as a percentage of 20-
cpu|usagemhz_average Usage (MHz) CPU use in megaher.
cpu|system_summation System (ms) CPU time spent on system processes.
cpu|wait_summation Wait (ms) Total time that a virtual CPU can not
cpu|ready_summation Ready (ms) CPU time spent in the ready state.
cpu|readyPct Ready (%) CPU time spent in the ready state as
cpu|used_summation Used (ms) CPU time that is used.
cpu|extra_summation Extra (ms) Extra CPU time in milliseconds.
cpu|guaranteed_latest Guaranteed (ms) CPU time that is guaranteed for the
cpu|swapwait_summation Swap Wait (ms) Swap wait time in milliseconds.
cpu|costop_summation Co-stop (ms) Time the VM is ready to run, but is
cpu|costopPct Co-stop (%) Percentage of time the VM is ready to
cpu|idle_summation Idle (ms) CPU time that is idle.
cpu|latency_average Latency Percentage of time the VM is unable
cpu|maxlimited_summation Max Limited Time the VM is ready to run, but is
cpu|overlap_summation Overlap Time the VM was interrupted to
cpu|run_summation Run Time the VM is scheduled to run.
cpu|entitlement_latest Entitlement Latest Entitlement Latest.
second collection interval.
be run. It could be idle (halted) or
waiting for an external event such as
I/O.
a percentage of the collection
interval.
virtual machine.
unable to due to co-scheduling
constraints.
run, but is unable to due to coscheduling constraints.
to run because it is contending for
access to the physical CPUs.
not run due to maxing out its CPU
limit seing.
perform system services on behalf of
that VM or other VMs.
CPU Utilization for Resources Metrics for Virtual Machines
CPU utilization for resources metrics provide information about resource CPU use.
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Table 1‑16. CPU Utilization for Resources Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
rescpu|actav1_latest
rescpu|actav5_latest
rescpu|actav15_latest
rescpu|actpk1_latest
rescpu|actpk5_latest
rescpu|actpk15_latest
rescpu|runav1_latest
rescpu|runav5_latest
rescpu|runav15_latest
rescpu|runpk1_latest
rescpu|runpk5_latest
rescpu|runpk15_latest
rescpu|maxLimited1_latest
rescpu|maxLimited5_latest
rescpu|maxLimited15_latest
rescpu|sampleCount_latest Group CPU Sample Count The sample CPU count.
rscpu|samplePeriod_latest Group CPU Sample Period (ms) The sample period.
CPU Active (%) (interval) The average active time (actav) or peak active time
(actpk) for the CPU during various intervals.
CPU Running (%) (interval) The average runtime (runav) or peak active time
(runpk) for the CPU during various intervals.
CPU Throled (%) (interval) Amount of CPU resources over the limit that were
refused, average over various intervals.
Memory Metrics for Virtual Machines
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
Table 1‑17. Memory Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|host_active Host Active (KB) Host active memory use in kilobytes.
mem|host_usage Usage (KB) Memory use in kilobytes.
mem|host_contention Contention (KB) Memory contention in kilobytes.
mem|host_contentionPct Contention (%) Percent memory contention.
mem|guest_provisioned Guest Congured Memory
(KB)
mem|guest_dynamic_entitlement Guest Dynamic Entitlement
(KB)
mem|guest_activePct Guest Active Memory (%) Percent guest operating system active
mem|guest_nonpageable_estimate Guest Non Pageable Memory
(KB)
mem|reservation_used Reservation Used Memory Reservation Used.
mem|eective_limit Eective Limit Memory Eective Limit.
mem|estimated_entitlement Estimated Entitlement Memory Estimated Entitlement.
mem|host_demand_for_aggregation Demand for aggregation Host demand for aggregation.
mem|numa.remote_latest NUMA Remote Latest Non-uniform memory access Remote
mem|numa.local_latest NUMA Local Latest Non-uniform memory access Local (Kb).
mem|numa.migrations_latest NUMA Migrations Latest Non-uniform memory access Migrations
Guest operating system congured
memory in kilobytes.
Guest Memory Dynamic Entitlement.
memory.
Guest operating system non-pageable
memory in kilobytes.
(Kb).
(number).
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Table 1‑17. Memory Metrics for Virtual Machines (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|numa.locality_average NUMA Locality Average Non-uniform memory access Locality
mem|demandOverLimit Demand Over Limit Amount of Memory Demand that is over
mem|demandOverCapacity Demand Over Capacity Amount of Memory Demand that is over
mem|sizePctReduction Recommended Size Reduction
mem|balloonPct Balloon (%) Percentage of total memory that has been
mem|guest_usage Guest Usage (KB) Guest operating system use in kilobytes.
mem|guest_demand Guest Demand (KB) Guest operating system demand in
mem|host_nonpageable_estimate Guest Non Pageable Memory
mem|host_demand Host Demand (KB) Memory demand in kilobytes.
mem|host_demand_reservation Demand with Reservation (KB) Memory Demand with Reservation
mem|guest_workload Guest Workload Guest Workload (%).
mem|host_workload Host Workload Host Workload (%).
mem|vmmemctl_average Balloon (%) Amount of memory currently used by
mem|active_average Guest Active (%) Amount of memory that is actively used.
mem|granted_average Granted (KB) Amount of memory available for use.
mem|shared_average Shared (KB) Amount of shared memory in kilobytes.
mem|zero_average Zero (KB) Amount of memory that is all 0.
mem|swapped_average Swapped (KB) amount of unreservedmemory in
mem|swaptarget_average Swap Target (KB) Amount of memory that can be swapped
mem|swapin_average Swap In (KB) Swap-in memory in kilobytes.
mem|swapout_average Swap Out (KB) amount of memory swapped out in
mem|usage_average Usage (%) Memory currently in use as a percentage
mem|vmmemctltarget_average Balloon Target (KB) Amount of memory that can be used by
mem|consumed_average Consumed (KB) Amount of host memory consumed by
mem|overhead_average Overhead (KB) Memory overhead in kilobytes.
mem|host_dynamic_entitlement Host Dynamic Entitlement Mem Machine Dynamic Entitlement.
mem|swapinRate_average Swap In Rate (KBps) Rate at which memory is swapped from
(%)
(KB)
(%).
the congured Memory Limit.
the congured Memory Capacity.
Percentage of recommended Memory
size reduction.
reclaimed via ballooning.
kilobytes.
Guest operating system non-pageable
memory in kilobytes.
considered in KB.
the virtual machine memory control.
kilobytes.
in kilobytes.
kilobytes.
of total available memory.
the virtual machine memory control.
the virtual machine for guest memory in
kilobytes.
disk into active memory during the
interval.
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Table 1‑17. Memory Metrics for Virtual Machines (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|swapoutRate_average Swap Out Rate (KBps) Rate at which memory is being swapped
from active memory to disk during the
current interval.
mem|activewrite_average Active Write (KB) Active writes in kilobytes.
mem|compressed_average Compressed (KB) Compressed memory in kilobytes.
mem|commpressionRate_average Compression Rate (KBps) Compression rate in kilobytes per
second.
mem|decompressionRate_average Decompression Rate (KBps) Decompression rate in kilobytes per
second.
mem|overheadMax_average Overhead Max (KB) Maximum overhead in kilobytes.
mem|zipSaved_latest Zip Saved (KB) Zip-saved memory in kilobytes.
mem|zipped_latest Zipped (KB) Zipped memory in kilobytes.
mem|entitlement_average Entitlement Amount of host physical memory the
VM is entitled to, as determined by the
ESX schedule.
mem|latency_average Latency Percentage of time the VM is waiting to
access swapped or compressed memory.
mem|capacity.contention_average Capacity Contention Capacity Contention.
mem|llSwapInRate_average Swap In Rate from Host Cache Rate at which memory is being swapped
from host cache into active memory.
mem|llSwapOutRate_average Swap Out Rate to Host Cache Rate at which memory is being swapped
to host cache from active memory.
mem|llSwapUsed_average Swap Space Used in Host
Cache
mem|overheadTouched_average Overhead Touched Actively touched overhead memory (KB)
Space used for caching swapped pages in
the host cache.
reserved for use as the virtualization
overhead for the VM.
Datastore Metrics for Virtual Machines
Datastore metrics provide information about datastore use.
Table 1‑18. Datastore Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
datastore|commandsAveraged_average Commands per second Average number of commands issued
per second during the collection
interval.
datastore|demand_oio Outstanding IO requests OIO for datastore.
datastore|oio Number of Outstanding IO
Operations
datastore|demand Demand Datatstore demand.
datastore|totalLatency_average Disk Command Latency (ms) The average amount of time taken for a
datastore|usage_average Usage Average (KBps) Usage Average (KBps).
datastore|used Used Space (MB) Used space in megabytes.
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Number of outstanding IO operations.
command from the perspective of a
Guest OS. This is the sum of Kernel
Command Latency and Physical Device
Command Latency.
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Table 1‑18. Datastore Metrics for Virtual Machines (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
datastore|notshared Not Shared (GB) Space used by VMs that is not shared.
datastore|numberReadAveraged_average Reads per second Average number of read commands
datastore|numberWriteAveraged_average Writes per second Average number of write commands
datastore|read_average Read Rate (KBps) Rate of reading data from the datastore
datastore|totalReadLatency_average Read Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a read
datastore|totalWriteLatency_average Write Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a write
datastore|write_average Write Rate Rate of writing data to the datastore.
datastore|maxTotalLatency_latest Highest Latency Highest Latency.
datastore|totalLatency_max Total Latency Max Total Latency Max (ms).
datastore|maxObserved_NumberRead Max Observed Reads per
datastore|maxObserved_Read Max Observed Read Rate Max observed rate of reading data from
datastore|maxObserved_NumberWrite Max Observed Writes per
datastore|maxObserved_Write Max Observed Write Rate Max observed rate of writing data from
datastore|maxObserved_OIO Max Observed Number of
second
second
Outstanding IO Operations
issued per second during the collection
interval.
issued per second during the collection
interval.
in kilobytes per second.
operation from the datastore. Total
latency = kernel latency + device latency.
operation to the datastore. Total latency
= kernel latency + device latency.
Max observed average number of read
commands issued per second during
the collection interval.
the datastore.
Max observed average number of write
commands issued per second during
the collection interval.
the datastore.
Max Observed Number of Outstanding
IO Operations.
Disk Metrics for Virtual Machines
Disk metrics provide information about disk use.
Table 1‑19. Disk Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|numberReadAveraged_average Reads per second Average number of read commands
issued per second during the collection
interval.
disk|numberWriteAveraged_average Writes per second Average number of write commands
issued per second during the collection
interval.
disk|commandsAveraged_average Commands per second Average number of commands issued
per second during the collection
interval.
disk|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) Use rate in kilobytes per second.
disk|usage_capacity I/O Usage Capacity I/O Usage Capacity.
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Table 1‑19. Disk Metrics for Virtual Machines (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|diskoio Number of Outstanding IO
Operations
disk|diskqueued Queued Operations Queued operations.
disk|diskdemand Demand (%) Percent demand.
disk |sum_queued_oio Total Queued Outstanding
operations
disk|max_observed Max Observed OIO Max Observed IO for a disk.
disk|read_average Read Rate (KBps) Amount of data read in the
disk|write_average Write Rate (KBps) Amount of data wrien to disk in the
disk|numberRead_summation Read Requests Number of times data was read from
disk|numberWrite_summation Write Requests Number of times data was wrien to
disk|busResets_summation Bus Resets The number of bus resets in the
disk|commands_summation Commands Issued The number of disk commands issued
disk|commandsAborted_summation Commands Aborted The number of disk commands aborted
disk|maxTotalLatency_latest Highest Latency Highest latency.
disk|scsiReservationConicts_summation SCSI Reservation Conicts SCSI Reservation Conicts.
disk|totalReadLatency_average Disk Read Latency The average amount of time taken for a
disk|totalWriteLatency_average Disk Write Latency The average amount of time taken for a
disk|totalLatency_average Disk Command Latency (ms) The average amount of time taken for a
Number of outstanding IO operations.
Sum of Queued Operation and
Outstanding Operations.
performance interval.
performance interval.
the disk in the dened interval.
the disk in the dened interval.
performance interval.
in the performance interval.
in the performance interval.
read from the perspective of a Guest
OS. This is the sum of Kernel Read
Latency and Physical Device Read
Latency.
write from the perspective of a Guest
OS. This is the sum of Kernel Write
Latency and Physical Device Write
Latency.
command from the perspective of a
Guest OS. This is the sum of Kernel
Command Latency and Physical Device
Command Latency.
Virtual Disk Metrics for Virtual Machines
Virtual disk metrics provide information about virtual disk use.
Table 1‑20. Virtual Disk Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
virtualDisk|usage Usage Average CPU usage as a percentage.
virtualDisk|totalLatency Total Latency Total latency.
virtualDisk|commandsAveraged_average Commands Per Second Average number of commands per
second.
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Table 1‑20. Virtual Disk Metrics for Virtual Machines (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
virtualDisk|numberReadAveraged_average Read Requests Average number of read commands
virtualDisk|numberWriteAveraged_average Write Requests Average number of write commands
virtualDisk|read_average Read Rate (KBps) Rate of reading data from the virtual
virtualDisk|totalReadLatency_average Read Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a read
virtualDisk|totalWriteLatency_average Write Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a write
virtualDisk|write_average Write Rate (KBps) Rate of writing data from the virtual disk
virtualDisk|busResets_summation Bus Resets The number of bus resets in the
virtualDisk|commandsAborted_summation Commands Aborted The number of disk commands aborted
virtualDisk|readLoadMetric_latest Read Load Storage DRS virtual disk metric read
virtualDisk|readOIO_latest Outstanding Read Requests Average number of outstanding read
virtualDisk|writeLoadMetric_latest Write Load Storage DRS virtual disk write load.
virtualDisk|writeOIO_latest Outstanding Write Requests Average number of outstanding write
virtualDisk|smallSeeks_latest Number of Small Seeks Small Seeks.
virtualDisk|mediumSeeks_latest Number of Medium Seeks Medium Seeks.
virtualDisk|largeSeeks_latest Number of Large Seeks Large Seeks.
virtualDisk|readLatencyUS_latest Read Latency
virtualDisk|writeLatencyUS_latest Write Latency
virtualDisk|readIOSize_latest Average Read request size Read IO size.
virtualDisk|writeIOSize_latest Average Write request size Write IO size.
issued per second to the virtual disk
during the collection interval.
issued per second to the virtual disk
during the collection interval.
disk in kilobytes per second.
operation from the virtual disk. Total
latency = kernel latency + device latency.
operation to the virtual disk. Total
latency = kernel latency + device latency.
in kilobytes per second.
performance interval.
in the performance interval.
load.
requests to the virtual disk.
requests to the virtual disk.
Read Latency in microseconds.
(microseconds)
Write Latency in microseconds.
(microseconds)
Guest File System Metrics for Virtual Machines
Guest le system metrics provide information about guest le system capacity and free space.
Table 1‑21. Guest File System Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
guestlesystem|capacity Guest File System Capacity (MB) Total capacity on guest le system in
megabytes.
guestlesystem|freespace Guest File System Free (MB) Total free space on guest le system in
megabytes.
guestlesystem|percentage Guest File System Usage (%) Percent guest le system.
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Table 1‑21. Guest File System Metrics for Virtual Machines (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
guestlesystem|usage Guest File System Usage Total usage of guest le system.
guestlesystem|freespace_total Total Guest File System Free (GB) Total free space on guest le system.
guestlesystem|capacity_total Total Guest File System Capacity(GB) Total capacity on guest le system.
guestlesystem|percentage_total Total Guest File System Usage (%) Guest le system space utilization.
guestlesystem|usage_total Total Guest File System Usage Total usage of guest le system.
Network Metrics for Virtual Machines
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
Table 1‑22. Network Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|demand Demand (%) Percent demand.
net|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) The sum of the data transmied and
received for all the NIC instances of the
host or virtual machine.
net|packetsRxPerSec Packets Received per second Number of packets received in the
performance interval.
net|packetsTxPerSec Packets Transmied per second Number of packets transmied in the
performance interval.
net|transmied_average Data Transmit Rate (KBps) Average amount of data transmied in
kilobytes per second.
net|received_average Data Receive Rate (KBps) Average amount of data received per
second.
net|PacketsPerSec Packets per second Number of packets transmied and
received per second.
net|usage_capacity I/O Usage Capacity IO use capacity.
net|maxObserved_KBps Max Observed Throughput (KBps) Maximum observed throughput in
kilobytes per second.
net|maxObserved_Tx_KBps Max Observed Transmied
Throughput
net|maxObserved_Rx_KBps Max Observed Received Throughput Max observed received rate of network
net|packetsRx_summation Packets Received Number of packets received in the
net|packetsTx_summation Packets Transmied Number of packets transmied in the
net|droppedRx_summation Received Packets Dropped Number of received packets dropped in
net|dropppedTx_summation Transmied Packets Dropped Number of transmied packets
net|droppedPct Packets Dropped (%) Percentage of packets dropped.
net|dropped Packets Dropped Number of packets dropped in the
net|broadcastTx_summation Broadcast Packets Transmied Number of broadcast packets
Max observed transmied rate of
network throughput.
throughput.
performance interval.
performance interval.
the performance interval.
dropped in the performance interval.
performance interval.
transmied during the sampling
interval.
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Table 1‑22. Network Metrics for Virtual Machines (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|broadcastRx_summation Broadcast Packets Received Number of broadcast packets received
net|bytesRx_average bytes Rx (KBps) Average amount of data received per
net|bytesTx_average bytes Tx (KBps) Average amount of data transmied per
net|multicastRx_summation Multicast Packets Received Number of multicast packets received.
net|multicastTx_summation Multicast Packets Transmied Number of multicast packets
net|host_transmied_average VM to Host Data Transmit Rate Average amount of data transmied per
net|host_received_average VM to Host Data Receive Rate Average amount of data received per
net|host_usage_average VM to Host Usage Rate The sum of the data transmied and
net|host_maxObserved_Tx_KBps VM to Host Max Observed
Transmied Throughput
net|host_maxObserved_Rx_KBps VM to Host Max Observed Received
Throughput
net|host_maxObserved_KBps VM to Host Max Observed
Throughput
net|transmit_demand_average Data Transmit Demand Rate Data transmied demand rate.
net|receive_demand_average Data Receive Demand Rate Data received demand rate.
during the sampling interval.
second.
second.
transmied.
second between VM and host.
second between VM and host.
received for all the NIC instances
between VM and host.
Max observed transmied rate of
network throughput between VM and
host.
Max observed received rate of network
throughput between VM and host.
Max observed rate of network
throughput between VM and host.
System Metrics for Virtual Machines
System metrics for virtual machines provide general information about the virtual machine, such as its build
number and running state.
Table 1‑23. System Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
sys|poweredOn Powered ON Powered on virtual machines. 1 if powered on, 0
if powered o, -1 if unknown
sys|uptime_latest Uptime (seconds) Number of seconds since system startup.
sys|heartbeat_summation Heartbeat Number of heartbeats from the virtual machine
in the dened interval.
sys|vmotionEnabled vMotion Enabled 1 if vMotion is enabled or 0 if vMotion is not
enabled.
sys|productString Product String VMware product string.
sys|build Build Number VMware build number.
sys|osUptime_latest OS Uptime Total time elapsed, in seconds, since last
operating system boot-up.
Power Metrics for Virtual Machines
Power metrics provide information about power use.
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Table 1‑24. Power Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
power|energy_summation Energy (Joule) Energy use in joules.
power|power_average Power (Wa) Average power use in was.
Disk Space Metrics for Virtual Machines
Disk space metrics provide information about disk space use.
Table 1‑25. Disk Space Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
diskspace|notshared Not Shared (GB) Unshared space in kilobytes.
diskspace|numvmdisk Number of Virtual Disks Number of virtual disks.
diskspace|provisioned Provisioned Space (GB) Provisioned space in gigabytes.
diskspace|provisionedSpace Provisioned Space for VM Provisioned space for VM.
diskspace|shared Shared Used (GB) Shared used space in gigabytes.
diskspace|snapshot Snapshot Space (GB) Space used by snapshots.
diskspace|diskused Virtual Disk Used (GB) Space used by virtual disks in gigabytes.
diskspace|used Virtual machine used (GB) Space used by virtual machine les in
gigabytes.
diskspace|total_usage Total disk space used Total disk space used on all datastores visible
to this object.
diskspace|total_capacity Total disk space Total disk space on all datastores visible to this
object.
diskspace|total_provisioned Total provisioned disk space Total provisioned disk space on all datastores
visible to this object.
diskspace|activeNotShared Active not shared Unshared disk space used by VMs excluding
snapshot.
