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VMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB
TheVMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB.mibfiledefinesvariablesusedtoreportinformationon
resourceusage.Table 5‐5liststheidentificationmappingsdefinedinthisfile.
Table 5-4. Identification Mappings for VMWARE-PRODUCTS-MIB.mib
Label Identification Mapping
oidESX vmwOID 1
vmwESX vmwProductSpecific 1
vmwEmbeddedESX vmwProductSpecific 2
vmwVC vmwProductSpecific 3
vmwServer vmwProductSpecific 4
Table 5-5. Identification Mappings for VMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB
Variable ID Mapping Description
CPU Subtree
vmwCPU vmwResources 1 DefinestherootOIDforthesubtreeof
variablesusedtoreportCPU
information.
numCPUs vmwCPU 1 ThenumberofphysicalCPUspresenton
thesystem.
cpuTable vmwCPU 2 AtableofCPUusagebyeachvirtual
machine.
cpuEntry cpuTable 1 AnentryincpuTablethatrecordsCPU
usageforasinglevirtualmachine.
cpuVMID cpuEntry 1 Theidentificationnumber
allocatedto
thevirtualmachinebytheVMkernel.
cpuShares cpuEntry 2 TheshareoftheCPUallocatedtothe
virtualmachinebytheVMkernel.
cpuUtil cpuEntry 3 Amountoftimethevirtualmachinehas
beenrunningontheCPU(inseconds).
Memory Subtree
vmwMemory vmwResources 2 DefinestherootOIDforthesubtreeof
variablesusedtoreportmemory
information.
memSize vmwMemory 1 Amountofphysicalmemorypresenton
thehost(inKB).