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Table 260. ESXi host metrics
Topology	Metric name	Description
host.cpus.processor	usedHz	CPU usage, as measured in hertz, during the interval
host.cpus.processor	Utilization	CPU usage as a percentage during the interval
host.cpus	usedHz	CPU usage, as measured in hertz, during the interval
host.cpus	Utilization	CPU usage as a percentage during the interval
host.cpus	totalHz	Total amount of CPU resources is equal to the frequency of the processors multiplied by the number of cores.
cpus	percentReadyTime	average of averages from child VM percentReadyTime
cpus	demand	The amount of CPU resources a virtual machine would use if there were no CPU contention or CPU limit
host.memory	consumed	Amount of host physical memory consumed by host
host.memory	utilization	Memory usage as percentage of total configured or available memory
host.memory	capacity	Amount of configured memory
memory	active	Amount of memory that is actively used, as estimated by VMkernel based on recently touched memory pages
memory	balloon	Amount of memory allocated by the virtual machine memory control driver
memory	capacity	Amount of configured memory
memory	consumed	Amount of host physical memory consumed by a virtual machine
memory	granted	Amount of host physical memory or physical memory that is mapped for a virtual machine
memory	heap	VMkernel virtual address space dedicated to VMkernel main heap and related data
memory	heapFree	Free address space in the VMkernel main heap.Varies based on number of physical devices and configuration options
memory	overhead	Host physical memory consumed by the virtualization infrastructure for running the virtual machine
memory	reservedCapacity	Total amount of memory reservation used by powered-on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host
memory	serverSwapInRate	Rate at which memory is swapped from disk into active memory during the interval
memory	serverSwapOutRate	Rate at which memory is being swapped from active memory to disk during the current interval
memory	sharedCommon	Amount of machine memory that is shared by all powered-on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host
memory	shared	Sum of all shared metrics for all powered-on virtual machines, plus amount for vSphere services on the host
memory	swapIn	Sum of swapin values for all powered-on virtual machines on the host.
memory	swapOut	Sum of swapout metrics from all powered-on virtual machines on the host.
memory	swapUsed	Current amount of guest physical memory swapped out to the virtual machine swap file by the Vmkernel
memory	unreserved	Amount of memory that is unreserved
memory	vmKernel	Amount of memory used by vmKernel
memory	zero	Memory that contains 0s only.Included in shared amount, Host: Sum of zero metrics for all powered-on virtual machines, plus vSphere services on the host.
host.network.interface	packetsReceived	Packets received per second during the interval.
host.network.interface	packetsSent	Packets transmitted per second during the interval.
host.network.interface	receiveRate	Average amount of data received per second during the interval.
host.network.interface	sendRate	Average amount of data transmitted per second during the interval.
host.network.interface	bandwidth	bandwidth of the NIC
host.network.interface	inboundPacketsDropped	Number of received packets dropped during the collection interval.
host.network.interface	outboundPacketsDropped	Number of transmitted packets dropped during the collection interval.
host.network	packetsReceived	Sum of packetsReceived of all NICs
host.network	packetsSent	Sum of packetsSent of all NICs
host.network	receiveRate	Sum of receiveRate of all NICs
host.network	sendRate	Sum of endRate of all NICs
host.network	transferRate	Sum of transferRate of all NICs
network.interface	ftusage	Average pNic I/O rate for FT
network.interface	hbrusage	Average pNic I/O rate for HBR
network.interface	iscsiusage	Average pNic I/O rate for iSCSI
network.interface	nfsusage	Average pNic I/O rate for NFS
network.interface	usage	The current network usage for the NIC
network.interface	utilization	The current network percent usage for the NIC
network.interface	vmotionusage	Average pNic I/O rate for vMotion
network.interface	vmusage	Average pNic I/O rate for VMs
network.switch	ftTrafficUtilization	FT traffic utlization for the vSwitch
network.switch	hbrTrafficUtilization	HBR traffic utlization for the vSwitch
network.switch	iscsiTrafficUtilization	iSCSI traffic utlization for the vSwitch
network.switch	networkPacketLoss	Percent of packet loss for the vSwitch
network.switch	networkThroughput	Throughput for the vSwitch
network.switch	networkUtilization	bandwidth Utilization for the vSwitch
network.switch	nfsTrafficUtilization	NFS traffic utlization for the vSwitch
network.switch	sumThroughput	ftusage + hbrusage + iscsiusage + nfsusage + vmotionusage + vmusage of All attached NICs
network.switch	vmotionTrafficUtilization	vMotion traffic utlization for the vSwitch
network.switch	vmTrafficUtilization	VMs traffic utlization for the vSwitch
network	bandwidth	bandwidth of all available pNICs on the host
host.storage.physicalDisk	bytesRead	Average number of bytes read from the disk each second during the collection interval.
host.storage.physicalDisk	bytesWritten	Average number of bytes written to disk each second during the collection interval
host.storage.physicalDisk	reads	Average number of read commands issued per second from the disk during the collection interval.
host.storage.physicalDisk	writes	Average number of write commands issued per second to the disk during the collection interval.