Storage Metrics for Virtual Machines
Storage metrics provide information about storage use.
Table 1‑26. Storage Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
storage|commandsAveraged_average Commands per second Average number of commands issued per
second during the collection interval.
storage|contention Contention percentage Percent contention.
storage|demandKBps Demand (KBps) Demand in kilobytes per second.
storage|totalReadLatency_average Read Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a read operation.
storage|read_average Read Rate (KBps) Read throughput rate in kilobytes per second.
storage|numberReadAveraged_average Reads per second Average number of read commands issued per
second during the collection interval.
storage|totalLatency_average Total Latency (ms) Total latency in milliseconds.
storage|usage_average Total Usage (KBps) Total throuput rate in kilobytes per second.
storage|totalWriteLatency_average Write Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a write operation.
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Table 1‑26. Storage Metrics for Virtual Machines (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
storage|write_average Write Rate (KBps) Write throughput rate in kilobytes per second.
storage|
numberWriteAveraged_average
Writes per second Average number of write commands issued per
Summary Metrics for Virtual Machines
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
Table 1‑27. Summary Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|workload_indicator Workload Indicator (%) Percent workload indicator.
summary|cpu_shares CPU Shares CPU shares.
summary|mem_shares Memory Shares Memory shares.
summary|number_datastore Number of Datastores Number of datastores.
summary|number_network Number of Networks Number of networks.
summary|running Running Number of running virtual machines.
summary|desktop_status Desktop Status Horizon View Desktop Status.
second during the collection interval.
Host System Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects many metrics for host systems, including CPU use, datastore, disk,
memory, network, storage, and summary metrics for host system objects.
Capacity metrics can be calculated for host system objects. See “Capacity and Project-Based Metrics,” on
page 63.
vFlash Module Metrics for Host Systems
vFlash Module metrics provide information about the host system's ash devices.
Table 1‑28. vFlash Module Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
vashModule|numActiveVMDKs_latest Latest Number of Active VM
Disks
Configuration Metrics for Host Systems
Conguration metrics provide information about host system conguration.
Table 1‑29. Configuration Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
conguration|dasCong|
admissionControlPolicy|failoverHost
Failover Hosts Failover Hosts.
Latest Number of Active VM Disks.
Hardware Metrics for Host Systems
Hardware metrics provide information about host system hardware.
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Table 1‑30. Hardware Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
hardware|cpuinfo|num_CpuCores Number of CPUs Number of CPUs for a host.
CPU Usage Metrics for Host Systems
CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
Table 1‑31. CPU Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|capacity_usagepct_average Capacity Usage (%) Percent CPU capacity used.
cpu|usage_average Usage (%) Average CPU usage as a percentage.
cpu|capacity_contentionPct CPU Contention (%) Percent of time the virtual machine is
unable to run because it is contending for
access to the physical CPU(s).
cpu|demandPct Demand (%) The amount of CPU resources a virtual
machine would use if there were no CPU
contention or CPU limit.
cpu|demandmhz Demand (MHz) CPU demand in megaher.
cpu|iowait IO Wait (ms) IO wait time in milliseconds.
cpu|numpackages Number of CPU Sockets Number of CPU sockets.
cpu|capacity_contention Overall CPU Contention (ms) Overall CPU contention in milliseconds.
cpu|capacity_provisioned Provisioned Capacity (MHz) Capacity in MHz of the physical CPU
cores.
cpu|corecount_provisioned Provisioned virtual CPUs Provisioned virtual CPUs.
cpu|wait Total Wait CPU time spent in idle state.
cpu|demand_average Demand CPU demand.
cpu|used_summation Used (msec) Time accounted to the virtual machine. If
a system service runs on behalf of this
virtual machine, the time spent by that
service (represented by cpu.system)
should be charged to this virtual machine.
If not, the time spent (represented by
cpu.overlap) should not be charged
against this virtual machine.
cpu|usagemhz_average Usage (MHz) CPU use in megaher.
cpu|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (MHz) The sum of the reservation properties of
the (immediate) children of the host's root
resource pool.
cpu|totalCapacity_average Total Capacity (MHz) Total CPU capacity in megaher.
cpu|idle_summation Idle (ms) CPU idle time in milliseconds.
cpu|overhead_average Overhead (KB) Amount of CPU overhead.
cpu|demand_without_overhead Demand without overhead Value of demand excluding any overhead.
cpu|coreUtilization_average Core Utilization (%) Percent core utilization.
cpu|utilization_average Utilization(%) Percent CPU utilization.
cpu|coreUtilization_average Core Utilization (%) Core Utilization.
cpu|utilization_average Utilization (%) Utilization.
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Table 1‑31. CPU Metrics for Host Systems (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|costop_summation Co-stop (ms) Time the VM is ready to run, but is unable
cpu|latency_average Latency (%) Percentage of time the VM is unable to run
cpu|ready_summation Ready (ms) Time spent in ready state.
cpu|run_summation Run (ms) Time the virtual machine is scheduled to
cpu|swapwait_summation Swap wait (ms) Amount of time waiting for swap space.
cpu|wait_summation Wait (ms) Total CPU time spent in wait state.
cpu|vm_capacity_provisioned Provisioned Capacity Provisioned capacity (MHz).
cpu|
acvmWorkloadDisparityPcive_longte
rm_load
cpu|active_shorerm_load Active Host Load For Balance
Active Host Load For Balance
(Long Term)
(Short Term)
to due to co-scheduling constraints.
because it is contending for access to the
physical CPUs.
run.
Active Host Load For Balance (Long
Term).
Active Host Load For Balance (Short
Term).
CPU Utilization for Resources Metrics for Host Systems
CPU utilization for resources metrics provide information about CPU activity.
Table 1‑32. CPU Utilization for Resources Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
rescpu|actav1_latest
rescpu|actav5_latest
rescpu|actav15_latest
rescpu|actpk1_latest
rescpu|actpk5_latest
rescpu|actpk15_latest
rescpu|runav1_latest
rescpu|runav5_latest
rescpu|runav15_latest
rescpu|runpk1_latest
rescpu|runpk5_latest
rescpu|runpk15_latest
rescpu|maxLimited1_latest
rescpu|maxLimited5_latest
rescpu|maxLimited15_latest
rescpu|sampleCount_latest Group CPU Sample Count Group CPU sample count.
rescpu|samplePeriod_latest Group CPU Sample Period (ms) Group CPU sample period in milliseconds.
CPU Active (%) (interval) Average active time for the CPU over the past
minute, past ve minutes, and at one-minute,
ve-minute, and 15-minute peak active times.
CPU Running (%) (interval) Average run time for the CPU over the past
minute, past ve minutes, past 15 minutes, and at
one-minute, ve-minute, and 15-minute peak
times.
CPU Throled (%) (interval) Scheduling limit over the past minute, past ve
minutes, and past 15 minutes
Datastore Metrics for Host Systems
Datastore metrics provide information about datastore use.
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Table 1‑33. Datastore Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Notes
datastore|demand_oio Outstanding IO requests OIO for datastore.
datastore|maxObserved_NumberRead Max Observed Reads per second Max observed average number of
read commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
datastore|maxObserved_Read Max Observed Read Rate Max observed rate of reading data
from the datastore.
datastore|maxObserved_NumberWrite Max Observed Writes per second Max observed average number of
write commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
datastore|maxObserved_Write Max Observed Write Rate Max observed rate of writing data
from the datastore.
datastore|maxObserved_OIO Max Observed Number of
Outstanding IO Operations
datastore|commandsAveraged_average Commands Averaged Average number of commands
datastore|oio Number of Outstanding IO
Operations
datastore|totalLatency_average Disk Command Latency (ms) The average amount of time taken
datastore|usage_average Usage Average (KBps) Usage Average (KBps).
datastore|demand Demand Demand.
datastore|datastoreIops_average Storage I/O Control aggregated
IOPS
datastore|numberReadAveraged_average Reads per second Average number of read commands
datastore|numberWriteAveraged_average Writes per second Average number of write
datastore|read_average Read Rate (KBps) Rate of reading data from the
datastore|
sizeNormalizedDatastoreLatency_average
Storage I/O Control normalized
latency (ms)
datastore|totalReadLatency_average Read Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a read
datastore|totalWriteLatency_average Write Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a write
datastore|write_average Write Rate (KBps) Rate of writing data to the datastore
datastore|datastoreMaxQueueDepth_latest Max Queue Depth Max Queue Depth.
datastore|maxTotalLatency_latest Highest Latency Highest Latency.
Max Observed Number of
Outstanding IO Operations.
issued per second during the
collection interval.
Number of outstanding IO
operations.
for a command from the perspective
of a Guest OS. This is the sum of
Kernel Command Latency and
Physical Device Command Latency.
Aggregate number of IO operations
on the datastore.
issued per second during the
collection interval.
commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
datastore in kilobytes per second.
Normalized latency in
microseconds on the datastore. Data
for all virtual machines is combined.
operation from the datastore. Total
latency = kernel latency + device
latency.
operation to the datastore. Total
latency = kernel latency + device
latency.
in kilobytes per second.
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Table 1‑33. Datastore Metrics for Host Systems (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Notes
datastore|totalLatency_max Total Latency Max Total Latency Max (ms).
datastore|
datastoreNormalReadLatency_latest
datastore|
datastoreNormalWriteLatency_latest
datastore|datastoreReadBytes_latest Data Read Data Read.
datastore|datastoreReadIops_latest Data Read Rate Data Rate.
datastore|datastoreReadLoadMetric_latest Read Load Storage DRS metric read load.
datastore|datastoreReadOIO_latest Outstanding Read Requests Outstanding Read Requests.
datastore|datastoreWriteBytes_latest Data Wrien Data Wrien.
datastore|datastoreWriteIops_latest Data Write Rate Data Write Rate.
datastore|datastoreWriteLoadMetric_latest Write Load Storage DRS metric write load.
datastore|datastoreWriteOIO_latest Outstanding Write Requests Outstanding Write Requests.
datastore|vmPopulationAvgWorkload Average Observed Virtual
datastore|vmPopulationMaxWorkload Maximum Observed VM Disk
datastore|vmWorkloadDisparityPct VM Disk I/O Workload Disparity Percentage Disk I/O workload
Read Latency Read Latency.
Write Latency Write Latency.
Average Observed Virtual Machine
Machine Disk I/O Workload
I/O Workload
Disk I/O Workload on the Host.
Maximum Observed VM Disk I/O
Workload on the Host.
disparity among the VMs on the
Host.
Disk Metrics for Host Systems
Disk metrics provide information about disk use.
Table 1‑34. Disk Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) Average of the sum of the data read
and wrien for all of the disk
instances of the host or virtual
machine.
disk|usage_capacity I/O Usage Capacity I/O Usage Capacity.
disk|commandsAveraged_average Commands per second Average number of commands
issued per second during the
collection interval.
disk|totalLatency_average Disk Command Latency (ms) The average amount of time taken
for a command from the
perspective of a Guest OS. This is
the sum of Kernel Command
Latency and Physical Device
Command Latency.
disk|numberReadAveraged_average Reads per second Average number of read
commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
disk|numberWriteAveraged_average Writes per second Average number of write
commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
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Table 1‑34. Disk Metrics for Host Systems (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|numberRead_summation Read Requests Number of times data was read
from the disk in the dened
interval.
disk|numberWrite_summation Write Requests Number of times data was wrien
to the disk in the dened interval.
disk|read_average Read Rate Amount of data read in the
performance interval.
disk|write_average Write Rate Amount of data wrien to disk in
the performance interval.
disk|busResets_summation Bus Resets The number of bus resets in the
performance interval.
disk|commands_summation Commands Issued The number of disk commands
issued in the performance interval.
disk|commandsAborted_summation Commands Aborted The number of disk commands
aborted in the performance
interval.
disk|deviceReadLatency_average Physical Device Read Latency (ms) The average time taken to complete
a read from the physical device.
disk|kernelReadLatency_average Kernel Disk Read Latency (ms) The average time spent in ESX
Server VMKernel per read.
disk|totalReadLatency_average Disk Read Latency (ms) The average amount of time taken
for a read from the perspective of a
Guest OS. This is the sum of Kernel
Read Latency and Physical Device
Read Latency.
disk|queueReadLatency_average Queue Read Latency (ms) The average time spent in the ESX
Server VMKernel queue per read.
disk|deviceWriteLatency_average Physical Device Write Latency (ms) The average time taken to complete
a write from the physical device.
disk|kernelWriteLatency_average Kernel Disk Write Latency (ms) The average time spent in ESX
Server VMKernel per write.
disk|totalWriteLatency_average Disk Write Latency (ms) The average amount of time taken
for a write from the perspective of a
Guest OS. This is the sum of Kernel
Write Latency and Physical Device
Write Latency.
disk|queueWriteLatency_average Queue Write Latency (ms) The average time spent in the ESX
Server VMKernel queue per write.
disk|deviceLatency_average Physical Device Command Latency
(ms)
disk|kernelLatency_average Kernel Disk Command Latency (ms) The average time spent in ESX
disk|queueLatency_average Queue Command Latency (ms) The average time spent in the ESX
disk|diskoio Number of Outstanding IO
Operations
disk|diskqueued Queued Operations Queued Operations.
disk|diskdemand Demand Demand.
The average time taken to complete
a command from the physical
device.
Server VMKernel per command.
Server VMKernel queue per
command.
Number of Outstanding IO
Operations.
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Table 1‑34. Disk Metrics for Host Systems (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|sum_queued_oio Total Queued Outstanding operations Sum of Queued Operation and
disk|max_observed Max Observed OIO Max Observed IO for a disk.
disk|maxTotalLatency_latest Highest Latency Highest Latency.
disk|maxQueueDepth_average Max Queue Depth Maximum queue depth during the
disk|scsiReservationConicts_summation SCSI Reservation Conicts SCSI Reservation Conicts.
Memory Metrics for Host Systems
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
Table 1‑35. Memory Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|host_contentionPct Contention (%) Percent host contention.
mem|host_contention Contention (KB) Host contention in kilobytes.
mem|host_usage Host Usage (KB) Machine usage in kilobytes.
mem|host_demand Machine Demand (KB) Host demand in kilobytes.
mem|host_usageVM Overall Memory used to run VMs on
mem|host_provisioned Provisioned Memory (KB) Provisioned memory in kilobytes.
mem|host_minfree Minimum Free Memory (KB) Minimum free memory.
mem|reservedCapacityPct Reserved Capacity (%) Percent reserved capacity.
mem|host_usable Usable Memory (KB) Usable memory in kilobytes.
mem|host_usagePct Usage (%) Memory currently in use as a
mem|host_systemUsage ESX System Usage Memory usage by the VMkernel
mem|active_average Guest Active (KB) Amount of memory that is actively
mem|consumed_average Consumed (KB) Amount of host memory
mem|granted_average Granted (KB) Amount of memory available for
mem|heap_average Heap (KB) Amount of memory allocated for
mem|heapfree_average Heap Free (KB) Amount of free space in the heap.
mem|overhead_average VM Overhead (KB) Memory overhead reported by
mem|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (KB) Reserved capacity in kilobytes.
mem|shared_average Shared (KB) Amount of shared memory in
Host (KB)
Outstanding Operations.
collection interval.
Overall memory used to run
virtual machines on the host in
kilobytes.
percentage of total available
memory.
and ESX user-level services.
used.
consumed by the virtual machine
for guest memory.
use.
heap.
host.
kilobytes.
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Table 1‑35. Memory Metrics for Host Systems (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|sharedcommon_average Shared Common (KB) Amount of shared common
memory in kilobytes.
mem|swapin_average Swap In (KB) Amount of memory swapped in.
mem|swapout_average Swap Out KB) Amount of memory swapped out.
mem|swapused_average Swap Used (KB) Amount of memory used for
swapped space in kilobytes.
mem|sysUsage_average VM kernel Usage (KB) Amount of memory used by the
VM kernel.
mem|unreserved_average Unreserved (KB) Amount of unreserved memory in
kilobytes.
mem|vmmemctl_average Balloon (KB) Amount of memory currently used
by the virtual machine memory
control.
mem|zero_average Zero (KB) Amount of memory that is all zero.
mem|state_latest State (0-3) Overall state of the memory. The
value is an integer between 0
(high) and 3 (low).
mem|host_usage Usage (KB) Host memory use in kilobytes.
mem|usage_average Usage (%) Memory currently in use as a
percentage of total available
memory.
mem|swapinRate_average Swap In Rate (KBps) Rate at which memory is swapped
from disk into active memory
during the interval in kilobyte per
second.
mem|swapoutRate_average Swap Out Rate (KBps) Rate at which memory is being
swapped from active memory to
disk during the current interval in
kilobytes per second.
mem|activewrite_average Active Write (KB) Average active writes in kilobytes.
mem|compressed_average Compressed (KB) Average memory compression in
kilobytes.
mem|compressionRate_average Compression Rate (KBps) Average compression rate in
kilobytes per second.
mem|decompressionRate_average Decompression Rate (KBps) Decompression rate in kilobytes
per second.
mem|totalCapacity_average Total Capacity (KB) Total capacity in kilobytes.
mem|latency_average Latency Percentage of time the VM is
waiting to access swapped or
compressed memory.
mem|capacity.contention_average Capacity Contention Capacity Contention.
mem|llSwapInRate_average Swap In Rate from Host Cache Rate at which memory is being
swapped from host cache into
active memory.
mem|llSwapIn_average Swap In from Host Cache Amount of memory swapped-in
from host cache.
mem|llSwapOutRate_average Swap Out Rate to Host Cache Rate at which memory is being
swapped to host cache from active
memory.
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Table 1‑35. Memory Metrics for Host Systems (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|llSwapOut_average Swap Out to Host Cache Amount of memory swapped-out
mem|llSwapUsed_average Swap Space Used in Host Cache Space used for caching swapped
mem|lowfreethreshold_average Low Free Threshold Threshold of free host physical
mem|vmWorkloadDisparityPct VM Memory Workload Disparity Percentage Memory workload
mem|active_longterm_load Active Host Load For Balance (Long
mem|active_shorerm_load Active Host Load For Balance (Short
Network Metrics for Host Systems
Term)
Term)
to host cache.
pages in the host cache.
memory below which ESX will
begin reclaiming memory from
VMs through ballooning and
swapping.
disparity among the VMs on the
Host.
Active Host Load For Balance
(Long Term).
Active Host Load For Balance
(Short Term).
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
Table 1‑36. Network Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|packetsRxPerSec Packets Received per second Number of packets received in the
performance interval.
net|packetsTxPerSec Packets Transmied per second Number of packets transmied in the
performance interval.
net|packetsPerSec Packets per second Number of packets transmied and
received per second.
net|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) The sum of the data transmied and
received for all the NIC instances of the
host or virtual machine.
net|usage_capacity I/O Usage Capacity I/O Usage Capacity.
net|maxObserved_KBps Max Observed Throughput Max observed rate of network
throughput.
net|maxObserved_Tx_KBps Max Observed Transmied
Throughput
net|maxObserved_Rx_KBps Max Observed Received
Throughput
net|demand Demand (%) Percent demand.
net|transmied_average Data Transmit Rate (KBps) Average amount of data transmied per
net|received_average Data Receive Rate (KBps) Average amount of data received per
net|packetsRx_summation Packets Received Number of packets received in the
net|packetsTx_summation Packets Transmied Number of packets transmied in the
Max observed transmied rate of
network throughput.
Max observed received rate of network
throughput.
second.
second.
performance interval.
performance interval.
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Table 1‑36. Network Metrics for Host Systems (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|droppedRx_summation Received Packets Dropped Number of received packets dropped in
the performance interval.
net|droppedTx_summation Transmied Packets Dropped Number of transmied packets
dropped in the performance interval.
net|droppedPct Packets Dropped (%) Percent packets dropped.
net|dropped Packets Dropped Number of packets dropped in the
performance interval.
net|bytesRx_average bytes Rx (KBps) Average amount of data received per
second.
net|bytesTx_average bytes Tx (KBps) Average amount of data transmied per
second.
net|broadcastRx_summation Broadcast Packets Received Number of broadcast packets received
during the sampling interval.
net|broadcastTx_summation Broadcast Packets Transmied Number of broadcast packets
transmied during the sampling
interval.
net|errorsRx_summation Error Packets Received Number of packets with errors
received.
net|errorsTx_summation Error Packets Transmied Number of packets with errors
transmied.
net|multicastRx_summation Multicast Packets Received Number of multicast packets received.
net|multicastTx_summation Multicast Packets Transmied Number of multicast packets
transmied.
net|throughput.usage.ft_average FT Throughput Usage FT Throughput Usage.
net|throughput.usage.hbr_average HBR Throughput Usage HBR Throughput Usage.
net|throughput.usage.iscsi_average iSCSI Throughput Usage iSCSI Throughput Usage.
net|throughput.usage.nfs_average NFS Throughput Usage NFS Throughput Usage.
net|throughput.usage.vm_average VM Throughput Usage VM Throughput Usage.
net|throughput.usage.vmotion_average vMotion Throughput Usage vMotion Throughput Usage.
net|unknownProtos_summation Unknown Protocol Frames
Received
Number of frames with unknown
protocol received.
