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Virtual Machine Metrics
The
vCenter adapter collects configuration, CPU use, memory, datastore, disk, virtual disk, guest file system,
network, power, disk space, storage, and summary metrics for virtual machines.
Configuration Metrics for Virtual Machines
Configuration metrics provide information about virtual machine configuration.
Table 5-46. Configuration Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
config | hardware | numCpu Hardware - Number of virtual
CPUs
Number of virtual CPUs.
config | hardware | memoryKB Hardware - Memory (KB) Memory in kilobytes.
config | hardware | thinEnabled Hardware - Thin Provisioned Disk Thin provisioned disk.
config | hardware | diskSpace Hardware - Disk Space Disk space.
config | hardware | cpuAllocation |
reservation
CPU Resource Allocation -
Reservation
CPU resource allocation reservation.
config | hardware | cpuAllocation | limit CPU Resource Allocation - Limit CPU resource allocation limit.
config | hardware | cpuAllocation | limit |
shares | shares
CPU Resource Allocation - Shares -
Shares
CPU resource allocation shares.
config | hardware.memoryAllocation |
reservation
Memory Resource Allocation -
Reservation
Memory resource allocation
reservation.
config | hardware | memoryAllocation |
limit
Memroy Resource Allocation -
Limit
Memory resource allocation limit.
config | hardware | memoryAllocation |
shares | shares
Memory Resource Allocation -
Shares - Shares
Memory resource allocation shares.
CPU Usage Metrics for Virtual Machines
CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
Table 5-47. CPU Use Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu | iowait IO Wait (ms) IO wait time in milliseconds.
cpu | wait Wait (ms) Wait time in milliseconds.
cpu | capacity_contention Overall CPU Contention (ms) Overall CPU contention in
milliseconds.
cpu | capacity_entitlement Capacity entitlement (MHz) Capacity entitlement in megahertz.
cpu | corecount_provisioned Provisioned CPU Cores Number of provisioned CPU cores.
cpu | capacity_demandEntitlementPct Capacity Demand Entitlement (%) Percent capacity demand entitlement.
cpu | capacity_contentionPct CPU Contention (%) Percent CPU contention.
cpu | capacity_provisioned Provisioned Capacity (MHz) Provisioned CPU capacity in
megahertrz.
cpu | demandmhz Demand (MHz) CPU demand in megahertz.
cpu | demandPct Demand (%) Percent CPU demand.
cpu | workload Workload (%) Percent workload.
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