host.storage	diskBytesRead	Sum of bytesRead of all physical disks
host.storage	diskBytesWritten	Sum of bytesWritten of all physical disks
host.storage	diskTransferRate	Sum of transferRate of all physical disks (diskBytesRead + diskBytesWritten)
host.storage	diskReads	Sum of reads of all physical disks
host.storage	diskWrites	Sum of writes of all physical disks
storage.physicalDisk	commandAbortsRate	Number of SCSI commands aborted per second during the collection interval.
storage.physicalDisk	commandsIssuedRate	Number of SCSI commands issued per second during the collection interval.
storage.physicalDisk	deviceReadLatency	Average amount of time, in milliseconds, to read from the physical device
storage.physicalDisk	kernelReadLatency	Average amount of time, in milliseconds, spent by VMkernel to process each SCSI read command
storage.physicalDisk	totalReadLatency	Average amount of time taken during the collection interval to process a SCSI read command issued from the guest OS to the virtual machine
storage.physicalDisk	queueReadLatency	Average amount of time spent in the VMkernel queue, per SCSI read command, during the collection interval
storage.physicalDisk	deviceWriteLatency	Average amount of time, in milliseconds, to write to the physical device
storage.physicalDisk	kernelWriteLatency	Average amount of time, in milliseconds, spent by VMkernel to process each SCSI write command
storage.physicalDisk	totalWriteLatency	Average amount of time taken during the collection interval to process a SCSI write command issued by the guest OS to the virtual machine
storage.physicalDisk	queueWriteLatency	Average amount of time spent in the VMkernel queue, per SCSI write command, during the collection interval
storage.physicalDisk	deviceCommandLatency	Average amount of time taken during the collection interval to process a SCSI write command issued by the guest OS to the virtual machine
storage.physicalDisk	kernelCommandLatency	Average amount of time, in milliseconds, spent by VMkernel to process each SCSI command
storage.physicalDisk	totalCommandLatency	Average amount of time taken during the collection interval to process a SCSI command issued by the guest OS to the virtual machine
storage.physicalDisk	queueCommandLatency	Average amount of time spent in the VMkernel queue, per SCSI command, during the collection interval.
storage.physicalDisk	bytesTotal	Average bytes transfer of disk each second during the collection interval. (bytesRead + bytesWritten)
storage.storageAdapter(VMWESXStorageAdapter)	read	Rate of reading data by the storage adapter
storage.storageAdapter(VMWESXStorageAdapter)	write	Rate of writing data by the storage adapter
storage.storageAdapter(VMWESXStorageAdapter)	readCommands	Average number of read commands issued per second by the storage adapter during the collection interval
storage.storageAdapter(VMWESXStorageAdapter)	writeCommands	Average number of write commands issued per second by the storage adapter during the collection interval
storage.storageAdapter(VMWESXStorageAdapter)	totalCommands	Average number of commands issued per second by the storage adapter during the collection interval
storage.storageAdapter(VMWESXStorageAdapter)	readLatency	Average amount of time for a read operation by the storage adapter.
storage.storageAdapter(VMWESXStorageAdapter)	writeLatency	Average amount of time for a write operation by the storage adapter.
storage.datastore(VMWDatastoreUsage)	read	Average bytes read from the datastore each second during the collection interval.
storage.datastore(VMWDatastoreUsage)	write	Average bytes written to datastore each second during the collection interval
storage.datastore(VMWDatastoreUsage)	transferRate	Average bytes transferRate of datastore each second during the collection interval (read + write)
storage.datastore(VMWDatastoreUsage)	readCommands	Average number of read commands issued per second from the datastore during the collection interval.
storage.datastore(VMWDatastoreUsage)	writeCommands	Average number of write commands issued per second to the datastore during the collection interval.
storage.datastore(VMWDatastoreUsage)	datastoreIops	Average number of commands issued per second to the datastore during the collection interval.
storage.datastore(VMWDatastoreUsage)	readLatency	Average amount of time for a read operation from the datastore
storage.datastore(VMWDatastoreUsage)	writeLatency	Average amount of time for a write operation to the datastore
storage.datastore(VMWDatastoreUsage)	averageLatency	Average amount of time for a I/O operation to the datastore
storage.datastore(VMWDatastoreUsage)	iops	Average number of write commands issued per second to the datastore during the collection interval.
storage.datastore(VMWDatastoreUsage)	datastoreMaxQueueDepth	The maximum number of I/Os that can be outstanding at a given time
storage	datastoreIops	Sum of iops of all datastores
storage	datastoreRead	Sum of read of all datastores
storage	datastoreReadCommands	Sum of readCommands of all datastores
storage	datastoreTransferRate	Sum of transferRate of all datastores
storage	datastoreWrite	Sum of write of all datastores
storage	datastoreWriteCommands	Sum of writeCommands of all datastore
storage	diskCommandAbortsRate	Sum of commandAbortsRate of all physical disks
storage	diskCommandsIssuedRate	Sum of commandsIssuedRate of all physical disks
storage	diskReadRequestsRate	Sum of reads of all physical disks
storage	diskWriteRequestsRate	Sum of writes of all physical disks
VMWVsanDisk	spaceReserved	Reserved space of the vSAN disk
VMWVsanDisk	spaceUsed	Used space of the vSAN disk
VMWVsanDisk	totalSpace	Total space of the vSAN disk

