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Memory (MB)
The Memory (MB) chart displays memory data counters for resource pools or vApps.
Description
This chart is located in the Home view of the resource pool or vApp Performance tab.
NOTE These data counter definitions are for virtual machines. At the resource pool level, the values are
collected and totaled. The counter values in the chart represent the aggregate amounts of the virtual
machine data.The counters that appear in the chart depend on the collection level set for your vCenter
Server.
Table 1‑84. Data Counters
Chart Label Description
Active Sum of the active guest physical memory of all powered on virtual machines in the
resource pool.
n
Counter: active
n
Stats Type: Absolute
n
Unit: Megabytes (MB)
n
Rollup Type: Average (Minimum/Maximum)
n
Collection Level: 2 (4)
Balloon Sum of the guest physical memory reclaimed by the balloon driver for all powered
on virtual machines in the resource pool.
n
Counter: vmmemctl
n
Stats Type: Absolute
n
Unit: Megabytes (MB)
n
Rollup Type: Average (Minimum/Maximum)
n
Collection Level: 1 (4)
Consumed Amount of physical memory consumed by the virtual machine for guest memory.
Consumed memory does not include overhead memory. It includes shared memory
and memory that might be reserved, but not actually used.
consumed memory = memory granted – memory saved due to memory sharing
n
Counter: consumed
n
Stats Type: Absolute
n
Unit: Megabytes (MB)
n
Rollup Type: Average (Minimum/Maximum)
n
Collection Level: 1 (4)
Granted Sum of the guest physical memory granted for all powered on virtual machines.
Granted memory is mapped to the host's machine memory.
n
Counter: granted
n
Stats Type: Absolute
n
Unit: Megabytes (MB)
n
Rollup Type: Average (Minimum/Maximum)
n
Collection Level: 2 (4)
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