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Table 5-5. Summary Metrics (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary | number_vc_events Number of VC Events Number of vCenter Server events.
Available only in 5.6 and later
releases.
summary | number_sms_metrics Number of SMS Metrics Number of SMS metrics.
Available only in 5.6 and later
releases.
summary | collector_mem_usage Collector Memory Usage (MB) Collector memory use in
megabytes.
Available only in 5.6 and later
releases.
Datacenter Metrics
The vCenter adapter collects CPU usage, disk, memory, network, storage, disk space, and summary metrics
for datacenters.
CPU Usage Metrics for Datacenters
CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
Table 5-6. CPU Usage Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu | capacity_usagepct_average Capacity Usage (%) Percent capacity used.
cpu | capacity_contentionPct CPU Contention (%) Percent CPU contention.
cpu | demandPct Demand (%) Percent demand.
cpu | demandmhz Demand (MHz) Demand in megahertz.
cpu | wait IO Wait (ms) IO wait time in millliseconds.
cpu | numpackages Number of CPU Sockets Number of CPU sockets.
cpu | capacity_contention Overall CPU Contention (ms) Overall CPU contention in milliseconds.
cpu | capacity_provisioned Provisioned Capacity (MHz) Provisioned capacity in megahertz.
cpu | corecount_provisioned Provisioned CPU Cores Provisioned CPU cores.
cpu | reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (MHz) Reserved capacity in megahertz.
cpu | usagemhz_average Usage (MHz) Average use in megahertz.
cpu | iowait Wait (ms) IO wait time in milliseconds.
cpu | workload Workload (%) Percent workload.
Disk Metrics for Datacenters
Disk metrics provide information about disk use.
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