Specifications

Basic System Administration
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Host
Memory
Granted
2(4) Yes/Yes Calculatesamountofmemorygranted.
Rollup:Average
StatsType:Absolute
Memory
Consumed
2(4) Yes/Yes Calculatesamountofhostmemoryconsumed
bythevirtualmachineforguestoperating
systemmemory.
Rollup:Average(Minimum/Maximum)
StatsType:Absolute
MemorySwap
Target
2(4) Yes/Yes Calculatesamountofmemorythatcanbe
swapped.
Rollup:Average
StatsType:Absolute
Memory
Swapped
2(4) Yes/Yes Calculatesamountof
memoryswapped.
Rollup:Average
StatsType:Absolute
Table C-6. Memory Performance Metrics for Virtual Machines (Continued)
Counter
Available in
Collection
Level VC/ESX Description
Table C-7. Memory Performance Metrics for Hosts
Counter
Available in
Collection
Level VC/ESX Description
MemoryState 2 Yes/Yes Calculatesthememorystate.
Rollup:Latest
StatsType:Absolute
MemoryUsed
byVMKernel
2 Yes/Yes Calculatestheamountofmemoryusedby
vmkernel.
Rollup:Average
StatsType:Absolute
MemorySwap
Used
2(4) Yes/Yes Calculatestheamountofmemoryusedby
swap
Rollup:Average
StatsType:Absolute
Memory
Active
2(4) Yes/Yes Calculatesamountofmemoryactivelyused.
Rollup:Average
StatsType:
Absolute