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Table 12. CPU Usage Metrics (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|demandmhz Demand (MHz) Demand in megaher.
cpu|demand_average Demand CPU demand in megaher.
cpu|iowait IO Wait IO wait (ms).
cpu|numpackages Number of CPU Sockets Number of CPU sockets.
cpu|capacity_contention Overall CPU Contention Overall CPU contention in milliseconds.
cpu|capacity_provisioned Provisioned Capacity (MHz) Provisioned capacity in megaher.
cpu|corecount_provisioned Provisioned vCPU(s) Number of provisioned CPU cores.
cpu|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (MHz) Sum of the reservation properties of the
immediate children of the host's root resource
pool.
cpu|usagemhz_average Usage (MHz) Average CPU use in megaher.
cpu|wait Wait CPU time spent on the idle state.
cpu|workload Workload (%) Percent of workload
Memory Metrics
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
Table 13. Memory Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|host_contentionPct Contention (%) Percent host memory contention.
mem|host_demand Machine Demand (KB) Host memory demand in kilobytes.
mem|host_provisioned Provisioned Memory Provisioned host memory in kilobytes.
mem|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (KB) Sum of the reservation properties of the immediate
children of the host's root resource pool.
mem|host_usable Usable Memory (KB) Usable host memory in kilobytes.
mem|host_usage Host Usage (KB) Host memory use in kilobytes.
mem|host_usagePct Usage/Usable (%) Percent host memory used.
mem|workload Workload (%) Percent of workload.
Network Metrics
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
Table 14. Network Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|droppedPct Packets Dropped (%) Percent network packets dropped.
net|usage_average Usage Rate (KB per second) Sum of the data transmied and received for all of
the NIC instances of the host or virtual machine.
net|workload Workload (%) Percent of workload.
Disk Metrics
Disk metrics provide information about disk use.
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