Vcenter Adapter Install and Config Guide

VMware vCenter Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide
vCenter Operations Manager 1.0
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Contents
VMware vCenter Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide Updated Information 7
1 Introduction to the vCenter Adapter 9
How the Adapter Creates Resources 9 Data that the Adapter Collects 9 Using the VM Entity Status Resource Tag 10 Installation and Configuration Requirements 10 vCenter Adapter Resource Identification 11
2 Installing the vCenter Adapter 15
Install the Adapter in a Standalone Installation Install the Adapter in a vApp Installation 16 vCenter Adapter Folders and Files 16
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3 Configuring the vCenter Adapter 19
Add a Credential 19 Add an Adapter Instance 20 Reducing the Number of Collected Metrics 20
4 Troubleshooting the vCenter Adapter 21
Troubleshooting a vCenter Adapter Instance 21 View Collection Information 21 Viewing System Log Files 23
5 Metrics for vCenter Server Components 25

vCenter Server Metrics 25 Datacenter Metrics 28 Cluster Compute Resource Metrics 30 Resource Pool Metrics 35 Host System Metrics 37 Virtual Machine Metrics 48 Datastore Metrics 55 Capacity Planning Metrics 59 Badge Metrics 63
6 Metrics for vCenter Operations Manager Components 65

Analytics Metrics 65 Collector Metrics 70 ActiveMQ Service Metrics 71
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Web Server Metrics 72 Replication Server Metrics 74 Database Metrics 74 Host Operating System Metrics
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The VMware vCenter Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide describes how to install and configure the vCenter adapter for vCenter Operations Manager.
Intended Audience
This information is intended for anyone who needs to install or configure the vCenter adapter.
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Updated Information
The VMware vCenter Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide is updated with each release of the product or when necessary. This table provides the update history of the VMware vCenter Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide.
Revision EN-000912-02 Description
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Introduction to the vCenter Adapter
The vCenter adapter is an embedded adapter for vCenter Operations Manager. The adapter collects metrics from vCenter Server. This chapter includes the following topics:
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How the Adapter Creates Resources, on page 9 Data that the Adapter Collects, on page 9 Using the VM Entity Status Resource Tag, on page 10 Installation and Configuration Requirements, on page 10 vCenter Adapter Resource Identification, on page 11
How the Adapter Creates Resources

The vCenter adapter can create resources in vCenter Operations Manager by using auto-discovery and manual discovery. When you enable auto-discovery for a vCenter adapter instance, the adapter discovers and creates resources in vCenter Operations Manager after it runs a main collection query. You can use manual discovery to restrict the resources that the vCenter adapter creates in vCenter Operations Manager. With manual discovery, the adapter sends a request to vCenter Server to return all available resources and you select the resources to add.
Data that the Adapter Collects

During each collection cycle, the vCenter adapter retrieves metric values, events, and relationships from vCenter Server. For metric values, the adapter queries for up to five of the most recent 20-second samples from vCenter Server and calculates the average. The adapter also adds several aggregate metrics, which it calculates based on those values. The vCenter adapter collects metrics for the following vCenter Server objects:
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For information about the metrics that the adapter collects for these objects, see Chapter 5, Metrics for vCenter Server Components, on page 25.
Using the VM Entity Status Resource Tag

The vCenter adapter creates the VM Entity Status resource tag in the Custom user interface. The VM Entity Status resource tag values are NotExisting, PoweredOff, and PoweredOn. Each resource tag value includes the name of the vCenter Server instance, for example, PoweredOn:vCenter4-qalab. Figure 1-1. VM Entity Status Resource Tag
You can select the PoweredOff or PoweredOn tag value to filter host system and virtual machine resources based on their running state. You can select the NotExisting tag value to locate resources that no longer exist in the vCenter Server inventory and remove them from the Custom user interface. When objects are removed from the vCenter Server inventory, they remain available in the user interface until you remove them.
Installation and Configuration Requirements

Before you install the vCenter adapter, you must make sure that your system meets certain requirements.
VMware vSphere Compatibility

The vCenter adapter is compatible with vSphere 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 update 2, 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1.
Credential Requirements
You must provide a vCenter Server user name and password when you create a credential for a vCenter adapter instance. The vCenter Server privileges assigned to this user account determine the scope of the data that the vCenter adapter can collect and the visibility of that data in vCenter Operations Manager. The adapter calculates metric values based on the visibility that the user account has to the vCenter Server inventory. If certain objects are not visible, vCenter Operations Manager does not consider the values for these objects when it calculates metrics for their container objects.
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At a minimum, the user account must have Read privileges and the Read privileges must be assigned at the Datacenter or vCenter Server level. If the Read privileges are assigned to selected ESX hosts or individual virtual machines, vCenter Operations Manager cannot show metrics for their parent objects. For example, if the user account has Read privileges only for an ESX host, you cannot view metrics for the parent datastore, cluster, or datacenter of that ESX host in vCenter Operations Manager.
vCenter Adapter Resource Identification

The vCenter adapter uses certain resource identifiers. You must specify resource identifiers when you reference vCenter adapter resources with the vCenter Operations Manager API.
Adapter Kind
The adapter kind for the vCenter adapter is VMware Adapter and the identifier key is VMWARE.
Adapter Instance Resource Kind

The adapter instance resource kind for a vCenter adapter instance is vCenter Server and the identifier key is VMwareAdapter Instance. A vCenter adapter instance resource has a specific identifier key. Table 1-1. vCenter Adapter Instance Resource Identifier Key
Key VCURL Part of Uniqueness Yes Default Name (en) VC Host Description Host name or IP address of a vCenter Server host.
Datacenter Resource Kind

The resource kind for a vCenter Server datacenter is Datacenter and the identifier key is Datacenter. A Datacenter resource has specific identifier keys. Table 1-2. Datacenter Resource Identifier Keys
Key VMEntityName VMEntityObjectID Part of Uniqueness No Yes Default Name (en) VM Entity Name VM Entity Object ID Description Name of the datacenter. vCenter Server object ID for the datacenter, for example, datacenter-2. vCenter Server unique ID.
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VC ID
Cluster Compute Resource Kind

The resource kind for a vCenter Server cluster is Cluster Compute Resource and the identifier key is ClusterComputeResource. A Cluster Compute Resource resource has specific identifier keys.
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Table 1-3. Cluster Compute Resource Identifier Keys

Key VMEntityName VMEntityObjectID Part of Uniqueness No Yes Default Name (en) VM Entity Name VM Entity Object ID Description Name of the cluster. vCenter Server object ID for the cluster, for example, domain-c160. vCenter Server unique ID.
VMEntityVCID
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VC ID
Folder Resource Kind

The resource kind for a vCenter Server folder is Folder and the identifier key is Folder. A Folder resource has specific identifier keys. Table 1-4. Folder Resource Identifier Keys
Key VMEntityName VMEntityObjectID Part of Uniqueness No Yes Default Name (en) VM Entity Name VM Entity Object ID Description Name of the folder. vCenter Server object ID for the folder, for example, folder-41. vCenter Server unique ID.
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VC ID
Resource Pool Resource Kind

The resource kind for a vCenter Server resource pool is Resource Pool and the identifier key is ResourcePool. A Resource Pool resource has specific identifier keys. Table 1-5. Resource Pool Resource Identifier Keys
Key VMEntityName VMEntityObjectID Part of Uniqueness No Yes Default Name (en) VM Entity Name VM Entity Object ID Description Name of the resource pool. vCenter Server object ID for the resource pool, for example, resgroup-49. vCenter Server unique ID.
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VC ID
Host System Resource Kind

The resource kind for a vCenter Server host system (ESX server) is Host System and the identifier key is HostSystem. A Host System resource has specific identifier keys. Table 1-6. Host System Resource Identifier Keys
Key VMEntityName VMEntityObjectID Part of Uniqueness No Yes Default Name (en) VM Entity Name VM Entity Object ID Description Name of the host system. vCenter Server object ID for the host system, for example, host-67. vCenter Server unique ID.
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Virtual Machine Resource Kind

The resource kind for a virtual machine is Virtual Machine and the identifier key is VirtualMachine. A Virtual Machine resource has specific identifier keys. Table 1-7. Cluster Compute Resource Identifier Keys
Key VMEntityName VMEntityObjectID Part of Uniqueness No Yes Default Name (en) VM Entity Name VM Entity Object ID Description Name of the virtual machine. vCenter Server object ID for the virtual machine, for example, vm-67. vCenter Server unique ID.
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VC ID
Datastore Resource Kind

