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Table 1‑35. Memory Metrics for Host Systems (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
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 ESX System Usage Memory usage by the VMkernel
and ESX user-level services.
mem|active_average Guest Active (KB) Amount of memory that is actively
used.
mem|consumed_average Consumed (KB) Amount of host memory
consumed by the virtual machine
for guest memory.
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) Memory overhead reported by
host.
mem|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (KB) Reserved capacity in kilobytes.
mem|shared_average Shared (KB) Amount of shared memory in
kilobytes.
mem|sharedcommon_average Shared Common (KB) Amount of 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) Amount of memory used for
swapped space in kilobytes.
mem|sysUsage_average VM kernel Usage (KB) Amount of memory used by the
VM kernel.
mem|unreserved_average Unreserved (KB) Amount of 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 (%) Memory currently in use as a
percentage of total available
memory.
mem|swapinRate_average Swap In Rate (KBps) Rate at which memory is swapped
from disk into active memory
during the interval in kilobyte per
second.
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