Reference Guide

Table 3. BaseMetricDefinition (continued)
Property Description
Possible values are:
● 1 = Non-calculable
● 2 = Summable
● 3 = Non-summable
ChangeType
ChangeType indicates how the metric value changes, in the form of
typical combinations of finer grain attributes such as direction change,
minimum and maximum values, and wrapping semantics.
Possible values are:
● 0 = Unknown
● 2 = N/A
● 3 = Counter
● 4 = Gauge
● 5..32767 = DMTF Reserved
●
32768..65535 = Vendor Reserved
● 3 = Counter
DataType
The data type of the metric. These types represent the datatypes
defined for CIM.
Possible values are:
● 1 = boolean
● 2 = char16
● 3 = datetime
● 4 = real32
● 5 = real64
● 6 = sint16
● 7 = sint32
● 8 = sint64
● 9 = sint8
● 10 = string
● 11 = uint16
● 12 = uint32
● 13 = uint64
● 14 = uint8
GatheringType
GatheringType indicates how the metric values are gathered by the
underlying instrumentation. This allows the client application to choose
the right metric for the purpose.
Possible values are:
● 0 = Unknown
● 2 = OnChange
● 3 = Periodic
● 4 = OnRequest
● 5..32767 = DMTF Reserved
●
32768..65535 = Vendor Reserved
Id A string that uniquely identifies the metric definition. The use of OSF
UUID/GUIDs is recommended.
IsContinuous True
Name The name of the metric. This name does not have to be unique, but
should be descriptive and may contain blanks.
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