The resource kind for a vCenter Sever datastore is Datastore and the identifier key is Datastore. A Datastore resource has specific identifier keys. Table 1-8. Datastore Resource Identifier Keys
Key VMEntityName VMEntityObjectID Part of Uniqueness No Yes Default Name (en) VM Entity Name VM Entity Object ID Description Name of the datastore. vCenter Server object ID for the datastore, for example, datastore-1. vCenter Server unique ID. For NFS-based datastores, a string in the format storagesystem-IP-address/path-
VMEntityVCID DataStorePath
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VC ID Datastore Path
to-element-in-storagesystem.
Compute Resource Kind

The resource kind for a vCenter server compute resource is Compute Resource and the identifier key is ComputerResource. A Compute Resource resource has specific identifier keys. Table 1-9. Compute Resource Identifier Keys
Key VMEntityName VMEntityObjectID VMEntityVCID Part of Uniqueness No Yes Yes Default Name (en) VM Entity Name VM Entity Object ID VC ID Description Name of the resource. vCenter Server object ID for the resource. vCenter Server unique ID.
World Resource Kind

The World object is a logical container for all monitored objects. The resource kind for the World object is World and the identifier key is World.
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VC ID Values
For vCenter Server 4.0 and later, the VC ID is set to the VC UUID. For version 2.5, the VC ID is set to the vCenter Server host name.
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Installing the vCenter Adapter
How you install the vCenter adapter depends on whether you have a standalone or vApp installation. This chapter includes the following topics:
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Install the Adapter in a Standalone Installation

If you have a standalone installation, you install the vCenter adapter by extracting the adapter installation files from a TGZ file and running an installation utility. Prerequisites
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Procedure 1 2 3 4 5 Open the TGZ file and extract the TAR file to a temporary folder on your vCenter Operations Manager server. In the temporary folder, open the TAR file and extract and run the installer for your operating system platform. Log in to the Custom user interface as an administrator. Select Admin > Support. On the Info tab, find the Adapters Info pane and click the Describe icon ( ). The Describe icon is located at the top right of the Adapters Info pane. 6 Click Yes to start the describe process and click OK. The Custom user interface finds the adapter files, gathers information about the abilities of the adapter, and updates the user interface with information about the adapter. If you have remote collectors, it installs the adapter on the remote collectors. The describe process might take several minutes. When the describe process is finished, the adapter appears in the Adapters Info pane. The build number is in the Adapter Version column.
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Verify that the build number in the Adapter Version column for the adapter matches the build number in the TGZ file that you downloaded.
Install the Adapter in a vApp Installation

If you have a vApp installation, you install the vCenter adapter from a PAK file. Prerequisites
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Procedure 1 2 Save the PAK file in a temporary folder. Log in to the Admin user interface as the admin user. For example: https://ipaddress/admin/ 3 4 On the Update tab, click Browse to locate the temporary folder and select the PAK file. Click Update and click OK to confirm the update. The Admin user interface uploads the PAK file. The upload might take several minutes. 5 6 Read and accept the EULA and click OK. Click OK to confirm and start the update process. The update might take several minutes. Status information appears on the Update tab when the update is finished. 7 Log in to the Custom user interface as an administrator. For example: https://ipaddress/vcops-custom/ 8 9 Select Admin > Support. On the Info tab, find the Adapters Info pane and click the Describe icon ( ). The Describe icon is located at the top right of the Adapters Info pane. 10 Click Yes to start the describe process and click OK. The Custom user interface finds the adapter files, gathers information about the abilities of the adapter, and updates the user interface with information about the adapter. The describe process might take several minutes. When the describe process is finished, the adapter appears in the Adapters Info pane. The build number is in the Adapter Version column. 11 Verify that the build number in the Adapter Version column for the adapter matches the build number in the PAK file that you uploaded.
vCenter Adapter Folders and Files

The installer places the vCenter adapter files in the vcenter-ops/user/plugins/inbound/vcenter_adapter3 folder. The vcenter_adapter3 folder contains several subfolders and files.
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Table 2-1. vCenter Adapter Folders and Files

Folder conf File describe.xml eventlist.txt history.txt rmi.properties version.txt vm3.png vmware.properties open_source_license.txt lib apputils-custom.jar axis.jar axis-ant.jar commons-discovery-0.2.jar commons-logging-1.1.jar jaxen.license jaxen.readme jaxrpc.jar saaj.jar vim.jar vim25.jar wbem.jar wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar Description Describes the adapter. Lists the events for which the adapter creates change events in vCenter Operations Manager. Contains information about the changes implemented in the adapter versions. RMI properties. Contains information about the adapter version. VMware logo. Main configuration file for the adapter. Open source license file. JAR files and other commonly used files.
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Configuring the vCenter Adapter
For pre-5.6 releases, you configure the vCenter adapter by adding a credential and an adapter instance in the Custom user interface. For 5.6 and later releases, you add a credential and an adapter instance in the Custom user interface only if you have a standalone installation. If you have a 5.6 or later vApp installation, you manage the vCenter adapter from vCenter Operations Manager Administration. You define adapter settings for a vCenter server system in the vCenter Server Registration pane on the Registration tab. For more information, see the vCenter Operations Manager Administration online help. This chapter includes the following topics:
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Add a Credential
You must use the Custom user interface to create a credential for a vCenter adapter instance if you have a 5.6 or later standalone installation or a pre-5.6 standalone or vApp installation. You use a vCenter Server user name and password to create a credential for the adapter instance. You can add the credential before you create the adapter instance and select the correct credential when you define the adapter instance, or you can add the credential when you define the adapter instance. Prerequisites
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Procedure 1 2 3 4 5 6 Log in to the Custom user interface as an administrator. Select Environment > Configuration > Credentials. Select VMware Adapter from the Adapter Kind drop-down menu. Select Principal Credential from the Credential Kind drop-down menu. At the top of the list of credentials, next to Action, click Add. Type a unique name for the credential instance in the Instance name text box.
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Type the user name and password combination in the User name and Password text boxes. Click OK to add the credential for the adapter kind.
The credential appears in the list in the Manage Credentials window.
Add an Adapter Instance

You must use the Custom user interface to create an adapter instance for the vCenter adapter if you have a 5.6 or later standalone installation or a pre-5.6 standalone or vApp installation. The adapter instance defines the adapter type and identifies the vCenter Server host. If you have a 5.6 or later vApp installation, you manage the vCenter adapter from vCenter Operations Manager Administration. You define adapter settings for a vCenter server system in the vCenter Server Registration pane on the Registration tab. For more information, see the vCenter Operations Manager Administration online help. Prerequisites
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Procedure 1 2 3 Log in to the Custom user interface as an administrator. Select Environment > Configuration > Adapter Instances. Select the collector to use from the Collector drop-down menu. Unless you added additional collectors, the only available collector is vCenter Operations Server. You can change the name of this collector when you install the standalone version. 4 5 6 7 8 Select VMware Adapter from the Adapter Kind drop-down menu. Click the Add New Adapter Instance icon. Type a name for the adapter in the Adapter Instance Name text box. Type the IP address or host name of the vCenter Server host in the VC Host text box. Select true or false from the Auto Discovery drop-down menu to enable or disable auto-discovery. If you enable auto-discovery, the data collection process discovers new resources and creates the resources for you. If you disable auto-discovery, you must use manual discovery to create resources. Manual discovery is useful for restricing the resources that the adapter adds. You typically enable auto-discovery for the vCenter adapter. 9 10 11 Select true or false from the Process Change Events drop-down menu to configure whether the adapter instance processes change events. Select the credential to use to sign on to the data source from the Credential drop-down menu, or click Add to add a new credential. Click OK to save your configuration.
Reducing the Number of Collected Metrics

If you have a 5.7 or later vApp installation, you can reduce the number of metrics that the vCenter adapter collects by selecting the Balanced profile metrics profile. You select a metrics profile option on the Registration tab in the vCenter Operations Manager Administration user interface. For more information, see the Administration online help.
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Troubleshooting the vCenter Adapter
Known troubleshooting information can help you diagnose and correct common problems with the vCenter adapter. This chapter includes the following topics:
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Troubleshooting a vCenter Adapter Instance

