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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide
- Contents
- VMware vCenter Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide
- Updated Information
- Introduction to the vCenter Adapter
- Installing the vCenter Adapter
- Configuring the vCenter Adapter
- Troubleshooting the vCenter Adapter
- Metrics for vCenter Server Components
- Metrics for vCenter Operations Manager Components
- Index
Table 5-25. Memory Metrics for Resource Pools
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Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem | decompressionRate_averaage Decompression Rate (KBps) Decompression rate in kilobytes per
second.
mem | granted_average Granted (KB) Average of memory available for use.
mem | active_average Guest Active (KB) Amount of memory that is actively
used.
mem | overhead_average Overhead (KB) Amount of memory that is overhead.
mem | shared_average Shared (KB) Amount of shared memory.
mem | swapinRate_average swapinRate_average Rate at which memory is swapped from
disk into active memory during the
interval.
mem | swapoutRate_average swapoutRate_average Amount of unreserved memory.
mem | swapped_average Swapped (KB) Memory currently in use as a
percentage of total available memory.
mem | usage_average Usage (%) Amount of memory currently used by
the virtual machine memory control.
mem | zero_average Zero (KB) Amount of memory that is all zero.
mem | zipped_latest Zipped (KB) Latest zipped memory in kilobytes.
mem | swapin_average Swap In (KB) Average swap-in memory in kilobytes.
mem | swapout_average Swap Out (KB) Average swap-out memory in
kilobytes.
mem | swapused_average Swap Used (KB) Used swapped memory in kilobytes.
mem | guest_provisioned Guest Configured Memory (KB) Guest configured memory in kilobytes.
Summary Metrics for Resource Pools
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
Table 5-26. Summary Metrics for Resource Pools
Metric Key Metric Name Description
summary | number_running_vms Number of Running VMs Number of running virtual machines.
summary | total_number_vms Total Number of VMs Total number of virtual machines.
summary | iowait IO Wait (ms) IO wait time in milliseconds.
Host System Metrics
The vCenter adapter collects many metrics for host systems, including CPU use, datastore, disk, memory,
network, storage, and summary metrics.
Configuration Metrics for Host Systems
Configuration metrics provide information about host system configuration.
Chapter 5 Metrics for vCenter Server Components
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