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Table C-8. System Data Counters
Counter Label Description
Entity
V H R C
heartbeat Heartbeat Number of heartbeats issued per virtual machine
during the interval.
n
Stats Type: delta
n
Unit: number
n
Rollup Type: sum
n
Collection Level: 1
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resourceCpuUsage Resource CPU Usage Amount of CPU used during the interval by the Service
Console and other applications.
n
Stats Type: rate
n
Unit: megaHertz
n
Rollup Type: average
n
Collection Level: 3(4)
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uptime Uptime Total time elapsed, in seconds, since last system
startup.
n
Stats Type: absolute
n
Unit: second
n
Rollup Type: latest
n
Collection Level: 1
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Virtual Machine Operations Metrics
The virtual machine operations metric group (vmop) tracks virtual machine power and provisioning
operations in a cluster or datacenter.
Table C-9 lists the virtual machine operations data counters.
NOTE The vmops metrics appear only in the advanced performance charts.
Table C-9. Virtual Machine Operations Data Counters
Counter Label Description
numChangeDS VM datastore change
count (non-powered-
on VMs)
Number of datastore change operations for powered-off and suspended
virtual machines.
n
Stats Type: absolute
n
Unit: number
n
Rollup Type: latest
n
Collection Level: 1
numChangeHost VM host change count
(non-powered-on
VMs)
Number of host change operations for powered-off and suspended
VMs.
n
Stats Type: absolute
n
Unit: number
n
Rollup Type: latest
n
Collection Level: 1
numChangeHostDS VM host and
datastore change
count (non-powered-
on VMs)
Number of host and datastore change operations for powered-off and
suspended virtual machines.
n
Stats Type: absolute
n
Unit: number
n
Rollup Type: latest
n
Collection Level: 1
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