Perform these general troubleshooting steps to diagnose and correct problems with a vCenter adapter instance. 1 2 3 Verify that vCenter Server is running. View the collection status and collection state for the adapter instance resource in Custom user interface. See View Collection Information, on page 21. Check the adapter and collector logs for errors. See Viewing System Log Files, on page 23.
View Collection Information

You can view collection information for a vCenter adapter instance in the Custom user interface. This information can help you diagnose and troubleshoot adapter problems. Prerequisites Become familiar with the collection states and status values. See Collection States, on page 22 and Collection Status Values, on page 23. Procedure 1 2 3 Log in to the Custom user interface as an administrator. Select Environment > Environment Overview and find the vCenter adapter instance resource on the List tab. Point to the icon in the Collection State column to see whether vCenter Operations Manager should be collecting data through the adapter instance. The collection state appears in a pop-up window. If the adapter instance is set to collect data, the collection state is Collecting. 4 (Optional) If you have vCenter Operations Manager 5.6 or later, click the icon in the Collection State column to see detailed information about the collection state.
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Point to the icon in the Collection Status column to see whether vCenter Operations Manager is receiving data through the adapter instance. The collection status and a collection status message appear in a pop-up window. If vCenter Operations Manager is receiving data through the adapter instance, the collection status is Data Receiving. In vCenter Operations Manager 5.6 and later, the vCenter adapter generates a collection time status message whenever a host system or virtual machine receives raw data from vCenter Server, for example, Message: Last successful collection time is "Fri May 11 11:44:09 PDT 2012".
Collection States
The resource collection state indicates whether vCenter Operations Manager should be collecting data for the resource. The resource collection state appears in a pop-up window when you point to an icon in the Collection State column in the resource list on the Environment Overview page. If vCenter Operations Manager collects data for a resource through more than one adapter instance, a separate icon appears for each adapter instance. Table 4-1. Collection States
State Collecting Not Collecting Starting Stopping Updating Failed In Maintenance In Maintenance (Manual) Removing Description Resource is set to collect data. Resource is set to not collect data. Collection is starting. Collection is stopping. Resource is being updated. Resource configuration problem. Resource is in scheduled maintenance. Resource is in manual maintenance. Resource is being deleted.
If you click an icon in the Collection State column, detailed information appears in a pop-up window. Table 4-2. Detailed Collection State Information
Field Adapter Instance Collector Last Heartbeat Status Last Collection Time Last Collection Duration Metric Sparklines Description Name of the adapter instance. Name of the collector that the adapter instance uses. Amount of time since vCenter Operations Manager received a heartbeat message from the adapter. A long period of time might indicate a connection problem. Status message from the collector. Amount of time since the end of the last collection cycle and the number of metrics that the adapter collected during that cycle. Length of time of the last collection cycle. Graphical representations of the last collection cycle duration and the number of metrics and resources that the adapter collected during that cycle.
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Collection Status Values

The collection status value for a resource indicates whether vCenter Operations Manager is receiving data for the resource. Collection status values appear in a pop-up window when you point to an icon in the Collection Status column in the resource list on the Environment Overview page. If vCenter Operations Manager collects metrics for a resource through more than one adapter instance, a separate icon appears for each adapter instance in the Collection Status column. A resource has a status value only if its collection state is Collecting. For information about collection states, see Collection States, on page 22. Table 4-3. Collection Status Values
Status Data Receiving Old Data Receiving No Data Receiving None Error Unknown Resource Down No parent resource monitoring Collection down Description vCenter Operations Manager is receiving data for the resource. Data is not current. The most recent value is at least five monitoring cycles old. Adapter instance is collecting data, but vCenter Operations Manager has not received data for the resource. vCenter Operations Manager or collection was recently started and no data has been received for five monitoring cycles. An error occurred when vCenter Operations Manager attempted to collect data for the resource. Status of the resource is not known because the adapter instance cannot connect to the resource. Resource is not operational. Adapter instance resource is stopped. Collector or adapter instance is not operational.
NOTE Some adapter instances write customized status and messages. These messages typically provide more information about data collection problems.
Viewing System Log Files

You can view vCenter adapter errors in the adapter and collector log files in the Custom user interface. You can view adapter and collector log files in the Custom user interface or in an external log viewer. vCenter adapter log files are in the vcenter-ops/user/log/adapters/VMwareAdapter folder. Collector log files are in the vcenter-ops/user/log folder. The logging level is set to ERROR by default. To troubleshoot issues, set the logging level to INFO. To view detailed messages, including micro steps, queries, and returned results, set the logging level to DEBUG. NOTE If you set the logging level to DEBUG, log files can become large very quickly. Set the logging level to DEBUG only for short periods of time. You can also package all log and configuration files in one compressed ZIP file and send the file to VMware technical support. For information about viewing logs files, modifying logging levels, and creating support bundles, see the Custom user interface online help.
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Metrics for vCenter Server Components
The vCenter adapter collects metrics from vCenter Server and uses formulas to derive statistics from those metrics. This chapter includes the following topics:
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vCenter Server Metrics

A vCenter adapter instance collects CPU use, disk, memory, network, and summary metrics for vCenter Server resources.
CPU Usage Metrics

CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use. Table 5-1. CPU Usage Metrics
Metric Key cpu | capacity_usagepct_average cpu | capacity_contentionPct cpu | demandPct cpu | demandmhz cpu | iowait cpu | numpackages cpu | capacity_contention cpu | capacity_provisioned Metric Name Capacity Usage (%) CPU Contention (%) Demand (%) Demand (MHz) IO Wait (ms) Number of CPU Sockets Overall CPU Contention (ms) Provisioned Capacity (MHz) Description Percent capacity used. Percent CPU contention. Percent demand. Demand in megahertz. IO wait time in milliseconds. Number of CPU sockets. Overall CPU contention in milliseconds. Provisioned capacity in megahertz.
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Metric Key cpu | corecount_provisioned cpu | reservedCapacity_average cpu | usagemhz_average cpu | wait cpu | workload Metric Name Provisioned CPU Cores Reserved Capacity (MHz) Usage (MHz) Wait (ms) Workload (%) Description Number of provisioned CPU cores. Sum of the reservation properties of the immediate children of the host's root resource pool. CPU use in megahertz. CPU time spent on the idle state. Percent workload.
Disk Metrics
Disk metrics provide information about disk use. Table 5-2. Disk Metrics
Metric Key disk | commandsAveraged_average disk | totalLatency_average Metric Name Commands per second Disk Command Latency (ms) Description Average number of commands issued per second during the collection cycle. Average amount of time taken for a command from the perspective of the guest operating system. This metric is the sum of the Kernal Device Command Latency and Physical Device Command Latency metrics. Average of the sum of the data read and written for all of the disk instances of the host or virtual machine. Percent workload.
disk | usage_average disk | workload
Usage Rate (KBps) Workload (%)
Memory Metrics
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation. Table 5-3. Memory Metrics
Metric Key mem | host_contentionPct mem | host_demand mem | workload mem | host_provisioned mem | reservedCapacity_average mem | host_usable mem | host_usage mem | host_usagePct mem | host_contention Metric Name Contention (%) Machine Demand (KB) Overall Workload (%) Provisioned Memory (KB) Reserved Capacity (KB) Usable Memory (KB) Usage (KB) Usage/Usable (%) Contention (KB) Description Percent host memory contention. Host memory demand in kilobytes. Percent memory workload. Provisioned host memory in kilobytes. Sum of the reservation properties of the immediate children of the host's root resource pool. Usable host memory in kilobytes. Host memory use in kilobytes. Percent host memory used. Host contention in kilobytes.
Network Metrics
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
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Table 5-4. Network Metrics

