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Table 5-4. Network Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net | workload Workload (%) Percent network workload.
net | droppedPct Packets Dropped (%) Percent network packets dropped.
net | usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) Sum of the data transmitted and received for all of
the NIC instances of the host or virtual machine.
net | usage_capacity I/O Usage Capacity IO use capacity.
net | packetsRx_summation Packets Received Number of packets received.
net | packetsTx_summation Packets Transmitted Number of packets transmitted.
net | droppedRx_summation Received Packets Dropped Number of received packets that were dropped.
net | droppedTx_summation Transmitted Packets Dropped Number of transmitted packets that were dropped.
Summary Metrics
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
Table 5-5. Summary Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary | capacity Capacity (%) Percent capacity.
summary | number_running_hosts Number of Running Hosts Number of running hosts.
summary | number_running_vms Number of Running VMs Number of running virtual
machines.
summary | total_number_clusters Total Number of Clusters Total number of clusters.
summary | total_number_datastores Total Number of Datastores Total number of datastores.
summary | total_number_hosts Total Number of Hosts Total number of hosts.
summary | total_number_vms Total Number of VMs Total number of virtual machines.
summary | version Version vCenter Server version.
summary | workload Workload (%) Percent workload.
summary | workload_indicator Workload Indicator (%) Percent workload indicator.
summary | total_number_datacenters Total Number of Datacenters Total number of datacenters.
summary |
number_powered_on_cores
Number of Cores on Powered On Hosts Number of cores on powered-on
hosts.
summary | number_running_vcpus Number VCPUs on Powered on VMs Number of virtual CPUs on
powered-on virtual machines.
summary | avg_vm_density Average Running VM Count per Running
Host
Average running virtual machine
count per running host.
summary | vcuuid VirtualCenter ID vCenter Server ID.
summary | vc_query_time VC Query Time (ms) vCenter Server query time in
milliseconds.
summary |
derived_metrics_comp_time
Derived Metrics Computation Time (ms) Derived metrics computation time
in milliseconds.
Available only in 5.6 and later
releases.
summary | number_objs Number of objects Number of objects.
Available only in 5.6 and later
releases.
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