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Table 1‑17. Memory Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|host_active Host Active (KB) Host active memory use in kilobytes.
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 Congured Memory
(KB)
Guest operating system congured
memory in kilobytes.
mem|guest_dynamic_entitlement Guest Dynamic Entitlement
(KB)
Guest Memory Dynamic Entitlement.
mem|guest_activePct Guest Active Memory (%) Percent guest operating system active
memory.
mem|guest_nonpageable_estimate Guest Non Pageable Memory
(KB)
Guest operating system non-pageable
memory in kilobytes.
mem|reservation_used Reservation Used Memory Reservation Used.
mem|eective_limit Eective Limit Memory Eective Limit.
mem|estimated_entitlement Estimated Entitlement Memory Estimated Entitlement.
mem|host_demand_for_aggregation Demand for aggregation Host demand for aggregation.
mem|numa.remote_latest NUMA Remote Latest Non-uniform memory access Remote
(Kb).
mem|numa.local_latest NUMA Local Latest Non-uniform memory access Local (Kb).
mem|numa.migrations_latest NUMA Migrations Latest Non-uniform memory access Migrations
(number).
mem|numa.locality_average NUMA Locality Average Non-uniform memory access Locality
(%).
mem|demandOverLimit Demand Over Limit Amount of Memory Demand that is over
the congured Memory Limit.
mem|demandOverCapacity Demand Over Capacity Amount of Memory Demand that is over
the congured Memory Capacity.
mem|sizePctReduction Recommended Size Reduction
(%)
Percentage of recommended Memory
size reduction.
mem|balloonPct Balloon (%) Percentage of total memory that has been
reclaimed via ballooning.
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|host_nonpageable_estimate Guest Non Pageable Memory
(KB)
Guest operating system non-pageable
memory in kilobytes.
mem|host_demand Host Demand (KB) Memory demand in kilobytes.
mem|host_demand_reservation Demand with Reservation (KB) Memory Demand with Reservation
considered in KB.
mem|guest_workload Guest Workload Guest Workload (%).
mem|host_workload Host Workload Host Workload (%).
mem|vmmemctl_average Balloon (%) Amount of memory currently used by
the virtual machine memory control.
mem|active_average Guest Active (%) Amount of memory that is actively used.
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