Metric Key net | workload net | droppedPct net | usage_average net | usage_capacity net | packetsRx_summation net | packetsTx_summation net | droppedRx_summation net | droppedTx_summation Metric Name Workload (%) Packets Dropped (%) Usage Rate (KBps) I/O Usage Capacity Packets Received Packets Transmitted Received Packets Dropped Transmitted Packets Dropped Description Percent network workload. Percent network packets dropped. Sum of the data transmitted and received for all of the NIC instances of the host or virtual machine. IO use capacity. Number of packets received. Number of packets transmitted. Number of received packets that were dropped. Number of transmitted packets that were dropped.
Summary Metrics
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance. Table 5-5. Summary Metrics
Metric Key summary | capacity summary | number_running_hosts summary | number_running_vms summary | total_number_clusters summary | total_number_datastores summary | total_number_hosts summary | total_number_vms summary | version summary | workload summary | workload_indicator summary | total_number_datacenters summary | number_powered_on_cores summary | number_running_vcpus summary | avg_vm_density summary | vcuuid summary | vc_query_time summary | derived_metrics_comp_time Metric Name Capacity (%) Number of Running Hosts Number of Running VMs Total Number of Clusters Total Number of Datastores Total Number of Hosts Total Number of VMs Version Workload (%) Workload Indicator (%) Total Number of Datacenters Number of Cores on Powered On Hosts Number VCPUs on Powered on VMs Average Running VM Count per Running Host VirtualCenter ID VC Query Time (ms) Derived Metrics Computation Time (ms) Description Percent capacity. Number of running hosts. Number of running virtual machines. Total number of clusters. Total number of datastores. Total number of hosts. Total number of virtual machines. vCenter Server version. Percent workload. Percent workload indicator. Total number of datacenters. Number of cores on powered-on hosts. Number of virtual CPUs on powered-on virtual machines. Average running virtual machine count per running host. vCenter Server ID. vCenter Server query time in milliseconds. Derived metrics computation time in milliseconds. Available only in 5.6 and later releases. Number of objects. Available only in 5.6 and later releases.
summary | number_objs
Number of objects
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Metric Key summary | number_vc_events Metric Name Number of VC Events Description Number of vCenter Server events. Available only in 5.6 and later releases. Number of SMS metrics. Available only in 5.6 and later releases. Collector memory use in megabytes. Available only in 5.6 and later releases.
summary | number_sms_metrics
Number of SMS Metrics
summary | collector_mem_usage
Collector Memory Usage (MB)
Datacenter Metrics
The vCenter adapter collects CPU usage, disk, memory, network, storage, disk space, and summary metrics for datacenters.
CPU Usage Metrics for Datacenters

CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use. Table 5-6. CPU Usage Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key cpu | capacity_usagepct_average cpu | capacity_contentionPct cpu | demandPct cpu | demandmhz cpu | wait cpu | numpackages cpu | capacity_contention cpu | capacity_provisioned cpu | corecount_provisioned cpu | reservedCapacity_average cpu | usagemhz_average cpu | iowait cpu | workload Metric Name Capacity Usage (%) CPU Contention (%) Demand (%) Demand (MHz) IO Wait (ms) Number of CPU Sockets Overall CPU Contention (ms) Provisioned Capacity (MHz) Provisioned CPU Cores Reserved Capacity (MHz) Usage (MHz) Wait (ms) Workload (%) Description Percent capacity used. Percent CPU contention. Percent demand. Demand in megahertz. IO wait time in millliseconds. Number of CPU sockets. Overall CPU contention in milliseconds. Provisioned capacity in megahertz. Provisioned CPU cores. Reserved capacity in megahertz. Average use in megahertz. IO wait time in milliseconds. Percent workload.
Disk Metrics for Datacenters

Disk metrics provide information about disk use.
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Table 5-7. Disk Metrics for Datacenters

Metric Key disk | commandsAveraged_average disk | totalLatency_average Metric Name Commands per second Disk Command Latency (ms) Description Average number of commands issued per second during the collection interval. Average amount of time taken for a command from the perspective of the guest operating system. This metric is the sum of the Kernal Disk Command Latency and Physical Device Command Latency metrics. Sum of the data transmitted and received for all the NIC instances of the host or virtual machine. Percent workload. Percent IO use capacity.
disk | usage_average
Usage Rate (KBps)
disk | workload disk | usage_capacity
Workload (%) I/O Usage Capacity
Memory Metrics for Datacenters

Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation. Table 5-8. Memory Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key mem | host_contentionPct mem | host_demand mem | workload mem | host_provisioned mem | reservedCapacity_average mem | host_usable mem | host_usage mem | host_usagePct Metric Name Contention (%) Machine Demand (KB) Overall Workload (%) Provisioned Memory (KB) Reserved Capacity (KB) Usable Memory (KB) Usage (KB) Usage/Usable (%) Description Percent host contention. Host demand in kilobytes. Percent memory workload. Provisioned host memory in kilobytes. Reserved memory capacity in kilobytes. Usable host memory in kilobytes. Host memory use in kilobytes. Percent host memory used.
Network Metrics for Datacenters

Network metrics provide information about network performance. Table 5-9. Network Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key net | workload net | droppedPct net | usage_average Metric Name Workload (%) Packets Dropped (%) Usage Rate (KBps) Description Percent workload. Percent packets dropped. The sum of the data transmitted and received for all the NIC instances of the host or virtual machine. IO use capacity.
net | usage_capacity
I/O Usage Capacity
Storage Metrics for Datacenters

Storage metrics provide information about storage use.
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Table 5-10. Storage Metrics for Datacenters

Metric Key storage | usage_average Metric Name Total Usage (KBps) Description Average use in kilobytes.
Disk Space Metrics for Datacenters

Disk space metrics provide information about disk use. Table 5-11. Disk Space Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key diskspace | used diskspace | notshared diskspace | shared diskspace | snapshot diskspace | diskused diskspace | numvmdisk Metric Name Virtual machine used (GB) Not Shared (GB) Shared Used (GB) Snapshot Space (GB) Virtual Disk Used (GB) Virtual machine used (GB) Description Used virtual machine disk space in gigabytes. Unshared disk space in gigabytes. Shared disk space in gigabytes. Snapshot disk space in gigabytes. Used virtual disk space in gigabtyes. Used virtual machine disk space in gigabtyes.
Summary Metrics for Datacenters

Summary metrics provide information about overall performance. Table 5-12. Summary Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key summary | number_running_hosts summary | number_running_vms summary | total_number_clusters summary | total_number_hosts summary | total_number_vms summary | total_number_datastores summary | number_running_vcpus summary | workload_indicator summary | avg_vm_density Metric Name Number of Running Hosts Number of Running VMs Total Number of Clusters Total Number of Hosts Total Number of VMs Total Number of Datastores Number of VCPUs on Powered On VMs Workload Indicator Average Running VM Count per Running Host Description Number of running hosts. Number of running virtual machines. Total number of clusters. Total number of hosts. Total number of virtual machines. Total number of datastores. Number of virtual CPUs on poweredon virtual machines. Workload indicator. Average number of running virtual machines per running host.
Cluster Compute Resource Metrics

The vCenter adapter collects configuration, storage, disk space, CPU use, disk, memory, network, power, and summary metrics for cluster compute resources.
Configuration Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources

Configuration metrics provide information about configuration settings.
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Table 5-13. Configuration Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources

Metric Key configuration | drsconfig | enabled configuration | dasconfig | enabled configuration | dasconfig | admissionControlEnabled configuration | dasconfig | failoverLevel configuration | dasconfig | activeAdministrationControlPolicy configuration | dasconfig | adminissionControlPolicy | cpuFailoverResourcePercent configuration | dasconfig | adminissionControlPolicy | memoryFailoverResourcePercent configuration | dasconfig | adminissionControlPolicy | failoverHosts Metric Name DRS Configuration - Enabled DAS Configuration - Enabled DAS Configuration - Admission Control Enabled DAS Configuration - Failover Level DAS Configuration - Active Admission Control Policy DAS Confguration - Admission Control Policy - CPU Failover Resources Percent DAS Configuration - Admission Control Policy - Memory Failover Resources Percent DAS Configuration - Admission Control Policy - Failover Hosts Description Enabled DRS configurations. Enabled DAS configurations. Enabled DAS configuration admission controls. DAS configuration failover level. DAS configuration active admission control policy. Percent CPU failover resources for DAS configuration admission control policy. Percent memory failover resoures for DAS configuration admission control policy. Failover hosts for DAS configuration admission control policy.
Storage Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources

Storage metrics provide information about storage use. Table 5-14. Storage Metrics for Cluster Compue Resources
Metric Key storage | usage_average Metric Name Total Usage (KBps) Description Average use in kilibytes per second.
Disk Space Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources

Disk space metrics provide information about disk space use. Table 5-15. Disk Space Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key diskspace | used diskspace | diskused diskspace | snapshot diskspace | shared diskspace | notshared Metric Name Virtual machine used (GB) Virtual Disk Used (GB) Snapshot Space (GB) Shared Used (GB) Not Shared (GB) Description Virtual machine used space in gigabytes. Virtual disk used space in gigabytes. Snapshot space in gigabtyes. Shared used space in gigabtyes. Unshared space in gigabytes.
CPU Usage Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources

CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use. Table 5-16. CPU Usage Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key cpu | capacity_usagepct_average cpu | capacity_contentionPct Metric Name Capacity Usage (%) CPU Contention (%) Description Percent capacity used. Percent CPU contention.
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Metric Key cpu | demandPct cpu | demandmhz cpu | iowait cpu | numpackages cpu | capacity_contention cpu | capacity_provisioned cpu | corecount_provisioned cpu | reservedCapacity_average cpu | wait cpu | workload cpu | usagemhz_average cpu | total_capacity Metric Name Demand (%) Demand (MHz) IO Wait (ms) Number of CPU Sockets Overall CPU Contention (ms) Provisioned Capacity (MHz) Provisioned CPU Cores Reserved Capacity (MHz) Wait (ms) Workload (%) Usage (MHz) Total Capacity (MHz) Description Percent demand. Demand in megahertz. IO wait time in milliseconds. Number of CPU sockets. Overall CPU contention in milliseconds. Provisioned CPU capacity in megahertz. Number of provisioned CPU cores. Reserved capacity in megahertz. Wait time in milliseconds. Percent workload. CPU use in megahertz. Total CPU capacity in megahertz.
Disk Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources

Disk metrics provide information about disk use. Table 5-17. Disk Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key disk | commandsAveraged_average disk | totalLatency_average Metric Name Commands per second Disk Command Latency (ms) Description Average number of commands issued per second during the collection interval. Average amount of time taken for a command from the perpsective of the guest operating system. This metric is the sum of the Kernal Device Command Latency and Physical Device Command Latency metrics. Average amount of time for a read operation from the virtual disk. The total latency is the sum of kernal latency and device latency. Average time taken for a write from the perspective of the guest operating system. This metric is the sum of the Kernel Write Latency and Physical Write Latency metrics. Amount of data read during the collection interval. Average number of read commands issued per second during the collection interval. Average of the sum of the data read and written for all of the disk instances of the host or virtual machine. Percent workload. Amount of data written to disk during the collection interval. Average number of write commands issued per second during the collection interval. Number of times data was read from the disk during the collection interval.
disk | totalReadLatency_average
Disk Read Latency
disk | totalWriteLatency_average
Disk Write Latency
disk | numberRead_summation disk | numberReadAveraged_average disk | usage_average
Read Rate (KBps) Reads per second Usage Rate (KBps)
disk | workload disk | numberWrite_summation disk | numberWriteAveraged_average disk | read_average
Workload (%) Write Rate (KBps) Writes per second Read Requests
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Metric Key disk | write_average disk | commands_summation Metric Name Write Requests Commands Issued Description Number of times data was written to the disk during the collection interval. Number of disk commands issued during the collection interval.
Memory Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources

Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation. Table 5-18. Memory Metrics for Cluster Computer Resources
Metric Key mem | activewrite_average mem | compressed_average mem | compressionRate_average mem | consumed_average mem | host_contentionPct mem | host_contention mem | decompressionRate_average mem | granted_average mem | active_average mem | heap_average mem | heapFree_average mem | vmmemctl_average mem | workload mem | overhead_average mem | host_provisioned mem | reservedCapacity_average mem | shared_average mem | sharedcommon_average mem | swapin_average mem | swapinRate_average mem | swapout_average mem | swapoutRate_average Metric Name Active Write (KB) Compressed (KB) Compression Rate (KBps) Consumed (KB) Contention (%) Contention (KB) Decompression Rate (KBps) Granted (KB) Guest Active (KB) Heap (KB) Heap Free (KB) Machine Demand (KB) Overall Workload (%) Overhead (KB) Provisioned Memory (KB) Reserved Capacity (KB) Shared (KB) Shared Common (KB) Swap In (KB) Swap In Rate (KBps) Swap Out (KB) Swap Out Rate (KBps) Description Active writes in kilobytes. Average compression in kilobytes. Average compression rate in kilobytes. Amount of host memory consumed by the virtual machine for guest memory. Percent contention. Contention in kilobytes. Decompression rate in kilobytes. Amount of memory available for use. Amount of memory that is actively used. Amount of memory allocated for heap. Free space in the heap. Amount of memory currently used by the virtual machine memory control. Percent overall workload. Amount of memory that is overhead. Provisioned memory in kilobytes. Reserved capacity in kilobytes. Amount of shared memory. Amount of shared common memory. Amount of memory that is swapped in for the service console. Rate at which memory is swapped from disk into active memory during the interval. Amount of memory that is swapped out for the service console. Rate at which memory is being swapped from active memory into disk during the current interval. Amount of memory used for swap space. Total capacity in kilobytes. Amount of unreserved memory. Usable memory in kilobytes.
mem | swapused_average
Swap Used (KB) Total Capacity (KB)
mem | unreserved_average mem | host_usable
Unreserved (KB) Usable Memory (KB)
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Metric Key mem | host_usagePct mem | host_usage mem | usage_average mem | sysUsage_average mem | zero_average mem | vmmemctl_average Metric Name Usage (%) Usage (KB) Usage/Usable (%) VMkernal Usage (KB) Zero (KB) Balloon Description Percent memory used. Memory use in kilobytes. Memory currently in use as a percentage of total available memory. Amount of memory that the VMkernal uses. Amount of memory that is all 0. Amount of memory currently used by the virtual machine memory control.
Network Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources

Network metrics provide information about network performance. Table 5-19. Network Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key net | workload net | received_average net | transmitted_average net | dropped net | droppedPct net | packetsRx_summation net | packetsTx_summation Metric Name Workload (%) Data Receive Rate (KBps) Data Transmit Rate (KBps) Packets Dropped Packets Dropped (%) Packets Received Packets Transmitted Description Percent workoad. Data receive rate in kilobytes. Date transmission rate in kilobytes. Number of packets dropped in the performance interval. Percent packets dropped. Number of packets received in the performance interval. Average of the sum of the data read and written for all of the disk instances of the host or virtual machine. Number of received packets dropped in the performance interval. Number of transmitted packets dropped in the performance interval. Memory currently in use of total available memory.
net | droppedRx_summation net | droppedTx_summation net | usage_average
Received Packets Dropped Transmitted Packets Dropped Usage Rate (KBps)
Cluster Services Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources

Cluster Services metrics provide information about cluster services. Table 5-20. Cluster Services Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key clusterServices | effectivecpu_average clusterServices | effectivemem_average Metric Name Effective CPU Resources (MHz) Effective Memory Resources (KB) Description VMware DRS effective CPU resources available. VMware DRS effective memory resources available.
Power Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources

Power metrics provide information about power use.
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Table 5-21. Power Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources

Metric Key power | energy_summation power | power_average power | powerCap_average Metric Name Energy (Watt) Power (Watt) Power Cap (Watt) Description Energy use in watts. Average power use in watts. Average power capacity in watts.
Summary Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources

Summary metrics provide information about overall performance. Table 5-22. Summary Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Metric Key summary | number_running_hosts summary | number_running_vms summary | number_vmotion summary | total_number_hosts summary | total_number_vms summary | workload summary | workload_indicator summary | capacity summary | total_number_datastores summary | number_running_vcpus summary | avg_vm_density Metric Name Number of Running Hosts Number of Running VMs Number of vMotions Total Number of Hosts Total Number of VMs Workload (%) Workload Indicator (%) Capacity (%) Total Number of Datastores Number of VCPUs on Powered On VMs Average Running VM Count per Running Host Description Number of running hosts. Number of running virtual machines. Number of vMotions. Total number of hosts. Total number of virtual machines. Percent workoad. Percent workload indicator. Percent capacity. Total number of datastores. Number of virtual CPUs on powered-on virtual machines. Average number of running virtual machines per running host. Average provisioned capacity, in megahertz, per running virtual machine. Average provisioned memory, in kilobtyes. per running virtual machine.
summary | avg_vm_cpu
Average Provisioned Capacity (MHz) per Running VM Average Provsioned Memory (KB) per Running VM
summary | avg_vm_mem
Resource Pool Metrics

The vCenter adapter collects configuration, CPU usage, memory, and summary metrics for resource pools.
Configuration Metrics for Resource Pools

