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Metrics that vCenter Operations Manager Generates
For every resource that you define, vCenter Operations Manager generates and stores metrics in an attribute
package metric group called vCenter Operations Generated. vCenter Operations Manager uses these metrics
when it calculates the health of a resource. The vCenter Operations Generated package appears when you list
the metrics for a resource.
The vCenter Operations Generated metric group is included as part of every attribute package. Because these
metrics are similar to other metrics that you define, you can mark them as KPIs or include them in other attribute
packages, but this is typically not necessary. You cannot remove metrics from the vCenter Operations
Generated attribute package metric group.
Except for Self - Total, any metric that vCenter Operations Manager generates that begins with Self includes
data only for the resource. Metrics that begin with Full Set include data for all of the resource's children, but
do not include the resource itself.
Table 4-1. vCenter Operations Generated Attribute Package Metrics
Name Description
Self - Health Score Health score of the resource.
Self - Metric Count Number of metrics defined for the resource.
Self - KPI Count Number of KPI defined for the resource.
Self - Active Anomaly Count Number of currently active anomalies for the resource.
Self - New Anomaly Count Number of new anomalies for the resource. An anomaly is
new if it occurred for the first time in the most recent
collection cycle.
Self - Active KPI Breach Count Number of KPIs for the resource which are currently
violating their thresholds.
Self - New KPI Breach Count Number of KPIs for the resource with new threshold
violations. A breach is new if it occurred for the first time in
the most recent collection cycle.
Full Set - Metric Count Number of metrics defined for the resource’s children.
Full Set - KPI Count Number of KPI defined for the resource’s children.
Full Set - Anomaly Count Number of currently active anomalies for the resource’s
children.
Full Set - New Anomaly Count Number of new anomalies for the resource’s children. An
anomaly is new if it occurred for the first time in the most
recent collection cycle.
Full Set - Active KPI Breach Count Number of KPIs for the resource’s children which are
currently violating their thresholds.
Full Set - New KPI Breach Count Number of KPIs for the resource’s children with new
threshold violations. A breach is new if it occurred for the
first time in the most recent collection cycle.
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