System Metrics for Host Systems
System metrics provide information about the amount of CPU that resources and other applications use.
Table 1‑37. System Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
sys|poweredOn Power ON 1 if the host system is powered on, 0 if
the host system is powered o, or -1 if
the power state is unknown.
sys|uptime_latest Uptime (seconds) Number of seconds since the last
system startup.
sys|diskUsage_latest Disk Usage (%) Percent disk use.
sys|resourceCpuUsage_average Resource CPU Usage (MHz) Amount of CPU that the Service
Console and other applications use.
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Table 1‑37. System Metrics for Host Systems (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
sys|resourceCpuAct1_latest Resource CPU Active (1 min.
average)
sys|resourceCpuAct5_latest Resource CPU Active (%) (5 min.
average)
sys|resourceCpuAllocMax_latest Resource CPU Alloc Max (MHz) Maximum resource CPU allocation in
sys|resourceCpuAllocMin_latest Resource CPU Alloc Min (MHz) Minimum resource CPU allocation in
sys|resourceCpuAllocShares_latest Resource CPU Alloc Shares Number of resource CPU allocation
sys|resourceCpuMaxLimited1_latest Resource CPU Max Limited (%) (1
min. average)
sys|resourceCpuMaxLimited5_latest Resource CPU Max Limited (%) (5
min. average)
sys|resourceCpuRun1_latest Resource CPU Run1 (%) Percent resource CPU for Run1.
sys|resourceCpuRun5_latest Resource CPU Run5 (%) Percent resource CPU for Run5.
sys|resourceMemAllocMax_latest Resource Memory Alloc Max (KB) Maximum resource memory
sys|resourceMemAllocMin_latest Resource Memory Alloc Min (KB) Minimum resource memory
sys|resourceMemAllocShares_latest Resource Memory Alloc Shares Number of resource memory shares
sys|resourceMemCow_latest Resource Memory Cow (KB) Cow resource memory in kilobytes.
sys|resourceMemMapped_latest Resource Memory Mapped (KB) Mapped resource memory in
sys|resourceMemOverhead_latest Resource Memory Overhead (KB) Resource memory overhead in
sys|resourceMemShared_latest Resource Memory Shared (KB) Shared resource memory in kilobytes.
sys|resourceMemSwapped_latest Resource Memory Swapped (KB) Swapped resource memory in
sys|resourceMemTouched_latest Resource Memory Touched (KB) Touched resource memory in
sys|resourceMemZero_latest Resource Memory Zero (KB) Zero resource memory in kilobytes.
sys|resourceMemConsumed_latest Resource Memory Consumed Resource Memory Consumed Latest
sys|resourceFdUsage_latest Resource File descriptors usage Resource File descriptors usage (KB).
sys|vmotionEnabled vMotion Enabled 1 if vMotion is enabled or 0 if vMotion
sys|notInMaintenance Not in Maintenance Not in maintenance.
Percentage of resource CPU that is
active. Average value during a oneminute period.
Percentage of resource CPU that is
active. Average value during a ve-
minute period.
megaher.
megaher.
shares.
Percent of resource CPU that is
limited to the maximum amount.
Average value during a one-minute
period.
Percentage of resource CPU that is
limited to the maximum amount.
Average value during a ve-minute
period.
allocation in kilobytes.
allocation in kilobytes.
allocated.
kilobytes.
kilobytes.
kilobytes.
kilobytes.
(KB).
is not enabled.
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Management Agent Metrics for Host Systems
Management agent metrics provide information about memory use.
Table 1‑38. Management Agent Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
managementAgent|memUsed_average Memory Used (%) Amount of total congured memory
that is available for use.
managementAgent|swapUsed_average Memory Swap Used (KB) Sum of the memory swapped by all
powered-on virtual machines on the
host.
managementAgent|swapIn_average Memory Swap In (KBps) Amount of memory that is swapped
in for the Service Console.
managementAgent|swapOut_average Memory Swap Out (KBps) Amount of memory that is swapped
out for the Service Console.
managementAgent|cpuUsage_average CPU Usage CPU usage.
Storage Path Metrics for Host Systems
Storage path metrics provide information about data storage use.
Table 1‑39. Storage Adapter Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
storagePath|totalLatency Total Latency (ms) Total latency in milliseconds.
storagePath|usage Total Usage (KBps) Total latency in kilobytes per
second.
storagePath|read_average Read Rate (KBps) Rate of reading data from the virtual
disk.
storagePath|write_average Write Rate (KBps) Rate of writing data.
storagePath|commandsAveraged_average Commands per second Average number of commands
issued per second during the
collection interval.
storagePath|
numberReadAveraged_average
storagePath|totalWriteLatency_average Writes per second Average number of write commands
storagePath|
numberWriteAveraged_average
storagePath|totalReadLatency_average Read Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a read
storagePath|maxTotalLatency_latest Highest Latency Highest Latency.
storagePath|storagePathName Storage Path Name Storage path name.
Reads per second Average number of read commands
issued per second during the
collection interval.
issued per second during the
collection interval.
Writes per second Average number of write commands
issued per second during the
collection interval.
operation by the storage adapter.
Storage Adapter Metrics for Host Systems
Storage adapter metrics provide information about data storage use.
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Table 1‑40. Storage Adapter Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
storageAdapter|usage Total Usage (KBps) Total latency.
storageAdapter|portWWN Port WWN Port World Wide Name.
storageAdapter|
commandsAveraged_average
storageAdapter|
numberReadAveraged_average
storageAdapter|
numberWriteAveraged_average
storageAdapter|read_average Read Rate (KBps) Rate of reading data by the storage adapter.
storageAdapter|totalReadLatency_average Read Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a read operation
storageAdapter|totalWriteLatency_average Write Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a write operation
storageAdapter|write_average Write Rate (KBps) Rate of writing data by the storage adapter.
storageAdapter|demand Demand Demand.
storageAdapter|maxTotalLatency_latest Highest Latency Highest Latency.
storageAdapter|outstandingIOs_average Outstanding Requests Outstanding Requests.
storageAdapter|queueDepth_average Queue Depth Queue Depth.
storageAdapter|queueLatency_average Queue Command
storageAdapter|queued_average Queued Queued.
Commands per second Average number of commands issued per
second by the storage adapter during the
collection interval.
Reads per second Average number of read commands issued per
second by the storage adapter during the
collection interval.
Writes per second Average number of write commands issued per
second by the storage adapter during the
collection interval.
by the storage adapter. Total latency is the sum
of kernel latency and device latency.
by the storage adapter. Total latency is the sum
of kernel latency and device latency.
The average time spent in the ESX Server VM
Latency (ms)
Kernel queue per command.
Storage Metrics for Host Systems
Storage metrics provide information about storage use.
Table 1‑41. Storage Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
storage|commandsAveraged_average Commands per second Average number of commands
issued per second during the
collection interval.
storage|totalReadLatency_average Read Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a read
operation in milliseconds.
storage|read_average Read Rate (KBps) Read throughput rate in kilobytes.
storage|numberReadAveraged_average Reads per second Average number of read commands
issued per second during the
collection interval.
storage|totalLatency_average Total Latency (ms) Total latency in milliseconds.
storage|usage_average Total Usage (KBps) Total throughput rate in kilobytes
per second.
storage|totalWriteLatency_average Write Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a write
operation in milliseconds.
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Table 1‑41. Storage Metrics for Host Systems (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
storage|write_average Write Rate (KBps) Write throughput rate in kilobytes
per second.
storage|numberWriteAveraged_average Writes per second Average number of write
commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
Sensor Metrics for Host Systems
Sensor metrics provide information about host system cooling.
Table 1‑42. Fan Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
Sensor|fan|currentValue Speed (%) Percent fan speed.
Sensor|fan|healthState Health State Fan health state.
Sensor|temperature|currentValue Temp C Fan temperature in centigrade.
Sensor|temperature|healthState Health State Fan health state.
Power Metrics for Host Systems
Power metrics provide information about host system power use.
Table 1‑43. Power Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
power|energy_summation Energy (Joule) Host power use in joules.
power|power_average Power (Wa) Host power use in was.
power|powerCap_average Power Cap (Wa) Host power capacity in was.
Disk Space Metrics for Host Systems
Disk space metrics provide information about disk space use.
Table 1‑44. Disk Space Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
diskspace|notshared Not Shared (GB) Unshared disk space in gigabytes.
diskspace|numvmdisk Number of Virtual Disks Number of virtual disks.
diskspace|shared Shared Used (GB) Used shared disk space in gigabytes.
diskspace|snapshot Snapshot Space (GB) Disk space used by snapshots in gigabytes.
diskspace|diskused Virtual Disk Used (GB) Disk space used by virtual disks in gigabytes.
diskspace|used Virtual machine used (GB) Disk space used by virtual machines in gigabytes.
diskspace|total_usage Total disk space used Total disk space used on all datastores visible to this
object.
diskspace|total_capacity Total disk space Total disk space on all datastores visible to this object.
diskspace|total_provisioned Total provisioned disk space Total provisioned disk space on all datastores visible to
this object .
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Summary Metrics for Host Systems
Summary metrics provide information about overall host system performance.
Table 1‑45. Summary Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|number_running_vms Number of Running VMs Number of virtual machines that are on.
summary|max_number_vms Maximum Number of
summary|number_vmotion Number of vMotions Number of vMotions.
summary|total_number_datastores Total Number of
summary|number_running_vcpus Number of VCPUs on
summary|total_number_vms Total Number of VMs Total number of virtual machines.
summary|workload_indicator Workload Indicator (%) Percent workload indicator.
HBR Metrics for Host Systems
VMs
Datastores
Powered On VMs
Maximum number of virtual machines
Total Number of Datastores.
Total number of VCPUs of Virtual Machines
that are powered on.
Host-based replication (HBR) metrics provide information about vSphere replication.
Table 1‑46. HBR Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
hbr|hbrNetRx_average Replication Data Received
Rate
hbr|hbrNetTx_average Replication Data Transmied
Rate
hbr|hbrNumVms_average Replicated VM Count Number of replicated virtual machines.
Replication Data Received Rate.
Replication Data Transmied Rate.
Cluster Compute Resource Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects conguration, storage, disk space, CPU use, disk, memory, network,
power, and summary metrics for cluster compute resources.
Cluster Compute Resource metrics include capacity and badge metrics. See denitions in:
“Capacity and Project-Based Metrics,” on page 63
n
“Badge Metrics,” on page 66
n
Configuration Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Conguration metrics provide information about conguration seings.
Table 1‑47. Configuration Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
conguration|dascong|failoverLevel Failover Level DAS conguration failover
level.
conguration|dascong|
activeAdministrationControlPolicy
Active Admission Control Policy DAS conguration active
admission control policy.
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Table 1‑47. Configuration Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
conguration|dascong|
adminissionControlPolicy|
cpuFailoverResourcesPercent
conguration|dascong|
adminissionControlPolicy|
memoryFailoverResourcesPercent
CPU Failover Resources Percent Percent CPU failover resources
for DAS conguration
admission control policy.
Memory Failover Resources Percent Percent memory failover
resources for DAS
conguration admission control
policy.
Storage Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Storage metrics provide information about storage use.
Table 1‑48. Storage Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
storage|usage_average Total Usage Total throughput rate in kilobytes per second.
Disk Space Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Disk space metrics provide information about disk space use.
Table 1‑49. Disk Space Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
diskspace|used Virtual machine used (GB) Space used by virtual machine les in gigabytes.
diskspace|total_usage Total disk space used Total disk space used on all datastores visible to
this object.
diskspace|total_capacity Total disk space Total disk space on all datastores visible to this
object.
diskspace|total_provisioned Total provisioned disk space Total provisioned disk space on all datastores
visible to this object.
diskspace|diskused Virtual Disk Used (GB) Space used by virtual disks in gigabytes.
diskspace|snapshot Snapshot Space (GB) Space used by snapshots in gigabytes.
diskspace|shared Shared Used (GB) Shared used space in gigabytes.
diskspace|notshared Not Shared (GB) Space used by VMs that is not shared.
CPU Usage Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
Table 1‑50. CPU Usage Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|capacity_usagepct_average Capacity Usage Percent capacity used.
cpu|capacity_contentionPct CPU Contention CPU capacity contention.
cpu|demandPct Demand CPU demand percentage.
cpu|demandmhz Demand Demand in megaher.
cpu|iowait IO Wait IO wait time in milliseconds.
cpu|numpackages Number of CPU Sockets Number of CPU sockets.
cpu|capacity_contention Overall CPU Contention Overall CPU contention in milliseconds.
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Table 1‑50. CPU Usage Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|capacity_provisioned Host Provisioned Capacity Provisioned CPU capacity in megaher.
cpu|corecount_provisioned Provisioned vCPUs Number of provisioned CPU cores.
cpu|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity The sum of the reservation properties of the
cpu|wait Wait CPU time spent on idle state in milliseconds.
cpu|usagemhz_average Usage (MHz) Average CPU use in megaher.
cpu|totalCapacity _average Total Capacity Total CPU capacity in megaher.
cpu|demand_average Demand CPU Demand.
cpu|overhead_average Overhead Amount of CPU overhead.
cpu|demand_without_overhead Demand without overhead Value of demand excluding any overhead.
cpu|vm_capacity_provisioned Provisioned Capacity Provisioned Capacity (MHz).
cpu|num_hosts_stressed Number of hosts stressed Number of hosts stressed.
cpu|stress_balance_factor Stress Balance Factor Stress Balance Factor.
cpu|min_host_capacity_remaining Lowest Provider Capacity
Remaining
cpu|workload_balance_factor Workload Balance Factor Workload Balance Factor.
cpu|max_host_workload Highest Provider Workload Highest Provider Workload.
cpu|host_workload_disparity Host workload Max-Min
Disparity
cpu|host_stress_disparity Host stress Max-Min
Disparity
(immediate) children of the host's root resource
pool in megaher.
Lowest Provider Capacity Remaining.
Dierence of Max and Min host workload in the
container.
Dierence of Max and Min host stress in the
container.
Disk Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Disk metrics provide information about disk use.
Table 1‑51. Disk Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|commandsAveraged_average Commands per second Average number of commands issued per
second during the collection interval.
disk|totalLatency_average Disk Command Latency (ms) Average amount of time taken for a
command from the perspective of the guest
operating system. This metric is the sum of
the Kernel Command Latency and Physical
Device Command Latency metrics.
disk|totalReadLatency_average Disk Read Latency Average amount of time for a read operation
from the virtual disk. The total latency is the
sum of Kernel latency and device latency.
disk|totalWriteLatency_average Disk Write Latency The average amount of time taken for a read
from the perspective of a Guest OS. This is
the sum of Kernel Read Latency and Physical
Device Read Latency.
disk|numberRead_summation Read Rate (KBps) Number of times data was read from the disk
in the dened interval.
disk|numberReadAveraged_average Reads per second Average number of read commands issued
per second during the collection interval.
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Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) Average of the sum of the data read and
wrien for all of the disk instances of the host
or virtual machine.
disk|numberWrite_summation Write Rate (KBps) Number of times data was wrien to disk
during the collection interval.
disk|numberWriteAveraged_average Writes per second Average number of write commands issued
per second during the collection interval.
disk|read_average Read Requests Amount of data read from the disk during the
collection interval.
disk|write_average Write Requests Amount of data wrien to the disk during the
collection interval.
disk|commands_summation Commands Issued Number of disk commands issued during the
collection interval.
disk|sum_queued_oio Total Queued Outstanding
operations
disk|max_observed Max Observed OIO Max observed outstanding IO for a disk.
Sum of queued operation and outstanding
operations.
Memory Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
Table 1‑52. Memory Metrics for Cluster Computer Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|activewrite_average Active Write (KB) Active writes in kilobytes.
mem|compressed_average Compressed (KB) Average compression in kilobytes.
mem|compressionRate_average Compression Rate (KBps) Average compression rate in kilobytes.
mem|consumed_average Consumed (KB) Amount of host memory consumed by the
virtual machine for guest memory.
mem|host_contentionPct Contention Machine contention percentage.
mem|host_contention Contention (KB) Contention in kilobytes.
mem|decompressionRate_average Decompression Rate (KBps) Decompression rate in kilobytes.
mem|granted_average Granted (KB) Amount of memory available for use.
mem|active_average Guest Active (KB) Amount of memory that is actively used.
mem|heap_average Heap (KB) Amount of memory allocated for heap.
mem|heapfree_average Heap Free (KB) Free space in the heap.
mem|vmmemctl_average Balloon Amount of memory currently used by the
virtual machine memory control.
mem|overhead_average VM Overhead (KB) Memory overhead reported by host.
mem|host_provisioned Provisioned Memory (KB) Provisioned memory in kilobytes.
mem|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (KB) Reserved capacity in kilobytes.
mem|shared_average Shared (KB) Amount of shared memory.
mem|sharedcommon_average Shared Common (KB) Amount of shared common memory.
mem|swapin_average Swap In (KB) Amount of memory that is swapped in for
the service console.
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Table 1‑52. Memory Metrics for Cluster Computer Resources (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|swapinRate_average Swap In Rate (KBps) Rate at which memory is swapped from disk
mem|swapout_average Swap Out (KB) Amount of memory that is swapped out for
mem|swapoutRate_average Swap Out Rate (KBps) Rate at which memory is being swapped
mem|swapused_average Swap Used (KB) Amount of memory used for swap space.
mem|totalCapacity_average Total Capacity (KB) Total capacity in kilobytes.
mem|unreserved_average Unreserved (KB) Amount of unreserved memory.
mem|host_usable Usable Memory (KB) Usable memory in kilobytes.
mem|host_usagePct Usage/Usable Percent memory used.
mem|host_usage Host Usage (KB) Memory use in kilobytes.
mem|host_demand Machine Demand Memory Machine Demand in KB.
mem|host_systemUsage ESX System Usage Memory usage by the VMkernel and ESX
mem|usage_average Usage Memory currently in use as a percentage of
mem|sysUsage_average VM kernel Usage (KB) Amount of memory that the VM kernel uses.
mem|zero_average Zero (KB) Amount of memory that is all 0.
mem|num_hosts_stressed Number of hosts stressed Number of hosts stressed.
mem|stress_balance_factor Stress Balance Factor Stress balance factor.
mem|min_host_capacity_remaining Lowest Provider Capacity
Remaining
mem|workload_balance_factor Workload Balance Factor Workload balance factor.
mem|max_host_workload Highest Provider Workload Highest provider workload.
mem|host_workload_disparity Host workload Max-Min
Disparity
mem|host_stress_disparity Host stress Max-Min Disparity Dierence of Max and Min host stress in the
into active memory during the interval.
the service console.
from active memory into disk during the
current interval.
user-level services.
total available memory.
Lowest provider capacity remaining.
Dierence of Max and Min host workload in
the container.
container.
Network Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
Table 1‑53. Network Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|received_average Data Receive Rate (KBps) Average amount of data received per second.
net|transmied_average Data Transmit Rate (KBps) Average amount of data transmied per second.
net|dropped Packets Dropped Number of packets dropped in the performance
interval.
net|droppedPct Packets Dropped (%) Percentage of packets dropped.
net|packetsRx_summation Packets Received Number of packets received in the performance
interval.
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Table 1‑53. Network Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|packetsTx_summation Packets Transmied Number of packets transmied in the
performance interval.
net|droppedRx_summation Received Packets Dropped Number of received packets dropped in the
performance interval.
net|droppedTx_summation Transmied Packets Dropped Number of transmied packets dropped in the
performance interval.
net|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) The sum of the data transmied and received for
all the NIC instances of the host or virtual
machine.
net|maxObservedKBps Max Observed Throughput Max observed rate of network throughput.
net|maxObserved_Tx_KBps Max Observed Transmied
Throughput
net|maxObserved_Rx_KBps Max Observed Received
Throughput
Max observed transmied rate of network
throughput.
Max observed received rate of network
throughput.
Datastore Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Datastore metrics provide information about Datastore use.