Configuration metrics provide information about memory and CPU allocation configuration. Table 5-23. Configuration Metrics for Resource Pools
Metric Key config | reservation config | name config | cpuAllocation Metric Name Memory Allocation Reservation Name CPU Resource Allocation Description Memory allocation reservation. Resource pool name. CPU resource allocation.
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Metric Key config | limit config | expandableReservation config | expandableReservation | shares | shares Metric Name Limit Expandable Reservation Expandable Reservation - Shares Shares Description Configured limit. Expandable reservation. Shares of expandable reservation.
CPU Usage Metrics for Resource Pools

CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use. Table 5-24. CPU Usage Metrics for Resource Pools
Metric Key cpu | capacity_demandEntitlementPct cpu | capacity_entitlement cpu | capacity_contentionPct cpu | demandmhz cpu | capacity_contention cpu | usagemhz_average cpu | limit cpu | reservation cpu | expandable_reservation cpu | shares cpu | corecount_provisioned cpu | effective_limit cpu | reservation_used cpu | estimated_entitlement cpu | dynamic_entitlement cpu | workload Metric Name Capacity Demand Entitlement (%) Capacity entitlement (MHz) CPU Contention (%) Demand (MHz) Overall CPU Contention (ms) Usage (MHz) CPU limit CPU reservation CPU expandable reservation CPU shares Provisioned CPU Cores Effective limit Reservation Used Estimated entitlement Dynamic entitlement Workload (%) Description Percent demand entitlement capacity. Capacity entitlement in megahertz. Percent CPU contention. CPU demand in megahertz. Overall CPU contention in milliseconds. Average CPU use in megahertz. CPU limit. CPU reservation. Expandable CPU reservation. CPU shares. Provisioned CPU cores. Effective limit. Reservation used. Estimated entitlement. Dynamic entitlement. Percent workload.
Memory Metrics for Resource Pools

Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation. Table 5-25. Memory Metrics for Resource Pools
Metric Key mem | vmmemctl_average mem | compressionRate_average mem | consumed_average mem | host_contentionPct mem | host_contention Metric Name Balloon (KB) Compression Rate (KBps) Consumed (KB) Contention (%) Contention (KB) Description Amount of memory currently used by the virtual machine memory control. Compression rate in kilobytes per second. Amount of host memory consumed by the virtual machine for guest memory. Percent contention. Contention in kilobytes.
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Metric Key mem | decompressionRate_averaage mem | granted_average mem | active_average mem | overhead_average mem | shared_average mem | swapinRate_average Metric Name Decompression Rate (KBps) Granted (KB) Guest Active (KB) Overhead (KB) Shared (KB) swapinRate_average Description Decompression rate in kilobytes per second. Average of memory available for use. Amount of memory that is actively used. Amount of memory that is overhead. Amount of shared memory. Rate at which memory is swapped from disk into active memory during the interval. Amount of unreserved memory. Memory currently in use as a percentage of total available memory. Amount of memory currently used by the virtual machine memory control. Amount of memory that is all zero. Latest zipped memory in kilobytes. Average swap-in memory in kilobytes. Average swap-out memory in kilobytes. Used swapped memory in kilobytes. Guest configured memory in kilobytes.
mem | swapoutRate_average mem | swapped_average mem | usage_average mem | zero_average mem | zipped_latest mem | swapin_average mem | swapout_average mem | swapused_average mem | guest_provisioned
swapoutRate_average Swapped (KB) Usage (%) Zero (KB) Zipped (KB) Swap In (KB) Swap Out (KB) Swap Used (KB) Guest Configured Memory (KB)
Summary Metrics for Resource Pools

Summary metrics provide information about overall performance. Table 5-26. Summary Metrics for Resource Pools
Metric Key summary | number_running_vms summary | total_number_vms summary | iowait Metric Name Number of Running VMs Total Number of VMs IO Wait (ms) Description Number of running virtual machines. Total number of virtual machines. IO wait time in milliseconds.
Host System Metrics

The vCenter adapter collects many metrics for host systems, including CPU use, datastore, disk, memory, network, storage, and summary metrics.
Configuration Metrics for Host Systems

Configuration metrics provide information about host system configuration.
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Table 5-27. Configuration Metrics for Host Systems

Metric Key config | diskSpace | network | nnic config | diskSpace | network | linkspeed config | product | productLineId config | product | apiVersion config | hyperThread | available Metric Name Disk Space - Network - Number of NICs Disk Space - Network - Average Physical NIC Speed Product - Product Line ID Product - API Version Hyperthreading - Available Description Number of network interface cards. Average physical network interface card speed. Product line identifier. API version. Number of available hyperthreads.
Hardware Metrics for Host Systems

Hardware metrics provide information about host system hardware. Table 5-28. Hardware Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key hardware | memorySize | cpuinfo | numCpuCores hardware | memorySize | cpuinfo.hz hardware | memorySize | cpuinfo | numCpuPackages Metric Name Memory Size - CPU Information Number of CPU Cores Memory Size - CPU Information CPU Speed per Core Memory Size - CPU Information Number of CPU Packages Description Number of CPU cores. CPU speed per core. Number of CPU packages.
Runtime Metrics for Host Systems

Runtime metrics provide information about host system connection and power states. Table 5-29. Runtime Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key runtime | connectionState runtime | powerState Metric Name Connection State Power State Description Host connection state. Host power state.
Configuration Manager Metrics for Host Systems

Configuration Manager metrics provide information about the host system service console. Table 5-30. Configuration Manager Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key configManager | memoryManager | consoleReservationInfo | serviceConsoleReserved Metric Name Memory Manager - Console Reservation - Service Console Reserved Description Service console memory reservation.
CPU Usage Metrics for Host Systems

CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
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Table 5-31. CPU Metrics for Host Systems

Metric Key cpu | capacity_usagepct_average cpu | capacity_contentionPct cpu | demandPct cpu | demandmhz cpu | iowait cpu | numpackages cpu | capacity_contention cpu | capacity_provisioned cpu | corecount_provisioned cpu | wait cpu | workload cpu | used_summation cpu | usagemhz_average cpu | reservedCapacity_average cpu | totalCapacity_average cpu | idle_summation cpu | coreUtilization_average cpu | utilization_average Metric Name Capacity Usage (%) CPU Contention (%) Demand (%) Demand (MHz) IO Wait (ms) Number of CPU Sockets Overall CPU Contention (ms) Provisioned Capacity (MHz) Provisioned CPU Cores Wait (ms) Workload (%) Usage (%) Usage (MHz) Reserved Capacity (MHz) Total Capacity (MHz) Idle (ms) Core Utilization (%) Utilization(%) Description Percent CPU capacity used. Percent CPU contention. Percent CPU demand. CPU demand in megahertz. IO wait time in milliseconds. Number of CPU sockets. Overall CPU contention in milliseconds. Provisioned CPU capacity in megahertz. Provisioned CPU cores. CPU wait time in milliseconds. Percent CPU workload. Percent CPU use. CPU use in megahertz. Reserved CPU capacity in megahertz. Total CPU capacity in megahertz. CPU idle time in milliseconds. Percent core utilization. Percent CPU utilization.
CPU Utilization for Resources Metrics for Host Systems

CPU utilization for resources metrics provide information about CPU activity. Table 5-32. CPU Utilization for Resources Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key rescpu | actav1_latest rescpu | actav_latest rescpu | actav15_latest rescpu | actpk1_latest rescpu | actpk5_latest rescpu | actpk15_latest rescpu | runav1_latest rescpu | runav5_latest rescpu | runav15_latest rescpu | runpk1_latest rescpu | runpk5_latest rescpu | runpk15_latest rescpu | maxLimited1_latest rescpu | .maxLimited5_latest rescpu | maxLimited15_latest rescpu | sampleCount_latest rescpu | samplePeriod_latest Metric Name CPU Active (%) (interval) Description Average active time for the CPU over the past minute, past five minutes, and at one-minute, fiveminute, and 15-minute peak active times.
CPU Running (%) (interval)
Average run time for the CPU over the past minute, past five minutes, past15 minutes, and at oneminute, five-minute, and 15-minute peak times.
CPU Throttled (%) (interval)
Scheduling limit over the past minute, past five minutes, and past 15 minutes Group CPU sample count. Group CPU sample period in milliseconds.
Group CPU Sample Count Group CPU Sample Period (ms)
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Datastore Metrics for Host Systems

