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Table 1‑52. Memory Metrics for Cluster Computer Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|activewrite_average Active Write (KB) Active writes in kilobytes.
mem|compressed_average Compressed (KB) Average compression in kilobytes.
mem|compressionRate_average Compression Rate (KBps) Average compression rate in kilobytes.
mem|consumed_average Consumed (KB) Amount of host memory consumed by the
virtual machine for guest memory.
mem|host_contentionPct Contention Machine contention percentage.
mem|host_contention Contention (KB) Contention in kilobytes.
mem|decompressionRate_average Decompression Rate (KBps) Decompression rate in kilobytes.
mem|granted_average Granted (KB) Amount of memory available for use.
mem|active_average Guest Active (KB) Amount of memory that is actively used.
mem|heap_average Heap (KB) Amount of memory allocated for heap.
mem|heapfree_average Heap Free (KB) Free space in the heap.
mem|vmmemctl_average Balloon Amount of memory currently used by the
virtual machine memory control.
mem|overhead_average VM Overhead (KB) Memory overhead reported by host.
mem|host_provisioned Provisioned Memory (KB) Provisioned memory in kilobytes.
mem|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (KB) Reserved capacity in kilobytes.
mem|shared_average Shared (KB) Amount of shared memory.
mem|sharedcommon_average Shared Common (KB) Amount of shared common memory.
mem|swapin_average Swap In (KB) Amount of memory that is swapped in for
the service console.
mem|swapinRate_average Swap In Rate (KBps) Rate at which memory is swapped from disk
into active memory during the interval.
mem|swapout_average Swap Out (KB) Amount of memory that is swapped out for
the service console.
mem|swapoutRate_average Swap Out Rate (KBps) Rate at which memory is being swapped
from active memory into disk during the
current interval.
mem|swapused_average Swap Used (KB) Amount of memory used for swap space.
mem|totalCapacity_average Total Capacity (KB) Total capacity in kilobytes.
mem|unreserved_average Unreserved (KB) Amount of unreserved memory.
mem|host_usable Usable Memory (KB) Usable memory in kilobytes.
mem|host_usagePct Usage/Usable Percent memory used.
mem|host_usage Host Usage (KB) Memory use in kilobytes.
mem|host_demand Machine Demand Memory Machine Demand in KB.
mem|host_systemUsage ESX System Usage Memory usage by the VMkernel and ESX
user-level services.
mem|usage_average Usage Memory currently in use as a percentage of
total available memory.
mem|sysUsage_average VM kernel Usage (KB) Amount of memory that the VM kernel uses.
mem|zero_average Zero (KB) Amount of memory that is all 0.
mem|num_hosts_stressed Number of hosts stressed Number of hosts stressed.
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