Table 1‑54. Datastore Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
datastore|maxObserved_NumberRead Max Observed Reads per second Max observed average number of
read commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
datastore|maxObserved_Read Max Observed Read Rate Max observed rate of reading data
from the datastore.
datastore|maxObserved_NumberWrite Max Observed Writes per second Max observed average number of
write commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
datastore|maxObserved_Write Max Observed Write Rate Max observed rate of writing data
from the datastore.
datastore|maxObserved_OIO Max Observed Number of
Outstanding IO Operations
datastore|demand_oio Outstanding IO requests OIO for datastore.
datastore|
numberReadAveraged_average
datastore|
numberWriteAveraged_average
datastore|read_average Read Rate Amount of data read in the
datastore|write_average Write Rate Amount of data wrien to disk in the
Reads per second Average number of read commands
Writes per second Average number of write commands
Max Observed Number of
Outstanding IO Operations.
issued per second during the
collection interval.
issued per second during the
collection interval.
performance interval.
performance interval.
Cluster Services Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Cluster Services metrics provide information about cluster services.
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Table 1‑55. Cluster Services Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
clusterServices|eectivecpu_average Eective CPU Resources (MHz) VMware DRS eective CPU resources
clusterServices|eectivemem_average Eective Memory Resources (KB) VMware DRS eective memory resources
Power Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Power metrics provide information about power use.
Table 1‑56. Power Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
power|energy_summation Energy (Joule) Energy use in joules.
power|power_average Power (Wa) Average power use in was.
power|powerCap_average Power Cap (Wa) Average power capacity in was.
Summary Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
available.
available.
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
Table 1‑57. Summary Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|number_running_hosts Number of Running Hosts Number of running hosts.
summary|number_running_vms Number of Running VMs Number of running virtual
machines.
summary|number_vmotion Number of vMotions Number of vMotions.
summary|total_number_hosts Total Number of Hosts Total number of hosts.
summary|total_number_vms Total Number of VMs Total number of virtual
machines.
summary|max_number_vms Maximum Number of VMs Maximum Number of virtual
machines.
summary|workload_indicator Workload Indicator Percent workload indicator.
summary|total_number_datastores Total Number of Datastores Total number of datastores.
summary|number_running_vcpus Number of VCPUs on Powered On VMs Number of virtual CPUs on
powered-on virtual machines.
summary|avg_vm_density Average Running VM Count per Running
Host
summary|avg_vm_cpu Average Provisioned Capacity (MHz) per
Running VM
summary|avg_vm_mem Average Provisioned Memory (KB) per
Running VM
Average number of running
virtual machines per running
host.
Average provisioned capacity,
in megaher, per running
virtual machine.
Average provisioned memory,
in kilobytes. per running
virtual machine.
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Resource Pool Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects conguration, CPU usage, memory, and summary metrics for
resource pool objects.
Resource Pool metrics include capacity and badge metrics. See denitions in:
“Capacity and Project-Based Metrics,” on page 63
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“Badge Metrics,” on page 66
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Configuration Metrics for Resource Pools
Conguration metrics provide information about memory and CPU allocation conguration.
Table 1‑58. Configuration Metrics for Resource Pools
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cong|mem_alloc_reservation Memory Allocation Reservation Memory Allocation Reservation.
CPU Usage Metrics for Resource Pools
CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
Table 1‑59. CPU Usage Metrics for Resource Pools
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|capacity_demandEntitlementPct Capacity Demand Entitlement (%) CPU Capacity Demand Entitlement
Percentage.
cpu|capacity_entitlement Capacity entitlement (MHz) CPU Capacity Entitlement.
cpu|capacity_contentionPct CPU Contention (%) CPU capacity contention.
cpu|demandmhz Demand (MHz) CPU demand in megaher.
cpu|capacity_contention Overall CPU Contention (ms) Overall CPU contention in
milliseconds.
cpu|usagemhz_average Usage Average CPU use in megaher.
cpu|eective_limit Eective limit CPU eective limit.
cpu|reservation_used Reservation Used CPU reservation used.
cpu|estimated_entitlement Estimated entitlement CPU estimated entitlement.
cpu|dynamic_entitlement Dynamic entitlement CPU dynamic entitlement.
cpu|demand_without_overhead Demand without overhead Value of demand excluding any
overhead
Memory Metrics for Resource Pools
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
Table 1‑60. Memory Metrics for Resource Pools
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|vmmemctl_average Balloon (KB) Amount of memory currently used by
the virtual machine memory control.
mem|compressionRate_average Compression Rate (KBps) Compression rate in kilobytes per
second.
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Table 1‑60. Memory Metrics for Resource Pools (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|consumed_average Consumed (KB) Amount of host memory consumed by
mem|host_contentionPct Contention (%) Macine contention percentage.
mem|guest_usage Guest usage Guest memory entitlement.
mem|guest_demand Guest demand Guest memory entitlement.
mem|host_contention Contention (KB) Machine contention in kilobytes.
mem|decompressionRate_average Decompression Rate (KBps) Decompression rate in kilobytes per
mem|granted_average Granted (KB) Average of memory available for use.
mem|active_average Guest Active (KB) Amount of memory that is actively
mem|overhead_average VM Overhead (KB) Memory overhead reported by host.
mem|shared_average Shared (KB) Amount of shared memory.
mem|reservation_used Reservation Used Memory Reservation Used.
mem|dynamic_entitlement Dynamic Entitlement Memory Dynamic Entitlement.
mem|eective_limit Eective Limit Memory Eective Limit.
mem|swapinRate_average swapinRate_average Rate at which memory is swapped
mem|swapoutRate_average swapoutRate_average Rate at which memory is being
mem|swapped_average Swapped (KB) Amount of unreserved memory.
mem|usage_average Usage (%) Memory currently in use as a
mem|zero_average Zero (KB) Amount of memory that is all zero.
mem|zipped_latest Zipped (KB) Latest zipped memory in kilobytes.
mem|swapin_average Swap In (KB) Amount of memory swapped in
mem|swapout_average Swap Out (KB) Amount of memory swapped out in
mem|swapused_average Swap Used (KB) Amount of memory used for swap
mem|guest_provisioned Guest Congured Memory (KB) Guest congured memory in
the virtual machine for guest memory.
second.
used.
from disk into active memory during
the interval.
swapped from active memory to disk
during the current interval.
percentage of total available memory.
kilobytes.
kilobytes.
space in kilobytes.
kilobytes.
Summary Metrics for Resource Pools
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
Table 1‑61. Summary Metrics for Resource Pools
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|number_running_vms Number of Running VMs Number of running virtual machines.
summary|total_number_vms Total Number of VMs Total number of virtual machines.
summary|iowait IO Wait (ms) IO wait time in milliseconds.
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Datacenter Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects CPU usage, disk, memory, network, storage, disk space, and
summary metrics for datacenter objects.
Datacenter metrics include capacity and badge metrics. See denitions in:
“Capacity and Project-Based Metrics,” on page 63
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“Badge Metrics,” on page 66
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CPU Usage Metrics for Datacenters
CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
Table 1‑62. CPU Usage Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|capacity_usagepct_average Capacity Usage (%) Percent capacity used.
cpu|capacity_contentionPct CPU Contention (%) CPU capacity contention.
cpu|demandPct Demand (%) CPU demand percentage.
cpu|demandmhz Demand Demand in megaher.
cpu|demand_average Demand (MHz) CPU Demand.
cpu|overhead_average Overhead (KB) Amount of CPU overhead.
cpu|demand_without_overhead Demand without overhead Value of demand excluding any
overhead.
cpu|wait Total Wait CPU time spent on idle state.
cpu|numpackages Number of CPU Sockets Number of CPU sockets.
cpu|capacity_contention Overall CPU Contention (ms) Overall CPU contention in milliseconds.
cpu|capacity_provisioned Host Provisioned Capacity (MHz) Host provisioned capacity in megaher.
cpu|corecount_provisioned Provisioned vCPU(s) Provisioned vCPU(s).
cpu|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (MHz) The sum of the reservation properties of
the (immediate) children of the host's
root resource pool.
cpu|usagemhz_average Usage Average CPU usage in megaher.
cpu|iowait IO Wait IO wait time in milliseconds.
cpu|vm_capacity_provisioned Provisioned Capacity Provisioned Capacity.
cpu|stress_balance_factor Stress Balance Factor Stress Balance Factor.
cpu|min_host_capacity_remaining Lowest Provider Capacity
Remaining
cpu|workload_balance_factor Workload Balance Factor Workload Balance Factor.
cpu|max_host_workload Highest Provider Workload Highest Provider Workload.
cpu|host_workload_disparity Host workload Max-Min Disparity Dierence of Max and Min host
cpu|host_stress_disparity Host stress Max-Min Disparity Dierence of Max and Min host stress in
Lowest Provider Capacity Remaining.
workload in the container.
the container.
Disk Metrics for Datacenters
Disk metrics provide information about disk use.
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Table 1‑63. Disk Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|commandsAveraged_average Commands per second Average number of commands issued
disk|totalLatency_average Disk Command Latency (ms) Average amount of time taken for a
disk|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) Average of the sum of the data read and
disk|sum_queued_oio Total queued outstanding operations Sum of queued operations and
disk|max_observed Max observed OIO Max observed IO for a disk.
Memory Metrics for Datacenters
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
per second during the collection
interval.
command from the perspective of the
guest operating system. This metric is
the sum of the Kernel Disk Command
Latency and Physical Device Command
Latency metrics.
wrien for all of the disk instances of
the host or virtual machine.
outstanding operations.
Table 1‑64. Memory Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|host_contentionPct Contention (%) Machine Contention Percentage.
mem|host_demand Machine Demand (KB) Memory machine demand in kilobytes.
mem|host_systemUsage ESX System Usage Memory usage by the VM kernel and
ESX user-level services.
mem|host_provisioned Provisioned Memory (KB) Provisioned host memory in kilobytes.
mem|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (KB) Reserved memory capacity in kilobytes.
mem|host_usable Usable Memory (KB) Usable host memory in kilobytes.
mem|host_usage Host Usage Host memory use in kilobytes.
mem|host_usagePct Usage/Usable (%) Percent host memory used.
mem|overhead_average VM Overhead Memory overhead reported by host.
mem|stress_balance_factor Stress Balance Factor Stress Balance Factor.
mem|min_host_capacity_remaining Lowest Provider Capacity
Remaining
mem|workload_balance_factor Workload Balance Factor Workload Balance Factor.
mem|max_host_workload Highest Provider Workload Highest Provider Workload.
mem|host_workload_disparity Host workload Max-Min Disparity Dierence of Max and Min host
mem|host_stress_disparity Host stress Max-Min Disparity Dierence of Max and Min host stress
Lowest Provider Capacity Remaining.
workload in the container.
in the container.
Network Metrics for Datacenters
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
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Table 1‑65. Network Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|droppedPct Packets Dropped Percentage of packets dropped.
net|maxObservedKBps Max Observed Throughput Max observed rate of network
throughput.
net|maxObserved_Tx_KBps Max Observed Transmied
Throughput
net|maxObserved_Rx_KBps Max Observed Received Throughput Max observed received rate of network
net|transmied_average Data Transmit Rate Average amount of data transmied
net|received_average Data Receive Rate Average amount of data received per
net|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) The sum of the data transmied and
Max observed transmied rate of
network throughput.
throughput.
per second.
second.
received for all the NIC instances of the
host or virtual machine.
Storage Metrics for Datacenters
Storage metrics provide information about storage use.
Table 1‑66. Storage Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
storage|usage_average Total Usage Total throughput rate.
Datastore Metrics for Datacenters
Datastore metrics provide information about Datastore use.
Table 1‑67. Datastore Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
datastore|maxObserved_NumberRead Max Observed Reads per second Max observed average number of
read commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
datastore|maxObserved_Read Max Observed Read Rate Max observed rate of reading data
from the datastore.
datastore|maxObserved_NumberWrite Max Observed Writes per second Max observed average number of
write commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
datastore|maxObserved_Write Max Observed Write Rate Max observed rate of writing data
from the datastore.
datastore|maxObserved_OIO Max Observed Number of
Outstanding IO Operations
datastore|demand_oio Outstanding IO requests OIO for datastore.
datastore|
numberReadAveraged_average
datastore|
numberWriteAveraged_average
Reads per second Average number of read commands
Writes per second Average number of write commands
Max Observed Number of
Outstanding IO Operations.
issued per second during the
collection interval.
issued per second during the
collection interval.
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Table 1‑67. Datastore Metrics for Datacenters (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
datastore|read_average Read Rate Amount of data read in the
datastore|write_average Write Rate Amount of data wrien to disk in the
Disk Space Metrics for Datacenters
Disk space metrics provide information about disk use.
Table 1‑68. Disk Space Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
diskspace|used Virtual machine used Used virtual machine disk space in
diskspace|total_usage Total disk space used Total disk space used on all datastores
diskspace|total_capacity Total disk space Total disk space on all datastores
diskspace|total_provisioned Total provisioned disk space Total provisioned disk space on all
diskspace|notshared Not Shared (GB) Unshared disk space in gigabytes.
diskspace|shared Shared Used (GB) Shared disk space in gigabytes.
diskspace|snapshot Snapshot Space (GB) Snapshot disk space in gigabytes.
diskspace|diskused Virtual Disk Used (GB) Used virtual disk space in gigabytes.
diskspace|numvmdisk Number of Virtual Disks Number of Virtual Disks.
performance interval.
performance interval.
gigabytes.
visible to this object.
visible to this object.
datastores visible to this object.
Summary Metrics for Datacenters
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
Table 1‑69. Summary Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|number_running_hosts Number of Running Hosts Number of hosts that are ON.
summary|number_running_vms Number of Running VMs Number of running virtual machines.
summary|max_number_vms Maximum Number of VMs Maximum number of virtual
machines.
summary|total_number_clusters Total Number of Clusters Total number of clusters.
summary|total_number_hosts Total Number of Hosts Total number of hosts.
summary|total_number_vms Total Number of VMs Total number of virtual machines.
summary|total_number_datastores Total Number of Datastores Total number of datastores.
summary|number_running_vcpus Number of VCPUs on Powered On
VMs
summary|workload_indicator Workload Indicator Workload indicator.
summary|avg_vm_density Average Running VM Count per
Running Host
Total number of VCPUs of virtual
machines that are powered on.
Average number of running virtual
machines per running host.
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Custom Datacenter Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects CPU usage, memory, summary, network, and datastore metrics for
custom datacenter objects.
Custom datacenter metrics include capacity and badge metrics. See denitions in:
“Capacity and Project-Based Metrics,” on page 63
n
“Badge Metrics,” on page 66
n
CPU Usage Metrics for Custom Datacenters
CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
Table 1‑70. CPU Usage Metrics for Custom Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|capacity_provisioned Host Provisioned Capacity Host provisioned capacity (MHz).
cpu|corecount_provisioned Provisioned vCPU(s) Provisioned vCPU(s).
cpu|demand_without_overhead Demand without overhead Value of demand excluding any
overhead.
cpu|num_hosts_stressed Number of hosts stressed Number of hosts stressed.
cpu|stress_balance_factor Stress Balance Factor Stress balance factor.
cpu|min_host_capacity_remaining Lowest Provider Capacity
Remaining
cpu|workload_balance_factor Workload Balance Factor Workload balance factor.
cpu|max_host_workload Highest Provider Workload Highest provider workload.
cpu|host_workload_disparity Host workload Max-Min Disparity Host workload max-min disparity.
cpu|host_stress_disparity Host stress Max-Min Disparity Dierence of max and min host stress in
Lowest provider capacity remaining.
the container.
Memory Metrics for Custom Datacenters
Memory metrics provide information about memory use.
Table 1‑71. Memory Metrics for Custom Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|host_usable Usable Memory Usable memory.
mem|host_demand Machine Demand Memory machine demand in KB.
mem|num_hosts_stressed Number of hosts stressed Number of hosts stressed.
mem|stress_balance_factor Stress Balance Factor Stress balance factor.
mem|min_host_capacity_remaining Lowest Provider Capacity
Remaining
mem|workload_balance_factor Workload Balance Factor Workload balance factor.
mem|max_host_workload Highest Provider Workload Highest provider workload.
mem|host_workload_disparity Host workload Max-Min Disparity Host workload max-min disparity.
mem|host_stress_disparity Host stress max-min disparity.
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Summary Metrics for Custom Datacenters
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
Table 1‑72. Summary Metrics for Custom Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|number_running_vms Number of Running VMs Number of virtual machines that are
summary|max_number_vms Maximum Number of VMs Maximum number of virtual machines.
summary|status Status Status of datacenter.
Network Metrics for Custom Datacenters
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
Table 1‑73. Network Metrics for Custom Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|usage_average Usage Rate The sum of the data transmied and
net|maxObserved_KBps Max Observed Throughput Max observed rate of network
net|maxObserved_Tx_KBps Max Observed Transmied
Throughput
net|maxObserved_Rx_KBps Max Observed Received
Throughput
net|transmied_average Data Transmit Rate Average amount of data transmied per
net|received_average Data REceive Rate Average amount of data received per
ON.
received for all the NIC instances of the
host or virtual machine.
throughput.
Max observed transmied rate of
network throughput.
Max observed received rate of network
throughput.
second.
second.
Datastore Metrics for Custom Datacenters
Datastore metrics provide information about datastore use.
Table 1‑74. Datastore Metrics for Custom Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
datastore|maxObserved_NumberRead Max Observed Reads per second Max observed average number of read
commands issued per second during the
collection interval.
datastore|maxObserved_Read Max Observed Read Rate Max observed rate of reading data from
the datastore.
datastore|maxObserved_NumberWrite Max Observed Writes per second Max observed average number of write
commands issued per second during the
collection interval.
datastore|maxObserved_Write Max Observed Write Rate Max observed rate of writing data from
the datastore.
datastore|maxObserved_OIO Max Observed Number of
Outstanding IO Operations
datastore|demand_oio Outstanding IO requests OIO for datastore.
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operations.
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Table 1‑74. Datastore Metrics for Custom Datacenters (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
datastore|
numberReadAveraged_average
datastore|
numberWriteAveraged_average
datastore|read_average Read rate Amount of data read in the performance
datastore|write_average Write rate Amount of data wrien to disk in the
Reads per second Average number of read commands
issued per second during the collection
interval.
Writes per second Average number of write commands
issued per second during the collection
interval.
interval.
performance interval.
Storage Pod Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects datastore and disk space metrics for storage pod objects.
Storage Pod metrics include capacity and badge metrics. See denitions in:
“Capacity and Project-Based Metrics,” on page 63
n
“Badge Metrics,” on page 66
n
Table 1‑75. Datastore Metrics for Storage Pods
Metric Key Metric Name Description
datastore|
numberReadAveraged_average
datastore|
numberWriteAveraged_average
datastore|read_average Read Rate Amount of data read in the performance
datastore|write_average Write Rate Amount of data wrien to disk in the
datastore|usage_average Usage Average Usage Average.
datastore|
totalReadLatency_average
datastore|
totalWriteLatency_average
datastore|totalLatency_average Disk Command Latency The average amount of time taken for a
datastore|
commandsAveraged_average
Reads per second Average number of read commands issued
per second during the collection interval.
Writes per second Average number of write commands issued
per second during the collection interval.
interval.
performance interval.
Read Latency Average amount of time for a read operation
from the datastore. Total latency = kernel
latency + device latency.
Write Latency Average amount of time for a write operation
to the datastore. Total latency = kernel latency
+ device latency.
command from the perspective of a Guest OS.
This is the sum of Kernel Command Latency
and Physical Device Command Latency.
Commands per second Average number of commands issued per
second during the collection interval.
Table 1‑76. Diskspace Metrics for Storage Pods
Metric Key Metric Name Description
diskspace|disktotal Total used Total space used.
diskspace|freespace Freespace Unused space available on datastore.
diskspace|capacity Capacity Total capacity of datastore.
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Table 1‑76. Diskspace Metrics for Storage Pods (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
diskspace|used Virtual Machine used Space used by virtual machine les.
diskspace|snapshot Snapshot Space Space used by snapshots.
VMware Distributed Virtual Switch Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects network and summary metrics for VMware distributed virtual switch
objects.
VMware Distributed Virtual Switch metrics include capacity and badge metrics. See denitions in:
“Capacity and Project-Based Metrics,” on page 63
n
“Badge Metrics,” on page 66
n
Table 1‑77. Network Metrics for VMware Distributed Virtual Switches
Metric Key Metric Name Description
network|port_statistics|
rx_bytes
network|port_statistics|
tx_bytes
network|port_statistics|
ucast_tx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
mcast_tx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
bcast_tx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
ucast_rx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
mcast_rx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
bcast_rx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
dropped_tx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
dropped_rx_pkts
network|port_statistics|rx_pkts Total Ingress Packets per second Total ingress packets per second.
network|port_statistics|tx_pkts Total Egress Packets per second Total egress packets per second.
network|port_statistics|
utilization
network|port_statistics|
dropped_pkts
network|port_statistics|
dropped_pkts_pct
network|port_statistics|
maxObserved_rx_bytes
Total Ingress Trac Total ingress trac (KBps).