Datastore metrics

Table 261. Datastore metrics
Topology	Metric name	Description
VMWDatastore	read	Average number of bytes read from the datastore each second during the collection interval (sum from attached ESX Host VMWDatastoreUsage objects)
VMWDatastore	write	Average number of bytes written to datastore each second during the collection interval (sum from attached ESX Host VMWDatastoreUsage objects)
VMWDatastore	readwriteTotal	read + write
VMWDatastore	readLatency	Average amount of time for a read operation from the datastore
VMWDatastore	writeLatency	Average amount of time for a write operation to the datastore
VMWDatastore	averageLatency	Average amount of time for a I/O operation to the datastore
VMWDatastore	capacityAvailable	Percent of available capacity for the datastore
VMWDatastore	capacityUsed	Percent of used capacity for the datastore
VMWDatastore	totalSpace	Total space of the datastore
VMWDatastore	uncommitted	Uncommitted space of the datastore
VMWDatastore	spaceAvailable	Available space of the datastore
VMWDatastore	spaceUsed	Used space of the datastore
VMWVirtualStorage	capacityAvailable	Percent of available capacity for the datastore
VMWVirtualStorage	capacityUsed	Percent of used capacity for the datastore
VMWVirtualStorage	totalSpace	Total space of the datastore
VMWVirtualStorage	uncommitted	Uncommitted space of the datastore
VMWVirtualStorage	spaceAvailable	Available space of the datastore
VMWVirtualStorage	spaceUsed	Used space of the datastore

