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Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem | host_usage Usage (KB) Memory use in kilobytes.
mem | host_contention Contention (KB) Memory contention in kilobytes.
mem | host_contentionPct Contention (%) Percent memory contention.
mem | guest_provisioned Guest Configured Memory (KB) Guest operating system configured
memory in kilobytes.
mem | guest_activePct Guest Active Memory (%) Percent guest operating system active
memory.
mem | guest_entitlement Guest Entitlement (KB) Guest operating system entitlement in
kilobytes.
mem | guest_nonpageable_estimate Guest Non Pageable Memory
(KB)
Guest operating system non-pageable
memory in kilobytes.
mem | guest_usage Guest Usage (KB) Guest operating system use in kilobytes.
mem | guest_demand Guest Demand (KB) Guest operating system demand in
kilobytes.
mem | guest_workload Guest Workload (%) Percent guest operating system workload.
mem | host_nonpageable_estimate Guest Non Pageable Memory
(KB)
Guest operating system non-pageable
memory in kilobytes.
mem | .host_demand Host Demand (KB) Host demand in kilobytes.
mem | host_workload Host Workload (%) Percent host workload.
mem | workload Overall Workload (%) Percent overall workload.
mem | host_usagePct Usage (%) Percent memory use.
mem | vmmemctl_average Balloon (%) Amount of memory currently used by the
virtual machine memory control.
mem | active_average Guest Active (%) Percent guest operating system active
memory.
mem | granted_average Granted (KB) Granted memory in kilobytes.
mem | shared_average Shared (KB) Shared memory in kilobytes.
mem | zero_average Zero (KB) Amount of memory that is all 0.
mem | swapped_average Swapped (KB) Swapped memory in kilobytes.
mem | swaptarget_average Swap Target (KB) Swap target memory in kilobytes.
mem | swapin_average Swap In (KB) Swap-in memory in kilobytes.
mem | swapout_average Swap Out (KB) Swap-out memory in kilobytes.
mem | vmmemctltarget_average Balloon Target (KB) Balloon target in kilobytes.
mem | consumed_average Consumed (KB) Memory consumed in kilobytes.
mem | overhead_average Overhead (KB) Memory overhead in kilobytes.
mem | swapinRate_average Swap In Rate (KBps) Swap-in rate in kilobytes per second.
mem | swapoutRate_average Swap Out Rate (KBps) Swap-out rate in kilobytes per second.
mem | activewrite_average Active Write (KB) Active writes in kilobytes.
mem | compressed_average Compressed (KB) Compressed memory in kilobytes.
mem | commpressionRate_average Compression Rate (KBps) Compression reate in kilobytes per
second.
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