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Table C-5. Memory Data Counters (Continued)
Counter Label Description
Entity
V H R C
granted Memory
Granted
VM
The amount of guest physical memory that
is mapped to machine memory. Includes
shared memory amount. The amount of
guest physical memory currently mapped
to machine memory, including shared
memory, but excluding overhead.
Host
The total of all granted metrics for all
powered-on virtual machines, plus
memory for vSphere services on the host.
n
Stats Type: absolute
n
Unit: kiloBytes
n
Rollup Type: average (min/max)
n
Collection Level: 2(4)
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heap Memory Heap Amount of VMkernel virtual address space dedicated to VMkernel
main heap and related data.
This counter is for internal use only and is not useful for
performance monitoring.
n
Stats Type: absolute
n
Unit: kiloBytes
n
Rollup Type: average (min/max)
n
Collection Level: 2(4)
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heapfree Memory Heap
Free
Amount of free address space in the VMkernel’s main heap. Heap
Free varies, depending on the number of physical devices and
various configuration options. There is no direct way for the user
to increase or decrease this statistic.
This counter is for internal use only and is not useful for
performance monitoring.
n
Stats Type: absolute
n
Unit: kiloBytes
n
Rollup Type: average (min/max)
n
Collection Level: 2(4)
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mementitlement Worst Case
Allocation
(virtual
machine
Resource
Allocation tab)
Memory allocation as calculated by the VMkernel scheduler based
on current estimated demand, and the reservation, limit, and
shares policies set for all virtual machines and resource pools in
the host or cluster.
This counter is for internal use only and is not useful for
performance monitoring.
n
Stats Type: absolute
n
Unit: megaBytes
n
Rollup Type: latest
n
Collection Level: 1
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memUsed Memory Used Amount of used memory. Sum of the memory used by all powered
on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host.
n
Stats Type: absolute
n
Unit: kiloBytes
n
Rollup Type: average (min/max)
n
Collection Level: 3
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