Datastore cluster metrics

Table 262. Datastore cluster metric
Topology	Metric name	Description
VMWDatastoreCluster	read	Average number of bytes read from the datastore cluster each second during the collection interval (sum of child datastores)
VMWDatastoreCluster	write	Average number of bytes written to datastore cluster each second during the collection interval (sum of child datastores)
VMWDatastoreCluster	readwriteTotal	read + write
VMWDatastoreCluster	readLatency	Average amount of time for a read operation from the datastore cluster
VMWDatastoreCluster	writeLatency	Average amount of time for a write operation to the datastore cluster
VMWDatastoreCluster	averageLatency	Average amount of time for a I/O operation to the datastore cluster
VMWDatastoreCluster	capacityAvailable	Percent of available capacity for the datastore cluster (sum of child datastores)
VMWDatastoreCluster	capacityUsed	Percent of used capacity for the datastore cluster (sum of child datastores)
VMWDatastoreCluster	totalSpace	Total space of the datastore cluster (sum of child datastores)
VMWDatastoreCluster	uncommitted	Uncommitted space of the datastore cluster (sum of child datastores)
VMWDatastoreCluster	spaceAvailable	Available space of the datastore cluster (sum of child datastores)
VMWDatastoreCluster	spaceUsed	Used space of the datastore cluster (sum of child datastores)

Resource pool metrics

Table 263. Resource pool metric
Topology	Metric name	Description
VMWResourcePool	avgDiskReadRequestsRate	Average disk read request rate of VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	avgDiskWriteRequestsRate	Average disk write request rate of VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	avgNetworkPacketsReceivedRate	Average network packet received rate of VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	avgNetworkPacketsTransmittedRate	Average network packet transmitted rate of VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	avgNetworkReceiveRatebps	Average network received rate of VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	avgNetworkTransmitRatebps	Average network transmitted rate of VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	cpuLimit	Max of CPU resource can be allocated to VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	cpuPercentReady	Average CPU PercentReady of VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	cpuReservation	Amount of CPU resource reserved for the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	cpuShares	The priority value of CPU resource allocation
VMWResourcePool	cpuUsedHz	Sum of usedHz from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	cpuUtilization	Average CPU utilization of VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	diskReadRate	Sum of disk bytesRead from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	diskReadRequestsRate	Sum of diskReadRequestsRate from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	diskUsage	sum of disk.usage.average from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	diskWriteRate	Sum of disk bytesWrite from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	diskWriteRequestsRate	Sum of diskWriteRequestsRate from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	memoryActive	Sum of active memory from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	memoryBalloon	Sum of balloon memory from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	memoryConsumed	Sum of consumed memory from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	memoryGranted	Sum of granted memory from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	memoryLimit	Max of physical memory resource can be allocated to VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	memoryOverhead	Sum of overhead memory from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	memoryReservation	Amount of physical memory resource reserved for the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	memoryShared	Sum of shared memory from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	memoryShares	The priority value of cpu resource allocation
VMWResourcePool	memorySwapIn	Sum of active memory from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	memorySwapOut	Sum of active memory from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	memoryUtilization	Sum of active memory from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	memoryZero	Sum of active memory from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	networkPacketsReceivedRate	Sum of network packetsReceived from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	networkPacketsSentRate	Sum of network packetsSent from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	networkReceiveRate	Sum of network receiveRate from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	networkSendRate	Sum of network sendRate from all VMs under the resource pool
VMWResourcePool	networkUsagebps	sum of net.usage.average from all VMs under the resource pool

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