Specifications

Basic System Administration
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Tablesareorganizedbyresourceandinventoryobjectandcontainthefollowing
information:
 Counter—Liststhedisplaynameofeachmetric.
 AvailableinCollectionLevel—Indicatestheminimumvaluetowhichthe
statisticscollectionlevelmustbesetforthemetrictobeincludedasaselectable
optionintheCustomizeChartPerformancedialogbox.
 VC/ESX—IndicateswhethertheoptionisavailablewhentheVIClientis
connectedtoVirtualCenterServerordirectlytoanESXServerhost.
 Description–Providesabriefdescriptionofthemetric.
Calculationsforallmetricslistedinthetablesareforthedurationofthedatacollection
cycle.CollectioncycledurationsarespecifiedintheStatisticsCollectionIntervalsetting
(see“A b o u t CollectionIntervalsandCollectionLevels”onpage 282).
Thisappendixcontainsthefollowingtopics:
 “CPU”onpage 356
 “Disk”onpage 359
 “ClusterServices”onpage 367
 “Network”onpage 368
 “System”onpage 370
CPU
ThetablesinthissectionlistmetricsformeasuringCPUperformance.All
measurementsareinmillisecondsunlessotherwisenoted.CPUperformancechartsare
availableforthefollowinginventoryobjects:
 VirtualMachine
 Host
 ResourcePool
 Cluster