Datastore metrics provide information about datastore use. Table 5-33. Datastore Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key datastore | commandsAveraged_average Metric Name Commands Averaged Notes Average number of commands issued per second during the collection interval. Number of outstanding IO operations. Total latency in milliseconds. Use rate in kilobytes per second. Demand. Aggregate number of IO operations on the datastore. Reads per second. Writes per second. Read rate in kilobytes per second. Normalized latency in microseconds on the datastore. Read latency in milliseconds. Write latency in milliseconds. Write rate in kilobytes per second.
datastore | oio datastore | totalLatency datastore | usage datastore | demand datastore | datastoreIops_average datastore | numberReadAveraged_average datastore | numberWriteAveraged_average datastore | read_average datastore | sizeNormalizedDatastoreLatency_average datastore | totalReadLatency_average datastore | totalWriteLatency_average datastore | write_average
Number of Outstanding IO Operations Total Latency (ms) Usage Rate (KBps) Demand Storage I/O Control aggregated IOPS Reads per second Writes per second Read Rate (KBps) Storage I/O Control normalized latency (ms) Read Latency (ms) Write Latency (ms) Write Rate (KBps)
Disk Metrics for Host Systems

Disk metrics provide information about disk use. Table 5-34. Disk Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key disk | usage_average Metric Name Usage Rate (KBps) Description Average of the sum of the data read and written fro all of the disk instances of the host or virtual machine. Percent workload. Supported by ESX 3.5 and later. Average number of commands issued per second during the collection interval. Average amount of time taken for a command from the perspective of the guest operating system. This metric is the sum of the Kernel Device Command Latency and Physical Device Command Latency metrics. Average number of read commands issued per second during the collection interval.
disk | workload disk | usage_average
Workload (%) Commands per second
disk | totalLatency_average
Disk Command Latency (ms)
disk | numberReadAveraged_average
Reads per second
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Metric Key disk | numberWriteAveraged_average Metric Name Writes per second Description Average number of write commands issued per second during the collection interval. Number of outstanding IO operations. Number of queued operations. Disk demand. Read rate in kilobytes per second. Write rate in kilobytes per second. Average number of read requests. Average number of write requests. Number of bus resets. Number of commands issued. Number of commands aborted. Physical device read latency in milliseconds. Kernel disk read latency in milliseconds. Disk read latency in milliseconds. Queue read latency in milliseconds. Physical device write latency in milliseconds. Kernel disk write latency in milliseconds. Disk write latency in milliseconds. Queue write latency in milliseconds. Physical device command latency in milliseconds. Kernel disk command latency in milliseconds. Queue command latency in milliseconds. Maximum queue depth.
disk | oio disk | queued disk | demand disk | numberRead_summation disk | numberWrite_summation disk | read_average disk | write_average disk | busResets_summation disk | commands_summation disk | commandsAborted_summation disk | deviceReadLatency_average disk | kernelReadLatency_average disk | totalReadLatency_average disk | queueReadLatency_average disk | deviceWriteLatency_average disk | kernelWriteLatency_average disk | totalWriteLatency_average disk | queueWriteLatency_average disk | deviceLatency_average disk | kernelLatency_average disk | queueLatency_average disk | maxQueueDepth_average
Number of Outstanding IO Operations Queued Operations Demand Read Rate (KBps) Write Rate (KBps) Read Requests Write Requests Bus Resets Commands Issued Commands Aborted Physical Device Read Latency (ms) Kernel Disk Read Latency (ms) Disk Read Latency (ms) Queue Read Latency (ms) Physical Device Write Latency (ms) Kernel Disk Write Latency (ms) Disk Write Latency (ms) Queue Write Latency (ms) Physical Device Command Latency (ms) Kernel Disk Command Latency (ms) Queue Command Latency (ms) Max Queue Depth
Memory Metrics for Host Systems

Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation. Table 5-35. Memory Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key mem | host_contentionPct mem | host_contention mem | host_usage mem | host_demand Metric Name Contention (%) Contention (KB) ESX System Usage (KB) Machine Demand (KB) Description Percent host contention. Host contention in kilobytes. ESX system use in kilobytes. Host demand in kilobytes.
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Metric Key mem | host_usageVM mem | workload mem | host_provisioned mem | reservedCapacityPct mem | host_usable mem | host_usagePct Metric Name Overall Memory used to run VMs on Host (KB) Overall Workload (%) Provisioned Memory (KB) Reserved Capacity (%) Usable Memory (KB) Usage (%) Description Overall memory used to run virtual machines on the host in kilobytes. Percent overall workload. Provisioned memory in kilobytes. Percent reserved capacity. Usable memory in kilobytes. Memory currently in use as a percentage of total available memory. Amount of memory that the VMkernel uses. Amount of memory that is actively used. Average consumed memory in kilobytes. Amount of memory available for use. Amount of memory allocated for heap. Amount of free space in the heap. Virtual machine capacity in kilobytes. Reserved capacity in kilobytes. Average shared memory in kilobytes. Average shared common memory in kilobytes. Amount of memory swapped in. Amount of memory swapped out. Average used swapped memory in kilobytes. Average unreserved memory in kilobytes. Amount of memory currently used by the virtual machine memory control. Amount of memory that is all zero. Overall state of the memory. The value is an integer between 0 (high) and 3 (low). Host memory use in kilobytes. Percent memory used. Average swap-in rate in kilobyte per second. Average swap-out rate in kilobytes per second.
mem | host_systemUsage mem | active_average mem | consumed_average mem | granted_average mem | heap_average mem | heapFree_average mem | overhead_average mem | reservedCapacity_average mem | shared_average mem | sharedcommon_average mem | swapin_average mem | swapout_average mem | swapused_average mem | unreserved_average mem | vmmemctl_average
VMkernel Usage (KB) Guest Active (KB) Consumed (KB) Granted (KB) Heap (KB) Heap Free (KB) VM Overhead (KB) Reserved Capacity (KB) Shared (KB) Shared Common (KB) Swap In (KB) Swap Out KB) Swap Used (KB) Unreserved (KB) Balloon (KB)
mem | zero_average mem | state_latest
Zero (KB) State (0-3)
mem | host_usage mem | usage_average mem | swapinRate_average mem | swapoutRate_average
Usage (KB) Usage/Usable (%) Swap In Rate (KBps) Swap Out Rate (KBps)
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Metric Key mem | activewrite_average mem | compressed_average mem | compressionRate_average mem | decompressionRate_average mem | totalCapacity_average Metric Name Active Write (KB) Compressed (KB) Compression Rate (KBps) Decompression Rate (KBps) Total Capacity (KB) Description Average active writes in kilobytes. Average memory compression in kilobytes. Average compression rate in kilobytes per second. Decompression rate in kilobytes per second. Total capacity in kilobytes.
Network Metrics for Host Systems

Network metrics provide information about network performance. Table 5-36. Network Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key net | packetsRxPerSec net | packetsTxPerSec net | usage_average net | workload net | dropped net | droppedPct net | packetsPerSec net | demand net | transmitted_average net | received_average net | packetsRx_summation net | packetsTx_summation net | droppedRX_summation net | droppedTX_summation Metric Name Packets Received per second Packets Transmitted per second Usage Rate (KBps) Workload (%) Packets Dropped Packets Dropped (%) Packets per second Demand (%) Data Transmit Rate (KBps) Data Receive Rate (KBps) Packets Received Packets Transmitted Received Packets Dropped Transmitted Packets Dropped Description Number of packets received during the collection interval. Number of packets transmitted during the collection interval. Average number of commands issued per second during the collection interval. Percent workload. Number of packets dropped during the collection interval. Percent packets dropped. Number of packets transmitted and received per second. Percent demand. Data transmission rate in kiblobytes per second. Data received rate in kilobytes per second. Number of packets received. Number of packets transmitted. Number of received packages that were dropped. Number of transmitted packets that were dropped.
System Metrics for Host Systems

System metrics provide information about the amount of CPU that resources and other applications use.
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Table 5-37. System Metrics for Host Systems

