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Table 159. CPU Usage Metrics for Resource Pools
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|capacity_demandEntitlementPct Capacity Demand Entitlement (%) CPU Capacity Demand Entitlement
Percentage.
cpu|capacity_entitlement Capacity entitlement (MHz) CPU Capacity Entitlement.
cpu|capacity_contentionPct CPU Contention (%) CPU capacity contention.
cpu|demandmhz Demand (MHz) CPU demand in megaher.
cpu|capacity_contention Overall CPU Contention (ms) Overall CPU contention in
milliseconds.
cpu|usagemhz_average Usage Average CPU use in megaher.
cpu|eective_limit Eective limit CPU eective limit.
cpu|reservation_used Reservation Used CPU reservation used.
cpu|estimated_entitlement Estimated entitlement CPU estimated entitlement.
cpu|dynamic_entitlement Dynamic entitlement CPU dynamic entitlement.
cpu|demand_without_overhead Demand without overhead Value of demand excluding any
overhead
Memory Metrics for Resource Pools
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
Table 160. Memory Metrics for Resource Pools
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|vmmemctl_average Balloon (KB) Amount of memory currently used by
the virtual machine memory control.
mem|compressionRate_average Compression Rate (KBps) Compression rate in kilobytes per
second.
mem|consumed_average Consumed (KB) Amount of host memory consumed by
the virtual machine for guest memory.
mem|host_contentionPct Contention (%) Macine contention percentage.
mem|guest_usage Guest usage Guest memory entitlement.
mem|guest_demand Guest demand Guest memory entitlement.
mem|host_contention Contention (KB) Machine contention in kilobytes.
mem|decompressionRate_average Decompression Rate (KBps) Decompression rate in kilobytes per
second.
mem|granted_average Granted (KB) Average of memory available for use.
mem|active_average Guest Active (KB) Amount of memory that is actively
used.
mem|overhead_average VM Overhead (KB) Memory overhead reported by host.
mem|shared_average Shared (KB) Amount of shared memory.
mem|reservation_used Reservation Used Memory Reservation Used.
mem|dynamic_entitlement Dynamic Entitlement Memory Dynamic Entitlement.
mem|eective_limit Eective Limit Memory Eective Limit.
mem|swapinRate_average swapinRate_average Rate at which memory is swapped
from disk into active memory during
the interval.
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