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Table 5-35. Memory Metrics for Host Systems (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem | host_usageVM Overall Memory used to run VMs on
Host (KB)
Overall memory used to run virtual
machines on the host in kilobytes.
mem | workload Overall Workload (%) Percent overall workload.
mem | host_provisioned Provisioned Memory (KB) Provisioned memory in kilobytes.
mem | reservedCapacityPct Reserved Capacity (%) Percent reserved capacity.
mem | host_usable Usable Memory (KB) Usable memory in kilobytes.
mem | host_usagePct Usage (%) Memory currently in use as a
percentage of total available
memory.
mem | host_systemUsage VMkernel Usage (KB) Amount of memory that the
VMkernel uses.
mem | active_average Guest Active (KB) Amount of memory that is actively
used.
mem | consumed_average Consumed (KB) Average consumed memory in
kilobytes.
mem | granted_average Granted (KB) Amount of memory available for
use.
mem | heap_average Heap (KB) Amount of memory allocated for
heap.
mem | heapFree_average Heap Free (KB) Amount of free space in the heap.
mem | overhead_average VM Overhead (KB) Virtual machine capacity in
kilobytes.
mem | reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (KB) Reserved capacity in kilobytes.
mem | shared_average Shared (KB) Average shared memory in
kilobytes.
mem | sharedcommon_average Shared Common (KB) Average shared common memory
in kilobytes.
mem | swapin_average Swap In (KB) Amount of memory swapped in.
mem | swapout_average Swap Out KB) Amount of memory swapped out.
mem | swapused_average Swap Used (KB) Average used swapped memory in
kilobytes.
mem | unreserved_average Unreserved (KB) Average unreserved memory in
kilobytes.
mem | vmmemctl_average Balloon (KB) Amount of memory currently used
by the virtual machine memory
control.
mem | zero_average Zero (KB) Amount of memory that is all zero.
mem | state_latest State (0-3) Overall state of the memory. The
value is an integer between 0 (high)
and 3 (low).
mem | host_usage Usage (KB) Host memory use in kilobytes.
mem | usage_average Usage/Usable (%) Percent memory used.
mem | swapinRate_average Swap In Rate (KBps) Average swap-in rate in kilobyte
per second.
mem | swapoutRate_average Swap Out Rate (KBps) Average swap-out rate in kilobytes
per second.
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