Total Egress Trac Total egress trac (KBps).
Egress Unicast Packets per second Egress unicast packets per second.
Egress Multicast Packets per second Egress multicast packets per second.
Egress Broadcast Packets per second Egress broadcast packets per second.
Ingress Unicast Packets per second Ingress unicast packets per second.
Ingress Multicast Packets per second Ingress multicast packets per second.
Ingress Broadcast Packets per second Ingress broadcast packets per second.
Egress Dropped Packets per second Egress dropped packets per second.
Ingress Dropped Packets per second Ingress dropped packets per second.
Utilization Use (KBps).
Total Dropped Packets per second Total dropped packets per second.
Percentage of Dropped Packets Percentage of dropped packets.
Max Observed Ingress Trac (KBps) Max observed ingress trac (KBps).
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Table 1‑77. Network Metrics for VMware Distributed Virtual Switches (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
network|port_statistics|
maxObserved_tx_bytes
network|port_statistics|
maxObserved_utilization
Max Observed Egress Trac (KBps) Max observed egress trac (KBps).
Max Observed Utilization (KBps) Max observed utilization (KBps).
Table 1‑78. Summary Metrics for VMware Distributed Virtual Switches
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|max_num_ports Maximum Number of Ports Maximum number of ports.
summary|used_num_ports Used Number of Ports Used number of ports.
summary|num_blocked_ports Number of Blocked Ports Number of blocked ports.
Table 1‑79. Host Metrics for VMware Distributed Virtual Switches
Metric Key Metric Name Description
host|mtu_mismatch MTU Mismatch Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) mismatch.
host|teaming_mismatch Teaming Mismatch Teaming mismatch.
host|mtu_unsupported Unsupported MTU Unsupported MTU.
host|vlans_unsupported Unsupported VLANs Unsupported VLANs.
host|cong_outofsync Cong Out Of Sync Cong Out Of Sync.
host|aached_pnics Number of Aached pNICs Number of aached physical NICs.
Distributed Virtual Port Group Metrics
The vCenter Adapter instance collects network and summary metrics for distributed virtual port groups.
Distributed Virtual Port Group metrics include capacity and badge metrics. See denitions in:
“Capacity and Project-Based Metrics,” on page 63
n
“Badge Metrics,” on page 66
n
Table 1‑80. Network Metrics for Distributed Virtual Port Groups
Metric Key Metric Name Description
network|port_statistics|
rx_bytes
network|port_statistics|
tx_bytes
network|port_statistics|
ucast_tx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
mcast_tx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
bcast_tx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
ucast_rx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
mcast_rx_pkts
Ingress Trac Ingress trac (KBps).
Egress Trac Egress trac (KBps).
Egress Unicast Packets per second Egress unicast packets per second.
Egress Multicast Packets per second Egress multicast packets per second.
Egress Broadcast Packets per second Egress broadcast packets per second.
Ingress Unicast Packets per second Ingress unicast packets per second.
Ingress Multicast Packets per second Ingress multicast packets per second.
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Table 1‑80. Network Metrics for Distributed Virtual Port Groups (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
network|port_statistics|
bcast_rx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
dropped_tx_pkts
network|port_statistics|
dropped_rx_pkts
network|port_statistics|rx_pkts Total Ingress Packets per second Total Ingress packets per second.
network|port_statistics|tx_pkts Total Egress Packets per second Total Egress packets per second.
network|port_statistics|
utilization
network|port_statistics|
dropped_pkts
network|port_statistics|
dropped_pkts_pct
network|port_statistics|
maxObserved_rx_bytes
network|port_statistics|
maxObserved_tx_bytes
network|port_statistics|
maxObserved_utilization
Ingress Broadcast Packets per second Ingress broadcast packets per second.
Egress Dropped Packets per second Egress dropped packets per second.
Ingress Dropped Packets per second Ingress dropped packets per second.
Utilization Utilization (KBps).
Total Dropped Packets per second Total dropped packets per second.
Percentage of Dropped Packets Percentage of dropped packets.
Max Observed Ingress Trac (KBps) Max observed ingress trac (KBps).
Max Observed Egress Trac (KBps) Max observed egress trac (KBps).
Max Observed Utilization (KBps) Max observed utilization (KBps).
Table 1‑81. Summary Metrics for Distributed Virtual Port Groups
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|max_num_ports Maximum Number of Ports Maximum number of ports.
summary|used_num_ports Used Number of Ports Used number of ports.
summary|num_blocked_ports Number of Blocked Ports Number of blocked ports.
Datastore Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects capacity, device, and summary metrics for datastore objects.
Capacity metrics can be calculated for datastore objects. See “Capacity and Project-Based Metrics,” on
page 63.
Capacity Metrics for Datastores
Capacity metrics provide information about datastore capacity.
Table 1‑82. Capacity Metrics for Datastores
Metric Key Metric Name Description
capacity|available_space Available Space (GB) Available space in gigabytes.
capacity|contention Data Store Capacity Contention Datastore capacity contention.
capacity|provisioned Provisioned (GB) Datastore size.
capacity|total_capacity Total Capacity (GB) Total capacity in gigabytes.
capacity|used_space Used Space (GB) Used space in gigabytes.
capacity|workload Workload (%) Capacity workload.
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Table 1‑82. Capacity Metrics for Datastores (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
capacity|uncommied Uncommied Space (GB) Uncommied space in gigabytes.
capacity|consumer_provisioned Total Provisioned Consumer
Space
capacity|usedSpacePct Used Space (%) Percentage of datastore space used.
Total Provisioned Consumer Space.
Device Metrics for Datastores
Device metrics provide information about device performance.
Table 1‑83. Devices Metrics for Datastores
Metric Key Metric Name Description
devices|busResets_summation Bus Resets Number of bus resets in the
performance interval.
devices|commandsAborted_summation Commands Aborted Number of disk commands aborted in
the performance interval.
devices|commands_summation Commands Issued Number of disk commands issued in the
performance interval.
devices|totalLatency_average Disk Command Latency (ms) Average time taken for a command from
the perspective of a guest operating
system. This metric is the sum of Kernel
Disk Command Latency and Physical
Device Command Latency metrics.
devices|totalReadLatency_average Disk Read Latency (ms) Average time taken for a read from the
perspective of a guest operating system.
This metric is the sum of the Kernel Disk
Read Latency and Physical Device Read
Latency metrics.
devices|totalWriteLatency_average Disk Write Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a write
operation to the datastore. Total latency
is the sum of kernel latency and device
latency.
devices|kernelLatency_average Kernel Disk Command Latency
(ms)
devices|kernelReadLatency_average Kernel Disk Read Latency (ms) Average time spent in ESX host VM
devices|kernelWriteLatency_average Kernel Disk Write Latency (ms) Average time spent in ESX Server VM
devices|number_running_hosts Number of Running Hosts Number of running hosts that are
devices|number_running_vms Number of Running VMs Number of running virtual machines
devices|deviceLatency_average Physical Device Command
Latency (ms)
devices|deviceReadLatency_average Physical Device Read Latency
(ms)
devices|queueLatency_average Queue Command Latency (ms) Average time spent in the ESX Server
devices|queueReadLatency_average Queue Read Latency (ms) Average time spent in the ESX Server
Average time spent in ESX Server V.
Kernel per command.
Kernel per read.
Kernel per write.
powered on.
that are powered on.
Average time taken to complete a
command from the physical device.
Average time taken to complete a read
from the physical device.
VM Kernel queue per command.
VM Kernel queue per read.
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Table 1‑83. Devices Metrics for Datastores (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
devices|queueWriteLatency_average Queue Write Latency (ms) Average time spent in the ESX Server
devices|read_average Read Rate (KBps) Amount of data read in the performance
devices|numberRead_summation Read Requests Number of times data was read from the
devices|numberReadAveraged_average Reads per second Average number of read commands
devices|usage_average Usage Average (KBps) Average use in kilobytes per second.
devices|write_average Write Rate (KBps) Amount of data wrien to disk in the
devices|numberWrite_summation Write Requests Number of times data was wrien to the
devices|numberWriteAveraged_average Writes per second Average number of write commands
devices|commandsAveraged_average Commands per second Average number of commands issued
devices|deviceWriteLatency_average Physical Device Write Latency
(ms)
VM Kernel queue per write.
interval.
disk in the dened interval.
issued per second to the datastore
during the collection interval.
performance interval.
disk in the dened interval.
issued per second to the datastore
during the collection interval.
per second during the collection
interval.
Average time taken to complete a write
from the physical disk.
Datastore Metrics for Datastores
Datastore metrics provide information about datastore use.
Table 1‑84. Datastore Metrics for Datastores
Metric Key Metric Name Description
datastore|totalLatency_average Disk Command Latency (ms) The average amount of time taken for
a command from the perspective of a
Guest OS. This is the sum of Kernel
Command Latency and Physical
Device Command Latency.
datastore|usage_average Usage Average (KBps) Average use in kilobytes per second.
datastore|totalReadLatency_average Read Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a read
operation from the datastore. Total
latency = kernel latency + device
latency.
datastore|totalWriteLatency_average Write Latency (ms) Average amount of time for a write
operation to the datastore. Total
latency = kernel latency + device
latency.
datastore|demand Demand Demand.
datastore|demand_indicator Demand Indicator Demand Indicator.
datastore|maxObserved_NumberRead Max Observed Reads per Second Maximum observed average number
of read commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
datastore|maxObserved_Read Max Observed Read Rate (KBps) Max observed rate of reading data
from the datastore.
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Table 1‑84. Datastore Metrics for Datastores (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
datastore|maxObserved_ReadLatency Max Observed Read Latency (ms) Max observed average amount of
time for a read operation from the
datastore. Total latency = kernel
latency + device latency.
datastore|maxObserved_NumberWrite Max Observed Writes per second Max observed average number of
write commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
datastore|maxObserved_Write Max Observed Write Rate (KBps) Max observed rate of writing data
from the datastore.
datastore|maxObserved_WriteLatency Max Observed Write Latency (ms) Max observed average amount of
time for a write operation from the
datastore. Total latency = kernel
latency + device latency.
datastore|maxObserved_OIO Max Observed Number of
Outstanding IO Operations
datastore|demand_oio Outstanding IO requests OIO for datastore.
datastore|numberReadAveraged_average Reads per second Average number of read commands
datastore|numberWriteAveraged_average Writes per second Average number of write commands
datastore|read_average Read rate Amount of data read in the
datastore|write_average Write rate Amount of data wrien to disk in the
Maximum observed number of
outstanding IO operations.
issued per second during the
collection interval.
issued per second during the
collection interval.
performance interval.
performance interval.
About Datastore Metrics for Virtual SAN
The metric named datastore|oio|workload is not supported on Virtual SAN datastores. This metric
depends on datastore|demand_oio, which is supported for Virtual SAN datastores.
The metric named datastore|demand_oio also depends on several other metrics for Virtual SAN datastores,
one of which is not supported.
The metrics named devices|numberReadAveraged_average and devices|numberWriteAveraged_average
n
are supported.
The metric named devices|totalLatency_average is not supported.
n
As a result, vRealize Operations Manager does not collect the metric named datastore|oio|workload for
Virtual SAN datastores.
Disk Space Metrics for Datastores
Disk space metrics provide information about disk space use.
Table 1‑85. Disk Space Metrics for Datastores
Metric Key Metric Name Description
diskspace|notshared Not Shared (GB) Unshared space in gigabytes.
diskspace|numvmdisk Number of Virtual Disks Number of virtual disks.
diskspace|provisioned Provisioned Space (GB) Provisioned space in gigabytes.
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Table 1‑85. Disk Space Metrics for Datastores (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
diskspace|shared Shared Used (GB) Shared used space in gigabytes.
diskspace|snapshot Snapshot Space (GB) Snapshot space in gigabytes.
diskspace|diskused Virtual Disk Used (GB) Virtual disk used space in gigabytes.
diskspace|used Virtual machine used (GB) Virtual machine used space in
diskspace|total_usage Total disk space used Total disk space used on all datastores
diskspace|total_capacity Total disk space Total disk space on all datastores visible
diskspace|total_provisioned Total provisioned disk space Total provisioned disk space on all
diskspace|disktotal Total used (GB) Total used space in gigabytes.
diskspace|swap Swap File Space (GB) Swap le space in gigabytes.
diskspace|otherused Other VM Space (GB) Other virtual machine space in
diskspace|freespace Freespace (GB) Unused space available on datastore.
diskspace|capacity Capacity (GB) Total capacity of datastore in gigabytes.
diskspace|overhead Overhead Amount of disk space that is overhead.
gigabytes.
visible to this object.
to this object.
datastores visible to this object.
gigabytes.
Summary Metrics for Datastores
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
Table 1‑86. Summary Metrics for Datastores
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|total_number_hosts Total Number of Hosts Total number of hosts.
summary|total_number_vms Total Number of VMs Total number of virtual machines.
summary|max_number_vms Maximum Number of VMs Maximum number of virtual machines.
summary|workload_indicator Workload Indicator Workload indicator.
summary|total_number_clusters Total Number of Clusters Total number of clusters.
Template Metrics for Datastores
Table 1‑87. Template Metrics for Datastores
Metric Key Metric Name Description
template|used Virtual Machine used Space used by virtual machine les.
template|accessTime Access Time Last access time.
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Calculated Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager calculates metrics for capacity, badges, and the health of the system.
Calculated metrics apply to a subset of objects found in the describe.xml le that describes each adapter.
From data that the vCenter adapter collects, vRealize Operations Manager calculates metrics for objects of
type:
vSphere World
n
Virtual Machine
n
Host System
n
Datastore
n
From data that the vRealize Operations Manager adapter collects, vRealize Operations Manager calculates
metrics for objects of type:
Node
n
Cluster
n
Capacity and Project-Based Metrics
Chapter 1 Metric Definitions in vRealize Operations Manager
The capacity engine computes and publishes metrics that help you to plan your resource use based on
consumer demand. Project-based metrics are a subset of capacity metrics that help to plan future resource
use based on predicted consumer demand.
Capacity Metrics Group
For the capacity metrics group, full metric names include the name of the resource container. For example, if
density metrics are computed for CPU or memory, the actual metric names appear as cpu|density or mem|
density.
Only resource containers enabled for the capacity computations have relevant metrics. Not all metric types
are generated for all resource containers. For example, if CPU or memory resource containers are enabled in
a policy for density, but the network resource container is not, then cpu|density and mem|density metrics
are calculated but network|density metrics are not.
A capacity metric denition includes resource containers that act as a consumer or a provider. For example
in vSphere, the virtual machines are consumers of CPU and memory that the ESX host provides.
Table 1‑88. Capacity Metrics Group
Metric Key Metric Name Generated for Description
capacityRemainingUsingConsumers_averageCapacity
Remaining for
Average
Consumer
Prole
capacityRemainingUsingConsumers_small Capacity
Remaining for
Small
Consumer
Prole
capacityRemainingUsingConsumers_mediumCapacity
Remaining for
Medium
Consumer
Prole
Provider Number of average-size consumers
that can t into the capacity
remaining. An average-size consumer
demands 50% of total capacity.
Provider Number of small-size consumers that
can t into the capacity remaining. A
small-size consumer demands 0 - 33%
of the total capacity.
Provider Number of medium-size consumers
that can t into the capacity
remaining. A medium-size consumer
demands 33-66% of the total capacity.
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Table 1‑88. Capacity Metrics Group (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Generated for Description
capacityRemainingUsingConsumers_large Capacity
capacityRemaining Capacity
underusedpercent Under used
idletimepercent Idle time (%) Both Percent time a resource is idle based
wasteValue Reclaimable
size.recommendation Recommended
optimal.vConsumption.per.pConsumption Optimal
vConsumption.per.pConsumption Consumption
object.demand Stress Free
object.capacity Usable
object.demand.percent Eective
powered.on.consumer.count Number of
Remaining for
Large
Consumer
Prole
Remaining (%)
(%)
Capacity
Size
consumption
ratio
ratio
Demand
Capacity
Demand (%)
powered on
consumers
Provider Number of large-size consumers that
can t into the capacity remaining. A
large-size consumer demands
66-100% of the total capacity.
Both Percent capacity remaining in the
resource container. For example, if the
resource container is memory and 2
GB out of 10 GB of memory is free,
the capacityRemaining = 20%.
Both Percent capacity not being used.
on use over time. Time is a policy
seing. If not set, the default period is
30 days. For example, if a resource is
idle for a total of 6 days out of 30
days, idletimepercent = 20%.
Both Amount of reclaimable capacity
based on consumer demand over
time. Time is a policy seing. If not
set, the default period is 30 days. For
example, if a vSphere host is
congured with 10 GB of memory but
only 2 GB of memory is used on
average over 30 days, then
wasteValue = 8 GB.
Both Capacity recommendation based on
demand over time. Time is a policy
seing. If not set, the default period is
30 days. For example, if consumer
demand is 2 GB of memory on
average over 30 days, then the
capacity recommendation is 2 GB.
Provider Ratio of ideal resource consumption
to provision based on consumer
demand over time. Ideal resource
consumption is when the current
capacity satises demand. Time is a
policy seing. If not set, the default
period is 30 days.
Provider Ratio of current resource
consumption to provision based on
consumer demand.
Both Demand based on peak analysis of
raw demand values.
Both Total capacity minus buers.
Capacity buer is a policy seing.
Both Percent capacity required by eective
demand.
Both Number of consumers that are using
a resource.
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Table 1‑88. Capacity Metrics Group (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Generated for Description
base.demand Computed
Demand
actual.capacity Current size Both Actual capacity without buers
wastePercent Reclaimable
Capacity (%)
Both Demand for an object based on self or
consumer demand without the peak
consideration policy seing.
Both Percent of reclaimable capacity based
on consumer demand over time. Time
is a policy seing. If not set, the
default period is 30 days. For
example, if a vSphere host is
congured with 10 GB of memory but
only 2 GB of memory is used on
average over 30 days, then
wastePercent = 80%.
Object-level Metrics Group
Object-level metrics are calculated to track capacity use for all objects of a particular object type.
Table 1‑89. Object-level Metrics Group
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|timeRemaining Time Remaining Time remaining before usable capacity
runs out. Usable capacity excludes
capacity reserved for HA and buers.
summary|isStress Is Stressed Value equals 1 or a yellow badge
indicates that an object is stressed.
Value equals 0 or a green badge
indicates that the object is not stressed.
For a stress badge dened in a policy,
when the stress exceeds the lowest
threshold, the badge color changes
from green to yellow.
summary|capacityRemainingValue Capacity Remaining
Value
summary|oversized Is Oversized Indicates if an object has too much
summary|idle Is Idle Indicates if an object is idle (value of 1)
summary|poweredO Powered O Indicates power state of an object.
summary|
capacityRemainingUsingConsumers_average
summary|capacityRemainingUsingConsumers_small Capacity Remaining
summary|
capacityRemainingUsingConsumers_medium
summary|capacityRemainingUsingConsumers_large Capacity Remaining
Capacity Remaining
(Average consumer
prole)
(Small consumer
prole)
Capacity Remaining
(Medium consumer
prole)
(Large consumer
prole)
Capacity remaining.
capacity congured, value of 1, or not,
value of 0.
or not (value of 0).
Value of 1 means ON and value of 0
means OFF.
Capacity remaining based on average
consumer demand.
Capacity remaining based on small
consumer demand.
Capacity remaining based on medium
consumer demand.
Capacity remaining based on large
consumer demand.
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Table 1‑89. Object-level Metrics Group (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary|capacityRemaining_min Capacity Remaining
summary|capacity.provider.count Number of Capacity
summary|consumer.count Number of Capacity
summary|consumer.count.per.provider.count Consumer Provider
summary|optimal.consumer.per.provider Optimal Consumer
Project-Based Metrics
Project-based metrics are calculated for a change in resources or demand that could aect capacity at some
time in the future. See vRealize Operations Manager User Guide. Most metrics appear with_whatif appended
to the capacity metric name. For example, the what-if applicable metric for capacity remaining is published
as capacityRemaining_whatif.
(Based on
instantaneous peak)
providers
consumers
ratio
Provider ratio
Capacity remaining based on peak
demand or stress.
Number of capacity providers.
Number of capacity consumers.
Ratio of number of consumers to
number of providers.
Ratio of consumer to provider that
would be optimal based on consumer
demand.
Badge Metrics
Badge metrics provide information for badges in the user interface. They report the health, risk, and
eciency of objects in your environment.
Table 1‑90. Badge Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
badge|alert_count_critical Alert Count Critical Count of critical alerts on the object.
badge|alert_count_immediate Alert Count Immediate Count of immediate alerts on the object.
badge|alert_count_info Alert Count Info Count of info alerts on the object.
badge| alert_count_warning Alert Count Warning Count of warning alerts on the object.
badge|anomaly Anomaly Overall score for anomalies, on a scale of 100.
badge|capacityRemaining Capacity Remaining Overall score for capacity remaining, on a scale
of 100.
badge|compliance Compliance Overall score for compliance, on a scale of 100.
badge|density Density Overall score for density, on a scale of 100.
badge|eciency Eciency Overall score for eciency. The score will be
one of these discrete values representing each
state of the badge: Green - 100, Yellow - 75,
Orange - 50, Red - 25, Unknown: -1.
badge|eciency_classic Legacy Eciency The legacy eciency score computed on a scale
of 100 as per vCenter Operations Manager
version 5.x. For backward compatibility
purposes.
badge|eciency_state Eciency State Represents the state of the eciency badge with
discrete values - Green: 1, Yellow: 2, Orange: 3,
Red: 4, Unknown: -1.
badge|fault Fault Overall score for fault, on a scale of 100.
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Table 1‑90. Badge Metrics (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
badge|health Health Overall score for health. The score will be one of
these discrete values representing each state of
the badge: Green - 100, Yellow - 75, Orange - 50,
Red - 25, Unknown: -1.
badge|health_classic Legacy Health The legacy health score computed on a scale of
100 as per vCenter Operations Manager 5.x. For
backward compatibility purposes.
badge|health_state Health State Represents the state of health badge with
discrete values - Green: 1, Yellow: 2, Orange: 3,
Red: 4, Unknown: -1
badge|risk Risk Overall score for risk. The score will be one of
these discrete values representing each state of
the badge: Green - 0, Yellow - 25, Orange - 50,
Red - 75, Unknown: -1.
badge|risk_classic Legacy Risk The legacy risk score computed on a scale of 100
as per vCenter Operations Manager 5.x. For
backward compatibility purposes.
badge|risk_state Risk State Represents the state of risk badge with discrete
values - Green: 1, Yellow: 2, Orange: 3, Red: 4,
Unknown: -1.
badge|stress Stress Overall score of stress, on a scale of 100.
badge|timeRemaining Time Remaining - Real Time Overall score of real time remaining, on a scale
of 100.
badge|waste Waste Overall score of waste, on a scale of 100.
badge|workload Workload (%) Overall score of workload, on a scale of 100 .
System Metrics
System metrics provide information used to monitor the health of the system. They help you to identify
problems in your environment.
Table 1‑91. System Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
System Aributes|health Self - Health Score System health score of self resource
System Aributes|all_metrics Self - Metric Count Number of metrics of self resource
System Aributes|ki_metrics Self - KPI Count Number of KPI metrics of self resource
System Aributes|active_alarms Self - Active Anomaly Count Number of active alarms of self
resource
System Aributes|new_alarms Self - New Anomaly Count Number of new alarms of self resource
System Aributes|active_ki_alarms Self - Active KPI Breach Count Number of active KPI alarms of self
resource
System Aributes|new_ki_alarms Self - New KPI Breach Count Number of new KPI alarms of self
resource
System Aributes|total_alarms Self - Total Anomalies Number of total alarms of self resource
System Aributes|change_index Self - Change Index Change index of self resource(100 -
health score)
System Aributes|child_all_metrics Full Set - Metric Count Number of metrics of child resources
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Table 1‑91. System Metrics (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
System Aributes|child_ki_metrics Full Set - KPI Count Number of KPI metrics of child
System Aributes|child_active_alarms Full Set - Active Anomaly Count Number of active alarms of child
System Aributes|child_new_alarms Full Set - New Anomaly Count Number of new alarms of child
System Aributes|
child_active_ki_alarms
System Aributes|
child_new_ki_alarms
System Aributes|availability Availability Resource availability (0-down, 1-Up,
System Aributes|alert_count_critical Alert Count Critical Number of Critical alerts
System Aributes|
alert_count_immediate
System Aributes|
alert_count_warning
System Aributes|alert_count_info Alert Count Info Number of Info alerts
Full Set - Active KPI Breach Count Number of active KPI alarms of child
Full Set - New KPI Breach Count Number of new KPI alarms of child
Alert Count Immediate Number of Immediate alerts
Alert Count Warning Number of Warning alerts
resources
resources
resources
resources
resources
-1-Unknown)
Self-Monitoring Metrics for vRealize Operations Manager
vRealize Operations Manager uses the vRealize Operations Manager adapter to collect metrics that monitor
its own performance. These self-monitoring metrics drive capacity models for vRealize Operations Manager
objects and are useful for diagnosing problems with vRealize Operations Manager.
Analytics Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for the vRealize Operations Manager analytics service,
including threshold checking metrics.
Table 1‑92. Analytics Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
ActiveAlarms Active DT Symptoms Active DT Symptoms.
ActiveAlerts Active Alerts Active alerts.
PrimaryResourcesCount Number of primary objects Number of primary objects
LocalResourcesCount Number of local objects Number of local objects
PrimaryMetricsCount Number of primary metrics Number of primary metrics
LocalMetricsCount Number of local metrics Number of local metrics
ReceivedResourceCount Number of received objects Number of received objects
ReceivedMetricCount Number of received metrics Number of received metrics
LocalFDSize Number of forward data entries Number of locally stored primary
and redundant entries in forward
data region.
LocalPrimaryFDSize Number of primary forward data
entries
Number of locally stored primary
entries in forward data region.
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Table 1‑92. Analytics Metrics (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
LocalFDAltSize Number of alternative forward data
entries
LocalPrimaryFDAltSize Number of alternative primary
forward data entries
CurrentHeapSize Current heap size Current heap size.
MaxHeapSize Max heap size Max heap size
CommiedMemory Commied memory Commied memory
CPUUsage CPU usage CPU usage
Threads Threads Threads
UpStatus Threads Threads
Number of locally stored primary
and redundant entries in
alternative forward data region.
Number of locally stored primary
entries in alternative forward data
region.
Overall Threshold Checking Metrics for the Analytics Service
Overall threshold checking captures various metrics for work items used to process incoming observation
data. All metrics keys for the overall threshold checking metrics begin with OverallThresholdChecking, as in
OverallThresholdChecking|Count or OverallThresholdChecking|CheckThresholdAndHealth|
OutcomeObservationsSize|TotalCount.
Table 1‑93. Overall Threshold Checking Metrics for the Analytics Service
Metric Key Metric Name Description
Count Count Count
Duration|TotalDuration Total Total length of duration (ms)
Duration|AvgDuration Average Average duration (ms)
Duration|MinDuration Minimum Minimum duration (ms)
Duration|MaxDuration Maximum Maximum duration (ms)
IncomingObservationsSize|TotalCount Total Total
IncomingObservationsSize|AvgCount Average Average
IncomingObservationsSize|MinCount Minimal Minimal
IncomingObservationsSize|MaxCount Maximal Maximal
CheckThresholdAndHealth|Count Count Count
CheckThresholdAndHealth|Duration|
TotalDuration
CheckThresholdAndHealth|Duration|
AvgDuration
CheckThresholdAndHealth|Duration|
MinDuration
CheckThresholdAndHealth|Duration|
MaxDuration
CheckThresholdAndHealth|
OutcomeObservationsSize|TotalCount
CheckThresholdAndHealth|
OutcomeObservationsSize|AvgCount
Total Total length of duration (ms)
Average Average duration (ms)
Minimum Minimum duration (ms)
Maximum Maximum duration (ms)
Total Total
Average Average
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Table 1‑93. Overall Threshold Checking Metrics for the Analytics Service (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
CheckThresholdAndHealth|
OutcomeObservationsSize|MinCount
CheckThresholdAndHealth|
OutcomeObservationsSize|MaxCount
SuperMetricComputation|Count Count Count
SuperMetricComputation|Duration|
TotalDuration
SuperMetricComputation|Duration|
AvgDuration
SuperMetricComputation|Duration|
MinDuration
SuperMetricComputation|Duration|
MaxDuration
SuperMetricComputation|
SuperMetricsCount|TotalCount
SuperMetricComputation|
SuperMetricsCount |AvgCount
SuperMetricComputation|
SuperMetricsCount |MinCount
SuperMetricComputation|
SuperMetricsCount |MaxCount
StoreObservationToFSDB|Count Count Count
StoreObservationToFSDB|Duration|
TotalDuration
StoreObservationToFSDB|Duration|
AvgDuration
StoreObservationToFSDB|Duration|
MinDuration
StoreObservationToFSDB|Duration|
MaxDuration
StoreObservationToFSDB|
StoredObservationsSize|TotalCount
StoreObservationToFSDB|
StoredObservationsSize|AvgCount
StoreObservationToFSDB|
StoredObservationsSize|MinCount
StoreObservationToFSDB|
StoredObservationsSize|MaxCount
UpdateResourceCache|Count Count Count
UpdateResourceCache|Duration|
TotalDuration
UpdateResourceCache|Duration|
AvgDuration
UpdateResourceCache|Duration|
MinDuration
UpdateResourceCache|Duration|
MaxDuration
Minimal Minimal
Maximal Maximal
Total Total length of duration (ms)
Average Average duration (ms)
Minimum Minimum duration (ms)
Maximum Maximum duration (ms)
Total Total
Average Average
Minimal Minimal
Maximal Maximal
Total Total length of duration (ms)
Average Average duration (ms)
Minimum Minimum duration (ms)
Maximum Maximum duration (ms)
Total Total
Average Average
Minimal Minimal
Maximal Maximal
Total Total
Average Average
Minimum Minimum
Maximum Maximum
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Table 1‑93. Overall Threshold Checking Metrics for the Analytics Service (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
UpdateResourceCache|
ModifcationEstimateCount|TotalCount
UpdateResourceCache|
ModifcationEstimateCount|AvgCount
UpdateResourceCache|
ModifcationEstimateCount|MinCount
UpdateResourceCache|
ModifcationEstimateCount|MaxCount
ManageAlerts|Count Count The total number of times the
ManageAlerts|Duration|TotalDuration Total The duration for the alert updates
ManageAlerts|Duration|AvgDuration Average Average
ManageAlerts|Duration|MinDuration Minimum Minimum
ManageAlerts|Duration|MaxDuration Maximum Maximum
UpdateSymptoms|Count Count The total number of times the
UpdateSymptoms|Duration|TotalDuration Total The duration for the check and
UpdateSymptoms|Duration|AvgDuration Average Average
UpdateSymptoms|Duration|MinDuration Minimum Minimum
UpdateSymptoms|Duration|MaxDuration Maximum Maximum
Total The number of estimated
modications done during each
resource cache object update.
Average Average
Minimal Minimal
Maximal Maximal
threshold checking work items
perform alert updates.
operations.
threshold checking work items
check and build symptoms.
build symptoms operation.
Dynamic Threshold Calculation Metrics for the Analytics Service
All metrics keys for the dynamic threshold calculation metrics begin with DtCalculation, as in
DtCalculation|DtDataWrite|WriteOperationCount or DtCalculation|DtAnalyze|AnalyzeOperationCount.
Table 1‑94. Dynamic Threshold Calculation Metrics for the Analytics Service
Metric Key Metric Name Description
DtDataWrite|WriteOperationCount Write operation count Write operation count
DtDataWrite|Duration|TotalDuration Total Total length of duration (ms)
DtDataWrite|Duration|AvgDuration Average Average duration (ms)
DtDataWrite|Duration|MinDuration Minimum Minimum duration (ms)
DtDataWrite|Duration|MaxDuration Maximum Maximum duration (ms)
DtDataWrite|SavedDtObjectCount|
TotalCount
DtDataWrite|SavedDtObjectCount|
AvgCount
DtDataWrite|SavedDtObjectCount|
MinCount
DtDataWrite|SavedDtObjectCount|
MaxCount
Total Total
Average Average
Minimal Minimal
Maximal Maximal
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Table 1‑94. Dynamic Threshold Calculation Metrics for the Analytics Service (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
DtAnalyze|AnalyzeOperationCount Analyze Operation Count Analyze Operation Count
DtAnalyze|Duration|TotalDuration Total Total length of duration (ms)
DtAnalyze|Duration|AvgDuration Average Average duration (ms)
DtAnalyze|Duration|MinDuration Minimum Minimum duration (ms)
DtAnalyze|Duration|MaxDuration Maximum Maximum duration (ms)
DtAnalyze|AnalyzedMetricsCount|
TotalCount
DtAnalyze|AnalyzedMetricsCount|
AvgCount
DtAnalyze|AnalyzedMetricsCount|
MinCount
DtAnalyze|AnalyzedMetricsCount|
MaxCount
DtDataRead|ReadOperationsCount Read Operation Count Read Operation Count
DtDataRead|Duration|TotalDuration Total Total length of duration (ms)
DtDataRead|Duration|AvgDuration Average Average duration (ms)
DtDataRead|Duration|MinDuration Minimum Minimum duration (ms)
DtDataRead|Duration|MaxDuration Maximum Maximum duration (ms)
DtDataRead|ReadDataPointsCount|
TotalCount
DtDataRead|ReadDataPointsCount|
AvgCount
DtDataRead|ReadDataPointsCount|
MinCount
DtDataRead|ReadDataPointsCount|
MaxCount
Total Total
Average Average
Minimal Minimal
Maximal Maximal
Total Total
Average Average
Minimal Minimal
Maximal Maximal
Table 1‑95. Function Call Metrics for the Analytics Service
Metric Key Metric Name Description
FunctionCalls|Count Number of function calls Number of function calls
FunctionCalls|AvgDuration Average execution time Average execution time
FunctionCalls|MaxDuration Max execution time Max execution time
Collector Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for the vRealize Operations Manager Collector service objects.
Table 1‑96. Collector Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
ThreadpoolThreadsCount Number of pool threads Number of pool threads.
RejectedFDCount Number of rejected forward data Number of rejected forward data
RejectedFDAltCount Number of rejected alternative
forward data
SentFDCount Number of sent objects Number of sent objects
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Table 1‑96. Collector Metrics (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
SentFDAltCount Number of alternative sent objects Number of alternative sent objects
CurrentHeapSize Current heap size (MB) Current heap size.
MaxHeapsize Max heap size (MB) Maximum heap size.
CommiedMemory Commied memory (MB) Amount of commied memory.
CPUUsage CPU usage CPU usage.
Threads Threads Number of threads.
UpStatus Up Status Up Status
Controller Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for the vRealize Operations Manager Controller objects.
Table 1‑97. Controller Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
RequestedMetricCount Number of requested metrics Number of requested metrics
ApiCallsCount Number of API calls Number of API calls
NewDiscoveredResourcesCount Number of discovered objects Number of discovered objects
FSDB Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for the vRealize Operations Manager le system database
(FSDB) objects.
Table 1‑98. FSDB Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
StoragePoolElementsCount Number of storage work items Number of storage work items
FsdbState Fsdb state Fsdb state
StoredResourcesCount Number of stored objects Number of stored objects
StoredMetricsCount Number of stored metrics Number of stored metrics
Table 1‑99. Storage Thread Pool Metrics for FSDB
Metric Key Metric Name Description
StoreOperationsCount Store operations count Store operations count
StorageThreadPool|Duration|
TotalDuration
StorageThreadPool|Duration|
AvgDuration
StorageThreadPool|Duration|
MinDuration
StorageThreadPool|Duration|
MaxDuration
StorageThreadPool|SavedMetricsCount|
TotalCount
Total Total number of duration (ms)
Average Average duration (ms)
Minimum Minimum duration (ms)
Maximum Maximum duration (ms)
Total Total
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Table 1‑99. Storage Thread Pool Metrics for FSDB (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
StorageThreadPool|SavedMetricsCount|
AvgCount
StorageThreadPool|SavedMetricsCount|
MinCount
StorageThreadPool|SavedMetricsCount|
MaxCount
Product UI Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for the vRealize Operations Manager product user interface
objects.
Table 1‑100. Product UI Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
ActiveSessionsCount Active sessions Active sessions
CurrentHeapSize Current heap size Current heap size.
MaxHeapsize Max heap size Maximum heap size.
CommiedMemory Commied memory Amount of commied memory.
CPUUsage CPU usage Percent CPU use.
Threads Threads Number of threads.
SessionCount Number of active sessions Number of active sessions
SelfMonitoringQueueSize Self Monitoring queue size Self Monitoring queue size
Average Average
Minimal Minimal
Maximal Maximal
Table 1‑101. API Call Metrics for the Product UI
Metric Key Metric Name Description
APICalls|HTTPRequesterRequestCount HTTPRequester request count HTTPRequester request count
APICalls|
AvgHTTPRequesterRequestTime
APICalls|FailedAuthenticationCount Failed Authentication Count Failed Authentication Count
APICalls|AvgAlertRequestTime Average alert request time Average alert request time (ms)
APICalls|AlertRequestCount Alert request count Alert request count
APICalls|AvgMetricPickerRequestTime Average metric-picker request time Average metric-picker request time
APICalls|MetricPickerRequestCount Metric picker request count Metric picker request count
APICalls|HeatmapRequestCount Heatmap request count Heatmap request count
APICalls|AvgHeatmapRequestTime Average HeatMap request time Average HeatMap request time (ms)
APICalls|MashupChartRequestCount Mashup Chart request count Mashup Chart request count
APICalls|AvgMashupChartRequestTime Average Mashup Chart request
APICalls|TopNRequestCount Top N request count Top N request count
APICalls|AvgTopNRequestTime Average Top N request time Average Top N request time (ms)
HTTPRequester average request
time
time
HTTPRequester average request time
(ms)
(ms)
Average Mashup Chart request time
(ms)
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Table 1‑101. API Call Metrics for the Product UI (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
APICalls|MetricChartRequestCount Metric Chart request count Metric Chart request count
APICalls|AvgMetricChartRequestTime Average MetricChart request time Average MetricChart request time
(ms)
Admin UI Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for the vRealize Operations Manager administration user
interface objects.
Table 1‑102. Admin UI Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
CurrentHeapSize Current heap size Current heap size (MB).
MaxHeapsize Max heap size Maximum heap size (MB).
CommiedMemory Commied memory Amount of commied memory (MB) .
CPUUsage CPU usage CPU usage (%).
Threads Threads Number of threads.
SessionCount Number of active sessions Number of active sessions
SelfMonitoringQueueSize Self Monitoring queue size Self Monitoring queue size
Table 1‑103. API Call Metrics for the Admin UI
Metric Key Metric Name Description
APICalls|HTTPRequesterRequestCount HTTPRequester request count HTTPRequester request count
APICalls|
AvgHTTPRequesterRequestTime
HTTPRequester average request
time
HTTPRequester average request time
(ms)
Suite API Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for the VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite API
objects.
Table 1‑104. Suite API Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
UsersCount Number of users Number of users
ActiveSessionsCount Active sessions Active sessions
GemreClientReconnects Gemre Client Reconnects Gemre Client Reconnects
GemreClientCurrentCalls Gemre Client Total Outstanding Gemre Client Total Outstanding
CurrentHeapSize Current heap size Current heap size (MB) .
MaxHeapsize Max heap size Maximum heap size (MB) .
CommiedMemory Commied memory Amount of commied memory (MB).
CPUUsage CPU usage CPU usage (%) .
CPUProcessTime CPU process time CPU process time (ms)
CPUProcessTimeCapacity CPU process time capacity CPU process time capacity (ms)
Threads Threads Number of threads.
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Table 1‑105. Gemfire Client Call Metrics for the Suite API
Metric Key Metric Name Description
GemreClientCalls|TotalRequests Total Requests Total Requests
GemreClientCalls|AvgResponseTime Average Response Time Average Response Time (ms)
GemreClientCalls|MinResponseTime Minimum Response Time Minimum Response Time (ms)
GemreClientCalls|MaxResponseTime Maximum Response Time Maximum Response Time
GemreClientCalls|RequestsPerSecond Requests per Second Requests per Second
GemreClientCalls|CurrentRequests Current Requests Current Requests
GemreClientCalls|RequestsCount Requests Count Requests Count
GemreClientCalls|ResponsesCount Responses Count Responses Count
Table 1‑106. API Call Metrics for the Suite API
Metric Key Metric Name Description
APICalls|TotalRequests Total Requests Total Requests
APICalls|AvgResponseTime Average Response Time (ms) Average Response Time (ms)
APICalls|MinResponseTime Minimum Response Time (ms) Minimum Response Time (ms)
APICalls|MaxResponseTime Maximum Response Time Maximum Response Time
APICalls|ServerErrorResponseCount Server Error Response Count Server Error Response Count
APICalls|FailedAuthenticationCount Failed Authentication Count Failed Authentication Count
APICalls|FailedAuthorizationCount Failed Authorization Count Failed Authorization Count
APICalls|RequestsPerSecond Requests per Second Requests per Second
APICalls|CurrentRequests Current Requests Current Requests
APICalls|ResponsesPerSecond Responses per Second Responses per Second
APICalls|RequestsCount Requests Count Requests Count
APICalls|ResponsesCount Responses Count Responses Count
Cluster and Slice Administration Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for vRealize Operations Manager Cluster and Slice
Administration (CaSA) objects.
Table 1‑107. Cluster and Slice Administration Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
CurrentHeapSize Current heap size Current heap size (MB).
MaxHeapsize Max heap size Maximum heap size (MB).
CommiedMemory Commied memory Amount of commied memory (MB).
CPUUsage CPU usage CPU usage (%)
Threads Threads Number of threads.
Table 1‑108. API Call Metrics for Cluster and Slice Administration
Metric Key Metric Name Description
API Calls|TotalRequests Total Requests Total Requests
API Calls|AvgResponseTime Average Response Time Average Response Time (ms)
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Table 1‑108. API Call Metrics for Cluster and Slice Administration (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
API Calls|MinResponseTime Minimum Response Time Minimum Response Time (ms)
API Calls|MaxResponseTime Maximum Response Time Maximum Response Time (ms)
API Calls|ServerErrorResponseCount Server Error Response Count Server Error Response Count
API Calls|FailedAuthenticationCount Failed Authentication Count Failed Authentication Count
API Calls|FailedAuthorizationCount Minimum Response Time Minimum Response Time (ms)
Watchdog Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects watchdog metrics to ensure that the vRealize Operations Manager
services are running and responsive.
Watchdog Metrics
The watchdog metric provides the total service count.
Table 1‑109. Watchdog Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
ServiceCount Service Count Service Count
Service Metrics
Service metrics provide information about watchdog activity.
Table 1‑110. Metrics for the vRealize Operations Manager Watchdog Service
Metric Key Metric Name Description
Service|Enabled Enabled Enabled
Service|Restarts Restarts Number of times the process has been
unresponsive and been restarted by
Watchdog.
Service|Starts Starts Number of times the process has been
revived by Watchdog.
Service|Stops Stops Number of times the process has been
stopped by Watchdog.
Node Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for the vRealize Operations Manager node objects.
Metrics can be calculated for node objects. See “Calculated Metrics,” on page 63.
Table 1‑111. Node Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
Component Count Component count The number of vRealize Operations
Manager objects reporting for this
node
PrimaryResourcesCount Number of primary objects Number of primary objects
LocalResourcesCount Number of local objects Number of local objects
PrimaryMetricsCount Number of primary metrics Number of primary metrics
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Table 1‑111. Node Metrics (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
LocalMetricsCount Number of local metrics Number of local metrics
PercentDBStorageAvailable Percent disk available /storage/db Percent disk available /storage/db
PercentLogStorageAvailable Percent disk available /storage/log Percent disk available /storage/log
Table 1‑112. Memory Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|actualFree Actual Free Actual Free
mem|actualUsed Actual Used Actual Used
mem|free Free Free )
mem|used Used Used
mem|total Total Total
mem|demand_gb Estimated memory demand Estimated memory demand
Table 1‑113. Swap Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
swap|total Total Total
swap|free Free Free
swap|used Used Used
swap|pageIn Page in Page in
swap|pageOut Page out Page out
Table 1‑114. Resource Limit Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
resourceLimit|numProcesses Number of processes Number of processes
resourceLimit|openFiles Number of open les Number of open les
resourceLimit|openFilesMax Number of open les maximum
limit
resourceLimit|numProcessesMax Number of processes maximum limit Number of processes maximum
Number of open les maximum
limit
limit
Table 1‑115. Network Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|allInboundTotal All inbound connections All inbound total
net|allOutboundTotal All outbound connections All outbound total
net|tcpBound TCP bound TCP bound
net|tcpClose TCP state CLOSE Number of connections in TCP
CLOSE
net|tcpCloseWait TCP state CLOSE WAIT Number of connections in TCP
state CLOSE WAIT
net|tcpClosing TCP state CLOSING Number of connections in TCP
state CLOSING
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Table 1‑115. Network Metrics for the Node (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|tcpEstablished TCP state ESTABLISHED Number of connections in TCP
state ESTABLISHED
net|tcpIdle TCP state IDLE Number of connections in TCP
state IDLE
net|tcpInboundTotal TCP inbound connections TCP inbound connections
net|tcpOutboundTotal TCP outbound connections TCP outbound connections
net|tcpLastAck TCP state LAST ACK Number of connections in TCP
state LAST ACK
net|tcpListen TCP state LISTEN Number of connections in TCP
state LISTEN
net|tcpSynRecv TCP state SYN RCVD Number of connections in TCP
state SYN RCVD
net|tcpSynSent TCP state SYN_SENT Number of connections in TCP
state SYN_SENT
net|tcpTimeWait TCP state TIME WAIT Number of connections in TCP
state TIME WAIT
Table 1‑116. Network Interface Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|iface|speed Speed Speed (bits/sec)
net|iface|rxPackets Receive packets Number of received packets
net|iface|rxBytes Receive bytes Number of received bytes
net|iface|rxDropped Receive packet drops Number of received packets
dropped
net|iface|rxFrame Receive packets frame Number of receive packets frame
net|iface|rxOverruns Receive packets overruns Number of receive packets
overrun
net|iface|txPackets Transmit packets Number of transmit packets
net|iface|txBytes Transmit bytes Number of transmit bytes
net|iface|txDropped Transmit packet drops Number of transmit packets
dropped
net|iface|txCarrier Transmit carrier Transmit carrier
net|iface|txCollisions Transmit packet collisions Number of transmit collisions
net|iface|txErrors Transmit packet errors Number of transmit errors
net|iface|txOverruns Transmit packet overruns Number of transmit overruns
Table 1‑117. Disk Filesystem Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|leSystem|total Total Total
disk|leSystem|available Available Available
disk|leSystem|used Used Used
disk|leSystem|les Total le nodes Total le nodes
disk|leSystem|lesFree Total free le nodes Total free le nodes
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Table 1‑117. Disk Filesystem Metrics for the Node (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|leSystem|queue Disk queue Disk queue
disk|leSystem|readBytes Read bytes Number of bytes read
disk|leSystem|writeBytes Write bytes Number of bytes wrien
disk|leSystem|reads Reads Number of reads
disk|leSystem|writes Writes Number of writes
Table 1‑118. Disk Installation Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|installation|used Used Used
disk|installation|total Total Total
disk|installation|available Available Available
Table 1‑119. Disk Database Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|db|used Used Used
disk|db|total Total Total
disk|db|available Available Available
Table 1‑120. Disk Log Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|log|used Used Used
disk|log|total Total Total
disk|log|available Available Available
Table 1‑121. CPU Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|combined Combined load Combined load (User + Sys + Nice
+ Wait)
cpu|idle Idle Idle time fraction of total
available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|irq Irq Interrupt time fraction of total
available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|nice Nice Nice time fraction of total
available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|softIrq Soft Irq Soft interrupt time fraction of
total available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|stolen Stolen Stolen time fraction of total
available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|sys Sys Sys time fraction of total available
cpu (cpu load)
cpu|user User (cpu load) User time fraction of total
available cpu (cpu load)
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Table 1‑121. CPU Metrics for the Node (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|wait Wait (cpu load) Wait time fraction of total
available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|total Total available for a cpu Total available for a cpu
cpu|allCpuCombined Total combined load for all cpus Total combined load for all cpus
(cpu load)
cpu|allCpuTotal_ghz Available Available
cpu|allCpuCombined_ghz Used Used
cpu|allCpuCombined_percent CPU usage CPU usage (%)
Table 1‑122. Device Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
device|iops Reads/Writes per second Average number of read/write
commands issued per second
during the collection interval.
device|await Average transaction time Average transaction time
(milliseconds).
device|iops_readMaxObserved Maximum observed reads per
second
device|iops_writeMaxObserved Maximum observed writes per
second
Maximum observed reads per
second.
Maximum observed writes per
second.
Table 1‑123. Service Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
service|proc|fdUsage Total number of open le descriptors Total number of open le
descriptors.
Table 1‑124. NTP Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
ntp|serverCount Congured server count Congured server count
ntp|unreachableCount Unreachable server count Unreachable server count
ntp|unreachable Unreachable Is the NTP server unreachable.
Value of 0 is reachable, 1 means
the server was not reached or
didn't respond.
Table 1‑125. Heap Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
heap|CurrentHeapSize Current heap size Current heap size
heap|MaxHeapSize Max heap size Max heap size
heap|CommiedMemory Commied Memory Commied Memory
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Cluster Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for the vRealize Operations Manager cluster objects including
dynamic threshold calculation metrics and capacity computation metrics.
Metrics can be calculated for cluster objects. See “Calculated Metrics,” on page 63.
Cluster Metrics
Cluster metrics provide host, resource, and metric counts on the cluster.
Table 1‑126. Cluster Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
HostCount Number of Nodes in Cluster Number of Nodes in Cluster
PrimaryResourcesCount Number of primary resources Number of primary resources
LocalResourcesCount Number of local resources Number of local resources
PrimaryMetricsCount Number of primary metrics Number of primary metrics
ReceivedResourceCount Number of received resources Number of received resources
ReceivedMetricCount Number of received metrics Number of received metrics
DT Metrics
DT metrics are dynamic threshold metrics for the cluster. Non-zero values appear only if metric collection
occurs while the dynamic threshold calculations are running.
Table 1‑127. DT Metrics for the Cluster
Metric Key Metric Name Description
dt|isRunning Running Running
dt|dtRunTime Running duration Running duration (ms)
dt|StartTime Running start time Running start time
dt|percentage Percent Percent (%)
dt|executorCount Executor Node Count Executor Node Count
dt|resourceCount Resource Count Resource Count
dt|fsdbReadTime FSDB Read Time FSDB Read Time (ms)
dt|dtObjectSaveTime DT Object Save Time DT Object Save Time (ms)
dt|dtHistorySaveTime DT History Save Time DT History Save Time (ms)
dt|executor|resourceCount Resource Count Resource Count
Capacity Computation (CC) Metrics
CC metrics are capacity computation metrics for the cluster. Non-zero values appear only if metric collection
occurs while the capacity computation calculations are running.
Table 1‑128. CC Metrics for the Cluster
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cc|isRunning Running Running
cc|runTime Total Run Time Total Run Time
cc|startTime Start time Start time
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Table 1‑128. CC Metrics for the Cluster (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cc|nishTime Finish Time Finish Time
cc|totalResourcesToProcess Total Objects Count Total Objects Count
cc|progress Progress Progress
cc|phase1TimeTaken Phase 1 Computation Time Phase 1 Computation Time
cc|phase2TimeTaken Phase 2 Computation Time Phase 2 Computation Time
Gemfire Cluster Metrics
Gemre metrics provide information about the Gemre cluster.
Table 1‑129. Gemfire cluster Metrics for the Cluster
Metric Key Metric Name Description
GemreCluster|System|AvgReads Average reads per second The average number of reads per
second for all members
GemreCluster|System|AvgWrites Average writes per second The average number of writes per
second for all members
GemreCluster|System|DiskReadsRate Disk reads rate The average number of disk reads per
second across all distributed members
GemreCluster|System|DiskWritesRate Disk writes rate The average number of disk writes
per second across all distributed
members
GemreCluster|System|
GarbageCollectionCount
GemreCluster|System|
GarbageCollectionCountDelta
GemreCluster|System|JVMPauses JVM pause count The number of detected JVM pauses
GemreCluster|System|JVMPausesDelta New JVM pause count The number of new detected JVM
GemreCluster|System|
DiskFlushAvgLatency
GemreCluster|System|
NumRunningFunctions
GemreCluster|System|NumClients Number of clients The number of connected clients
GemreCluster|System|TotalHitCount Total hit count Total number of cache hits for all
GemreCluster|System|
TotalHitCountDelta
GemreCluster|System|TotalMissCount Total miss count The total number of cache misses for
GemreCluster|System|
TotalMissCountDelta
GemreCluster|System|Member|
FreeSwapSpace
GemreCluster|System|Member|
TotalSwapSpace
Total garbage collection count The total garbage collection count for
all members
New garbage collection count The new garbage collection count for
all members
pauses
Disk ush average latency Disk ush average latency (msec)
Number of running functions The number of map-reduce jobs
currently running on all members in
the distributed system
regions
New hit count Number of new cache hits for all
regions
all regions
New miss count Number of new cache misses for all
regions
Swap space free Swap space free (MB)
Swap space total Swap space total (MB)
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Table 1‑129. Gemfire cluster Metrics for the Cluster (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
GemreCluster|System|Member|
CommiedVirtualMemorySize
GemreCluster|System|Member|
SystemLoadAverage
GemreCluster|System|Member|
FreePhysicalMemory
GemreCluster|System|Member|
TotalPhysicalMemory
GemreCluster|System|Member|
CacheListenerCallsAvgLatency
GemreCluster|System|Member|
CacheWriterCallsAvgLatency
GemreCluster|System|Member|
DeserializationAvgLatency
GemreCluster|System|Member|
FunctionExecutionRate
GemreCluster|System|Member|
JVMPauses
GemreCluster|System|Member|
NumRunningFunctions
GemreCluster|System|Member|
PutsRate
GemreCluster|System|Member|
GetsRate
GemreCluster|System|Member|
GetsAvgLatency
GemreCluster|System|Member|
PutsAvgLatency
GemreCluster|System|Member|
SerializationAvgLatency
GemreCluster|System|Member|Disk|
DiskFlushAvgLatency
GemreCluster|System|Member|Disk|
DiskReadsRate
GemreCluster|System|Member|Disk|
DiskWritesRate
GemreCluster|System|Member|
Network|BytesReceivedRate
GemreCluster|System|Member|
Network|BytesSentRate
GemreCluster|System|Member|JVM|
GCTimeMillis
GemreCluster|System|Member|JVM|
GCTimeMillisDelta
GemreCluster|System|Member|JVM|
TotalThreads
GemreCluster|System|Member|JVM|
CommitedMemory
Commied virtual memory size Commied virtual memory size (MB)
System load average System load average
Free physical memory Free physical memory (MB)
Total physical memory Total physical memory (MB)
Average cache listener calls latency Average cache listener calls latency
(msec)
Average cache writer calls latency Average cache writer calls latency
(msec)
Average deserialization latency Average deserialization latency
(msec)
Function executions per second Function executions per second
Number of JVM pauses Number of JVM pauses
Number of running functions Number of running functions
Puts per second Puts per second
Gets per second Gets per second
Average gets latency Average gets latency (msec)
Average puts latency Average puts latency (msec)
Average serialization latency Average serialization latency (msec)
Flush average latency Flush average latency (msec)
Average reads per second Average reads per second
Average writes per second Average writes per second
Average received bytes per second Average received bytes per second
Average sent bytes per second Average sent bytes per second
Garbage Collection time Total amount of time spent on
garbage collection
New Garbage Collection time New amount of time spent on
garbage collection
Total threads Total threads
Commied Memory Commied Memory (MB)
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Table 1‑129. Gemfire cluster Metrics for the Cluster (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
GemreCluster|System|Member|JVM|
MaxMemory
GemreCluster|System|Member|JVM|
UsedMemory
GemreCluster|Region|
SystemRegionEntryCount
GemreCluster|Region|DestroyRate Destroys per second Destroys per second
GemreCluster|Region|CreatesRate Creates per second Creates per second
GemreCluster|Region|GetsRate Gets per second Gets per second
GemreCluster|Region|BucketCount Bucket count Bucket count
GemreCluster|Region|AvgBucketSize Average number of entries per
GemreCluster|Region|Member|
ActualRedundancy
GemreCluster|Region|Member|
BucketCount
GemreCluster|Region|Member|
AvgBucketSize
GemreCluster|Region|Member|
CreatesRate
GemreCluster|Region|Member|
GetsRate
GemreCluster|Region|Member|
DestroyRate
GemreCluster|Region|Member|
MissCount
GemreCluster|Region|Member|
MissCountDelta
GemreCluster|Region|Member|
HitCount
GemreCluster|Region|Member|
HitCountDelta
Max Memory Max Memory (MB)
Used Memory Used Memory (MB)
Entry Count Entry Count
Average number of entries per bucket
bucket
Actual redundancy Actual redundancy
Bucket count Bucket count
Average number of entries per
bucket
Creates per second Creates per second
Gets per second Gets per second
Destroys per second Destroys per second
Number of misses count Number of cache misses
Number of new cache misses Number of new cache misses
Number of hits count Number of cache hits
Number of new cache hits Number of new cache hits
Average number of entries per bucket
Threshold Checking Metrics
Threshold checking metrics check the processed and computed metrics for the cluster.
Table 1‑130. Threshold Checking Metrics for the Cluster
Metric Key Metric Name Description
ThresholdChecking|ProcessedMetricCount Number of processed metrics Number of processed metrics
ThresholdChecking|ProcessedMetricRate Received metric processing rate (per
second)
ThresholdChecking|ComputedMetricCount Number of computed metrics Number of computed metrics
ThresholdChecking|ComputedMetricRate Computed metric processing rate
(per second)
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(per second)
Computed metric processing rate
(per second)
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Memory Metrics
Memory metrics provide memory CPU use information for the cluster.
Table 1‑131. Memory Metrics for the Cluster
Metric Key Metric Name Description
Memory|AvgFreePhysicalMemory Average free physical memory Average free physical memory
Memory|TotalFreePhysicalMemory Free physical memory Free physical memory (GB)
Memory|TotalMemory Total Available Memory Total Available Memory (GB)
Memory|TotalUsedMemory Actual Used Memory Actual Used Memory (GB)
Memory|TotalDemandMemory Memory Demand Memory Demand (GB)
Elastic Memory Metrics
Elastic memory metrics provide reclaimable memory CPU use information for the cluster.
Table 1‑132. Memory Metrics for the Cluster
Metric Key Metric Name Description
ElasticMemory|TotalMemory Total Available Memory Total Available Memory (GB)
ElasticMemory|TotalUsedMemory Actual Used Memory Actual Used Memory (GB)
ElasticMemory|TotalDemandMemory Memory Demand Memory Demand (GB)
(GB)
CPU Metrics
CPU metrics provide CPU information for the cluster.
Table 1‑133. CPU Metrics for the Cluster
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|TotalCombinedUsage CPU Load CPU Load
cpu|TotalAvailable CPU Available CPU Available
cpu|TotalAvailable_ghz Available Available (GHz)
cpu|TotalUsage_ghz Used Used (GHz)
cpu|TotalUsage CPU usage CPU usage (%)
Disk Metrics
Disk metrics provide available disk information for the cluster.
Table 1‑134. Disk Metrics for the Cluster
Metric Key Metric Name Description
Disk|DatabaseStorage|AvgAvailable Average node disk available Average node disk available
Disk|DatabaseStorage|MinAvailable Minimum node disk available Minimum node disk available
Disk|DatabaseStorage|MaxAvailable Maximum node disk available Maximum node disk available
Disk|DatabaseStorage|TotalAvailable Available Available
Disk|DatabaseStorage|Total Total Total
Disk|DatabaseStorage|TotalUsed Used Used
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Table 1‑134. Disk Metrics for the Cluster (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
Disk|LogStorage|AvgAvailable Average node disk available Average node disk available
Disk|LogStorage|MinAvailable Minimum node disk available Minimum node disk available
Disk|LogStorage|MaxAvailable Maximum node disk available Maximum node disk available
Disk|LogStorage|TotalAvailable Available Available
Disk|LogStorage|Total Total Total
Disk|LogStorage|TotalUsed Used Used
Persistence Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for various persistence resources or service groups.
Activity Metrics
Activity metrics relate to the activity framework.
Table 1‑135. Activity Metrics for Persistence
Metric Key Metric Name Description
Activity|RunningCount Number Running Number Running
Activity|ExecutedCount Number Executed Number Executed
Activity|SucceededCount Number Succeeded Number Succeeded
Activity|FailedCount Number Failed Number Failed
Controller XDB Metrics
Controller metrics relate to the master database.
Table 1‑136. Controller XDB Metrics for Persistence
Metric Key Metric Name Description
ControllerXDB|Size Size Size (Bytes)
ControllerXDB|TempDBSize Temporary DB Size Temporary DB Size (Bytes)
ControllerXDB|TotalObjectCount Total Object Count Total Object Count
ControllerXDB|AvgQueryDuration Average Query Duration Average Query Duration (ms)
ControllerXDB|MinQueryDuration Minimum Query Duration Minimum Query Duration (ms)
ControllerXDB|MaxQueryDuration Maximum Query Duration Maximum Query Duration (ms)
ControllerXDB|TotalTransactionCount Total Transaction Count Total Transaction Count
ControllerXDB|LockOperationErrorCount Lock Operation Error Count Lock Operation Error Count
ControllerXDB|DBCorruptionErrorCount DB Corruption Error Count DB Corruption Error Count
ControllerXDB|
DBMaxSessionExceededCount
ControllerXDB|NumberWaitingForSession Number of operations waiting for a
ControllerXDB|AvgWaitForSessionDuration Average acquisition time from
ControllerXDB|MinWaitForSessionDuration Minimum acquisition time from
DB Maximum Sessions Exceeded
Count
session
session pool
session pool
DB Maximum Sessions Exceeded
Count
Number of operations waiting for
a session from the session pool
Average acquisition time from
session pool
Minimum acquisition time from
session pool
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Table 1‑136. Controller XDB Metrics for Persistence (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
ControllerXDB|MaxWaitForSessionDuration Maximum acquisition time from
ControllerXDB|TotalGetSessionCount Total requests for a session from the
ControllerXDB|MaxActiveSessionCount Maximum Concurrent Session Count Maximum concurrent session
Alarm SQL Metrics
Alarm metrics relate to the persistence of alerts and symptoms.
Table 1‑137. Alarm XDB Metrics for Persistence
Metric Key Metric Name Description
AlarmSQL|Size Size (Bytes) Size (Bytes)
AlarmSQL|AvgQueryDuration Average Query Duration (ms) Average Query Duration (ms)
AlarmSQL|MinQueryDuration Minimum Query Duration (ms) Minimum Query Duration (ms)
AlarmSQL|MaxQueryDuration Maximum Query Duration (ms) Maximum Query Duration (ms)
AlarmSQL|TotalTransactionCount Total Transaction Count Total Transaction Count
AlarmSQL|TotalAlarms Alarm Total Object Count Alarm Total Object Count
AlarmSQL|TotalAlerts Alert Total Object Count Alert Total Object Count
AlarmSQL|AlertTableSize Alert Table Size Alert Table Size
AlarmSQL|AlarmTableSize Alarm Table Size Alarm Table Size
session pool
session pool
Maximum acquisition time from
session pool
Total requests for a session from
the session pool
count during the past collection
interval.
Key Value Store Database (KVDB)
KVDB metrics relate to the persistence of storing key-value data.
Metric Key Metric Name Description
KVDB|AvgQueryDuration Average Query Duration Average Query Duration
KVDB|MinQueryDuration Minimum Query Duration Minimum Query Duration
KVDB|MaxQueryDuration Maximum Query Duration Maximum Query Duration
KVDB|TotalTransactionCount Total Transaction Count Total Transaction Count
Historical Inventory Service XDB Metrics
Historical inventory service metrics relate to the persistence of conguration properties and their changes.
Table 1‑138. Historical XDB Metrics for Persistence
Metric Key Metric Name Description
HisXDB|FunctionCalls|Count HisXDB|
FunctionCalls
HisXDB|FunctionCalls|AvgDuration Average execution time Average execution time
HisXDB|FunctionCalls|MaxDuration Max execution time Max execution time
HisXDB|Size Size Size (Bytes)
Number of Function calls Number of Function calls
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Table 1‑138. Historical XDB Metrics for Persistence (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
HisXDB|TempDBSize Temporary DB Size Temporary DB Size (Bytes)
HisXDB|TotalObjectCount Total Object Count Total Object Count
HisXDB|AvgQueryDuration Average Query Duration Average Query Duration (ms)
HisXDB|MinQueryDuration Minimum Query Duration Minimum Query Duration (ms)
HisXDB|MaxQueryDuration Maximum Query Duration Maximum Query Duration (ms)
HisXDB|TotalTransactionCount Total Transaction Count Total Transaction Count
HisXDB|LockOperationErrorCount Lock Operation Error Count Lock Operation Error Count
HisXDB|DBCorruptionErrorCount DB Corruption Error Count DB Corruption Error Count
HisXDB|DBMaxSessionExceededCount DB Maximum Sessions Exceeded
Count
HisXDB|NumberWaitingForSession Number of operations waiting for a
session
HisXDB|AvgWaitForSessionDuration Average acquisition time from
session pool
HisXDB|MinWaitForSessionDuration Minimum acquisition time from
session pool
HisXDB|MaxWaitForSessionDuration Maximum acquisition time from
session pool
HisXDB|TotalGetSessionCount Total requests for a session from the
session pool
HisXDB|HisActivitySubmissionCount HIS activity submission count Number of Historical Inventory
HisXDB|HisActivityCompletionCount HIS activity completion count Number of Historical Inventory
HisXDB|HisActivityCompletionDelayAvg HIS activity average completion
delay
HisXDB|HisActivityCompletionDelayMax HIS activity maximum completion
delay
HisXDB|HisActivityAbortedCount HIS activity abort count Number of Historical Inventory
DB Maximum Sessions Exceeded
Count
Number of operations waiting for
a session from the session pool
Average acquisition time from
session pool
Minimum acquisition time from
session pool
Maximum acquisition time from
session pool
Total requests for a session from
the session pool
Service activities submied
Service activities completed
The average amount of time from
activity submission to completion
The maximum amount of time
from activity submission to
completion
Service activities aborted
Remote Collector Metrics
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for the vRealize Operations Manager remote collector node
objects.
Table 1‑139. Remote Collector Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
ComponentCount Component Count The number of vRealize Operations
Manager Objects reporting for this
node.
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Table 1‑140. Memory Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|actualFree Actual Free Actual Free
mem|actualUsed Actual Used Actual Used
mem|free Free Free )
mem|used Used Used
mem|total Total Total
mem|demand_gb Estimated memory demand Estimated memory demand
Table 1‑141. Swap Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
swap|total Total Total
swap|free Free Free
swap|used Used Used
swap|pageIn Page in Page in
swap|pageOut Page out Page out
Table 1‑142. Resource limit Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
resourceLimit|numProcesses Number of processes Number of processes
resourceLimit|openFiles Number of open les Number of open les
resourceLimit|openFilesMax Number of open les maximum
limit
resourceLimit|numProcessesMax Number of processes maximum limit Number of processes maximum
Number of open les maximum
limit
limit
Table 1‑143. Network Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|allInboundTotal All inbound connections All inbound total
net|allOutboundTotal All outbound connections All outbound total
net|tcpBound TCP bound TCP bound
net|tcpClose TCP state CLOSE Number of connections in TCP
CLOSE
net|tcpCloseWait TCP state CLOSE WAIT Number of connections in TCP
state CLOSE WAIT
net|tcpClosing TCP state CLOSING Number of connections in TCP
state CLOSING
net|tcpEstablished TCP state ESTABLISHED Number of connections in TCP
state ESTABLISHED
net|tcpIdle TCP state IDLE Number of connections in TCP
state IDLE
net|tcpInboundTotal TCP inbound connections TCP inbound connections
net|tcpOutboundTotal TCP outbound connections TCP outbound connections
net|tcpLastAck TCP state LAST ACK Number of connections in TCP
state LAST ACK
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Table 1‑143. Network Metrics for the Remote Collector (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|tcpListen TCP state LISTEN Number of connections in TCP
state LISTEN
net|tcpSynRecv TCP state SYN RCVD Number of connections in TCP
state SYN RCVD
net|tcpSynSent TCP state SYN_SENT Number of connections in TCP
state SYN_SENT
net|tcpTimeWait TCP state TIME WAIT Number of connections in TCP
state TIME WAIT
Table 1‑144. Network Interface Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|iface|speed Speed Speed (bits/sec)
net|iface|rxPackets Receive packets Number of received packets
net|iface|rxBytes Receive bytes Number of received bytes
net|iface|rxDropped Receive packet drops Number of received packets
dropped
net|iface|rxFrame Receive packets frame Number of receive packets frame
net|iface|rxOverruns Receive packets overruns Number of receive packets
overrun
net|iface|txPackets Transmit packets Number of transmit packets
net|iface|txBytes Transmit bytes Number of transmit bytes
net|iface|txDropped Transmit packet drops Number of transmit packets
dropped
net|iface|txCarrier Transmit carrier Transmit carrier
net|iface|txCollisions Transmit packet collisions Number of transmit collisions
net|iface|txErrors Transmit packet errors Number of transmit errors
net|iface|txOverruns Transmit packet overruns Number of transmit overruns
Table 1‑145. Disk Filesystem Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|leSystem|total Total Total
disk|leSystem|available Available Available
disk|leSystem|used Used Used
disk|leSystem|les Total le nodes Total number of le nodes
disk|leSystem|lesFree Total free le nodes Total free le nodes
disk|leSystem|queue Disk queue Disk queue
disk|leSystem|readBytes Read bytes Number of bytes read
disk|leSystem|writeBytes Write bytes Number of bytes wrien
disk|leSystem|reads Reads Number of reads
disk|leSystem|writes Writes Number of writes
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Table 1‑146. Disk Installation Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|installation|used Used Used
disk|installation|total Total Total
disk|installation|available Available Available
Table 1‑147. Disk Database Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|db|used Used Used
disk|db|total Total Total
disk|db|available Available Available
Table 1‑148. Disk Log Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|log|used Used Used
disk|log|total Total Total
disk|log|available Available Available
Table 1‑149. CPU Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|combined Combined load Combined load (User + Sys + Nice
+ Wait)
cpu|idle Idle Idle time fraction of total
available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|irq Irq Interrupt time fraction of total
available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|nice Nice Nice time fraction of total
available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|softIrq Soft Irq Soft interrupt time fraction of
total available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|stolen Stolen Stolen time fraction of total
available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|sys Sys Sys time fraction of total available
cpu (cpu load)
cpu|user User User time fraction of total
available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|wait Wait Wait time fraction of total
available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|total Total available for a cpu Total available for a cpu
cpu|allCpuCombined Total combined load for all cpus Total combined load for all cpus
(cpu load)
cpu|allCpuTotal_ghz Available Available
cpu|allCpuCombined_ghz Used Used
cpu|allCpuCombined_percent CPU usage CPU usage (%)
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Table 1‑150. Device Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
device|iops Reads/writes per second Average number of read/write
commands issued per second
during the collection interval
device|await Average transaction time Average transaction time
(milliseconds)
Table 1‑151. Service Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
service|proc|fdUsage Total number of open le descriptors Total number of open le
descriptors (Linux). Total number
of open handles (Windows)
Table 1‑152. NTP Metrics for the Remote Collector
Metric Key Metric Name Description
ntp|serverCount Congured server count Congured server count
ntp|unreachableCount Unreachable server count Unreachable server count
ntp|unreachable Unreachable Is the NTP server unreachable.
Value of 0 is reachable, 1 means
the server was not reached or
didn't respond.
Metrics for the Operating Systems and Remote Service Monitoring Plug-ins in Endpoint Operations Management
vRealize Operations Manager collects metrics for the object types in the Operating Systems and Remote
Service Monitoring plug-ins.
Due to rounding in metric time calculation, there can be situations in which the Resource Availability metric
is rounded up. Rounding up the metric appears as gaps in the metrics reported by the Endpoint Operations
Management agent. However, the metrics are fully reported.
Operating Systems Plug-in Metrics
The Operating Systems plug-in collects metrics for object types such Linux, AIX, Solaris, and Windows. The
Operating Systems plug-in also collects metrics for Windows services, Script services, and Multiprocess
services.
AIX Metrics
The Operating Systems Plug-in discovers the metrics for the AIX object type. AIX 6.1 and 7.1 are supported.
Table 1‑153. AIX metrics
Name Category KPI
Resource Availability AVAILABILITY True
System Uptime AVAILABILITY True
File System Reads/Writes THROUGHPUT False
File System Reads/Writes per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Passive Opens THROUGHPUT False
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Table 1‑153. AIX metrics (Continued)
Name Category KPI
Tcp Out Segs per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Aempt Fails THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Estab Resets per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Retrans Segs THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Out Segs THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Estab Resets THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Active Opens THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Curr Estab THROUGHPUT False
Tcp In Errs THROUGHPUT False
Tcp In Errs per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Active Opens per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Out Rsts per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Out Rsts THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Aempt Fails per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Passive Opens per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp In Segs per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp In Segs THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Retrans Segs per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Cpu Wait Time UTILIZATION False
Cpu Idle UTILIZATION False
Cpu Idle Time UTILIZATION False
Cpu Idle Time per Minute UTILIZATION False
Cpu Wait Time per Minute UTILIZATION False
Cpu Usage UTILIZATION True
Cpu Wait UTILIZATION False
Cpu Nice UTILIZATION False
Free Memory UTILIZATION False
Load Average 15 Minutes UTILIZATION False
Load Average 5 Minutes UTILIZATION False
Load Average 1 Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Write per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Readlink per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Readdirplus per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Commit per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Access UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Access per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Rename per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Fsstat per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Create per Minute UTILIZATION False
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Table 1‑153. AIX metrics (Continued)
Name Category KPI
Nfs Server V3 Mkdir per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Mknod UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Read per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Fsstat UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Link UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Write UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Lookup per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Link per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Rmdir per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Mkdir UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Remove per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Symlink UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Symlink per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Remove UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Null UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Readdirplus UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Readdir UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Getar per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Read UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Lookup UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Pathconf UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Readlink UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Pathconf per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Mknod per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Setar per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Setar UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Create UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Fsinfo per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Fsinfo UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Getar UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Rmdir UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Readdir per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Rename UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Commit UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Null per Minute UTILIZATION False
Number of CPUs UTILIZATION False
Page Major faults UTILIZATION False
Percent Used Memory UTILIZATION True
Page Major faults per Second UTILIZATION False
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Table 1‑153. AIX metrics (Continued)
Name Category KPI
Page Faults per Second UTILIZATION False
Page Faults UTILIZATION False
Percent Used Swap UTILIZATION True
Percent Free Swap UTILIZATION False
Percent Free Memory UTILIZATION False
Running Processes UTILIZATION False
Sleeping Processes UTILIZATION False
Stopped Processes UTILIZATION False
System Cpu Time per Minute UTILIZATION False
System Cpu UTILIZATION False
System Cpu Time UTILIZATION False
Swap Used UTILIZATION False
Swap Pages In UTILIZATION False
Swap Pages In per Minute UTILIZATION False
Swap Total UTILIZATION False
Swap Free UTILIZATION False
Swap Pages Out UTILIZATION False
Swap Pages Out per Minute UTILIZATION False
Total disk capacity UTILIZATION False
Total Processes UTILIZATION False
Total Memory UTILIZATION False
Total disk usage UTILIZATION False
User Cpu Time UTILIZATION False
User Cpu UTILIZATION False
User Cpu Time per Minute UTILIZATION False
Used Memory UTILIZATION False
Zombie Processes UTILIZATION False
Linux Metrics
The Operating Systems Plug-in discovers the metrics for the Linux object type.
Table 1‑154. Linux Metrics
Name Category KPI
Resource Availability AVAILABILITY True
System Uptime AVAILABILITY False
File System Reads/Writes THROUGHPUT False
File System Reads/Writes per
Minute
Tcp Aempt Fails THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State Established THROUGHPUT False
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Name Category KPI
Tcp Estab Resets per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Retrans Segs THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State LISTEN THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State CLOSING THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State SYN_SENT THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State TIME_WAIT THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State SYN_RECV THROUGHPUT False
Tcp In Errs per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Out Segs per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Passive Opens per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Out Segs THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Estab Resets THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Active Opens THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Outbound Connections THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Curr Estab THROUGHPUT False
Tcp In Errs THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Inbound Connections THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Active Opens per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Out Rsts per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp In Segs THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Retrans Segs per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Passive Opens THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Out Rsts THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State FIN_WAIT1 THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State FIN_WAIT2 THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State CLOSE_WAIT THROUGHPUT False
Tcp In Segs per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State CLOSE THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State LAST_ACK THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Aempt Fails per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Cpu Stolen UTILIZATION False
Cpu Wait Time UTILIZATION False
Cpu Irq Time per Minute UTILIZATION False
Cpu SoftIrq Time UTILIZATION False
Cpu Stolen Time per Minute UTILIZATION False
Cpu Stolen Time UTILIZATION False
Cpu Idle Time UTILIZATION False
Cpu Irq UTILIZATION False
Cpu SoftIrq Time per Minute UTILIZATION False
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Name Category KPI
Cpu Idle Time per Minute UTILIZATION False
Cpu Wait Time per Minute UTILIZATION False
Cpu Irq Time UTILIZATION False
Cpu SoftIrq UTILIZATION False
Cpu Idle UTILIZATION False
Cpu Usage UTILIZATION True
Cpu Wait UTILIZATION False
Cpu Nice UTILIZATION False
Free Memory UTILIZATION False
Free Memory (+ buers/cache) UTILIZATION False
Load Average 15 Minutes UTILIZATION False
Load Average 5 Minutes UTILIZATION False
Load Average 1 Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Readlink per
Minute
Nfs Server V3 Readdirplus per
Minute
Nfs Server V3 Commit per
Minute
Nfs Server V3 Access UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Access per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Remove UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Rename per
Minute
Nfs Server V3 Fsstat per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Create per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Mkdir per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Mknod UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Read per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Fsstat UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Link UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Write UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Remove per
Minute
Nfs Server V3 Lookup per
Minute
Nfs Server V3 Link per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Rmdir per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Mkdir UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Mknod per
Minute
UTILIZATION False
UTILIZATION False
UTILIZATION False
UTILIZATION False
UTILIZATION False
UTILIZATION False
UTILIZATION False
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Name Category KPI
Nfs Server V3 Getar per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Null UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Readdirplus UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Lookup UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Pathconf UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Readlink UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Write per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Readdir UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Setar per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Setar UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Read UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Pathconf per
Minute
Nfs Server V3 Symlink per
Minute
Nfs Server V3 Fsinfo per Minute UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Fsinfo UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Getar UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Rmdir UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Readdir per
Minute
Nfs Server V3 Create UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Rename UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Commit UTILIZATION False
Nfs Server V3 Null per Minute UTILIZATION False
Number of CPUs UTILIZATION False
Page Major faults UTILIZATION False
Page Major faults per Second UTILIZATION False
Page Faults per Second UTILIZATION False
Percent Free Swap UTILIZATION False
Percent Free Memory UTILIZATION False
Percent Used Memory UTILIZATION True
Percent Used Swap UTILIZATION True
Page Faults UTILIZATION False
Running Processes UTILIZATION False
Sleeping Processes UTILIZATION False
Stopped Processes UTILIZATION False
Swap Pages Out per Minute UTILIZATION False
Swap Pages In per Minute UTILIZATION False
Swap Free UTILIZATION False
UTILIZATION False
UTILIZATION False
UTILIZATION False
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Name Category KPI
Swap Pages Out UTILIZATION False
Swap Used UTILIZATION False
Swap Total UTILIZATION False
Swap Pages In UTILIZATION False
System Cpu UTILIZATION False
System Cpu Time per Minute UTILIZATION False
System Cpu Time UTILIZATION False
Total disk capacity UTILIZATION False
Total Processes UTILIZATION False
Total Memory UTILIZATION False
Total disk usage UTILIZATION False
User Cpu Time UTILIZATION False
Used Memory (- buers/cache) UTILIZATION False
User Cpu UTILIZATION False
User Cpu Time per Minute UTILIZATION False
Used Memory UTILIZATION False
Zombie Processes UTILIZATION False
Solaris Metrics
The Operating Systems Plug-in discovers the metrics for the Solaris object type. Solaris x86 and SPARC are
supported.
Table 1‑155. Solaris Metrics
Name Category KPI
Resource Availability AVAILABILITY True
System Uptime AVAILABILITY False
File System Reads/Writes THROUGHPUT False
File System Reads/Writes per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Aempt Fails THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State Established THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Estab Resets per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Retrans Segs THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State LISTEN THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State CLOSING THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State SYN_SENT THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State TIME_WAIT THROUGHPUT False
Tcp State SYN_RECV THROUGHPUT False
Tcp In Errs per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Out Segs per Minute THROUGHPUT False
Tcp Passive Opens per Minute THROUGHPUT False
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