Metric Key sys | PoweredOn Metric Name Power ON Description 1 if the host system is powered on, 0 if the host system is powered off, or -1 if the power state is unknown. Number of seconds since the last system startup. Percent disk use. Amount of CPU that the Service Console and other applications use. Percentage of resource CPU that is active. Average value during a oneminute period. Percentage of resource CPU that is active. Average value during a fiveminute period. Maximum resource CPU allocation in megahertz. Minimum resource CPU allocation in megahertz. Number of resource CPU allocation shares. Percent of resource CPU that is limited to the maximum amount. Average value during a one-minute period. Percentage of resource CPU that is limited to the maximum amount. Average value during a five-minute period. Percent resource CPU for Run1. Percent resource CPU for Run2. Maximum resource memory allocation in kilobytes. Minimum resource memory allocation in kilobytes. Number of resource memory shares allocated. Cow resource memory in kilobytes. Mapped resource memory in kilobytes. Resource memory overhead in kilobytes. Shared resource memory in kilobytes. Swapped resource memory in kilobytes. Touched resource memory in kilobytes. Zero resource memory in kilobytes. Build number.
sys | uptime_latest sys | DiskUsage_latest sys | resourceCpuUsage_average sys | resourceCpuAct1_latest
Uptime (seconds) Disk Usage (%) Resource CPU Usage (MHz) Resource CPU Active (%) (1 min. average) Resource CPU Active (%) (5 min. average) Resource CPU Alloc Max (MHz) Resource CPU Alloc Min (MHz) Resource CPU Alloc Shares Resource CPU Max Limited (%) (1 min. average) Resource CPU Max Limited (%) (5 min. average)
sys | resourceCpuAct5_latest
sys | resourceCpuAllocMax_latest sys | resourceCpuAllocMin_latest sys | resourceCpuAllocShares_latest sys | resourceCpuMaxLimited1_latest
sys | resourceCpuMaxLimited5_latest
sys | resourceCpuRun1_latest sys | resourceCpuRun5_latest sys | resourceMemAllocMax_latest sys | resourceMemAllocMin_latest sys | resourceMemAllocShares_latest sys | resourceMemCow_latest sys | resourceMemMapped_latest sys | resourceMemOverhead_latest sys | resourceMemShared_latest sys | resourceMemSwapped_latest sys | resourceMemTouched_latest sys | resourceMemZero_latest sys | build
Resource CPU Run1 (%) Resource CPU Run5 (%) Resource Memory Alloc Max (KB) Resource Memory Alloc Min (KB) Resource Memory Alloc Shares Resource Memory Cow (KB) Resource Memory Mapped (KB) Resource Memory Overhead (KB) Resource Memory Shared (KB) Resource Memory Swapped (KB) Resource Memory Touched (KB) Resource Memory Zero (KB) Build Number
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Metric Key sys | productString sys | vmotionEnabled Metric Name Product String vMotion Enabled Description Product string. 1 if vMotion is enabled or 0 if vMotion is not enabled.
Management Agent Metrics for Host Systems

Management agent metrics provide information about memory use. Table 5-38. Management Agent Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key managementAgent | memUsed_average managementAgent | swapUsed_average Metric Name Memory Used (%) Memory Swap Used (KB) Description Amount of total configured memory that is available for use. Sum of the memory swapped by all powered-on virtual machines on the host. Amount of memory that is swapped in for the Service Console. Amount of memory that is swapped out for the Service Console.
managementAgent | swapIn_average managementAgent | swapOut_average
Memory Swap In (KBps) Memory Swap Out (KBps)
Storage Path Metrics for Host Systems

Storage path metrics provide information about data storage use. Table 5-39. Storage Adapter Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key storagePath | totalLatency storagePath | usage storagePath | read_average storagePath | write_average storagePath | commandsAveraged_average storagePath | numberReadAveraged_average storagePath | totalWriteLatency_average Metric Name Total Latency (ms) Total Latency (KBps) Read Rate (KBps) Write Rate (KBps) Commands per second Description Total latency in milliseconds. Total latency in kilobytes per second. Rate of reading data from the virtual disk. Write rate in kilobytes per second. Average number of commands issued per second during the collection interval. Average number of read commands issued per second during the collection interval. Average number of write commands issued per second during the collection interval. Average amount of time for a read operation by the storage adapter. Average amount of time for a write operation by the storage adapter.
Reads per second
Writes per second
storagePath | totalWriteLatency_average storagePath | maxTotalLatency_latest
Read Latency (ms) Write Latency (ms)
Storage Adapter Metrics for Host Systems

Storage adapter metrics provide information about data storage use.
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Table 5-40. Storage Adapter Metrics for Host Systems

Metric Key storageAdapter | usage storageAdapter | commandsAveraged_average storageAdapter | numberReadAveraged_average storageAdapter | numberWriteAveraged_average storageAdapter | read_average storageAdapter | totalReadLatency_average storageAdapter | totalWriteLatency_average storageAdapter | write_average Metric Name Total Usage (KBps) Commands per second Description Total use in kilobytes per second. Average number of commands issued per second by the storage adapter during the collection interval. Average number of read commands issued per second by the storage adapter during the collection interval. Average number of write commands issued per second by the storage adapter during the collection interval. Rate of reading data by the storage adapter. Average amount of time for a read operation by the storage adapter. Total latency is the sum of kernel latency and device latency. Average amount of time for a write operation by the storage adapter. Total latency is the sume of kernel latency and device latency. Rate of writing data by the storage adapter.
Reads per second
Writes per second
Read Rate (KBps) Read Latency (ms)
Write Latency (ms)
Write Rate (KBps)
Storage Metrics for Host Systems

Storage metrics provide information about storage use. Table 5-41. Storage Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key storage | commandsAveraged_average storage | totalReadLatency_average storage | read_average storage | numberReadAveraged_average storage | totalLatency_average storage | usage_average storage | totalWriteLatency_average storage | write_average storage | numberWriteAveraged_average Metric Name Commands per second Read Latency (ms) Read Rate (KBps) Reads per second Total Latency (ms) Total Usage (KBps) Write Latency (ms) Write Rate (KBps) Writes per second Description Number of commands per second. Read latency in milliseconds. Read rate in kilobytes. Reads per second. Total latency in milliseconds. Total storage use in kilobytes per second. Write latency in milliseconds. Write rate in kilobytes per second. Writes per second.
Sensor Metrics for Host Systems

Sensor metrics provide information about host system cooling. Table 5-42. Fan Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key fan | currentValue fan | healthState Metric Name Speed (%) Health State Description Percent fan speed. Fan health state.
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Metric Key temperature | currentValue temperature | healthState Metric Name Temp C Health State Description Fan temperature in centigrade. Fan health state.
Power Metrics for Host Systems

Power metrics provide information about host system power use. Table 5-43. Power Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key power | energy_summation power | power_average power | powerCap_average Metric Name Energy (Watt) Power (Watt) Power Cap (Watt) Description Host power use in watts. Host power use in watts. Host power capacity in watts.
Disk Space Metrics for Host Systems

Disk space metrics provide information about disk space use. Table 5-44. Disk Space Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key diskspace | notshared diskspace | numvmdisk diskspace | shared diskspace | snapshot diskspace | diskused diskpsace | used Metric Name Not Shared (GB) Number of Virtual Disks Shared Used (GB) Snapshot Space (GB) Virtual Disk Used (GB) Virtual machine used (GB) Description Unshared disk space in gigabytes. Number of virtual disks. Used shared disk space in gigabytes. Disk space used by snapshots in gigabytes. Disk space used by virtual disks in gigabytes. Disk space used by virtual machines in gigabytes.
Summary Metrics for Host Systems

Summary metrics provide information about overall host system performance. Table 5-45. Summary Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key summary | capacity summary | number_running_vms summary | number_vmotion summary | total_number_vms summary | workload summary | workload_indicator summary | version Metric Name Capacity (%) Number of Running VMs Number of vMotions Total Number of VMs Workload (%) Workload Indicator (%) Version Description Percent capacity. Number of running virtual machines. Number of vMotions. Total number of virtual machines. Percent workload. Percent workload indicator. Version number.
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Virtual Machine Metrics

The vCenter adapter collects configuration, CPU use, memory, datastore, disk, virtual disk, guest file system, network, power, disk space, storage, and summary metrics for virtual machines.
Configuration Metrics for Virtual Machines

Configuration metrics provide information about virtual machine configuration. Table 5-46. Configuration Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key config | hardware | numCpu config | hardware | memoryKB config | hardware | thinEnabled config | hardware | diskSpace config | hardware | cpuAllocation | reservation config | hardware | cpuAllocation | limit config | hardware | cpuAllocation | limit | shares | shares config | hardware.memoryAllocation | reservation config | hardware | memoryAllocation | limit config | hardware | memoryAllocation | shares | shares Metric Name Hardware - Number of virtual CPUs Hardware - Memory (KB) Hardware - Thin Provisioned Disk Hardware - Disk Space CPU Resource Allocation Reservation CPU Resource Allocation - Limit CPU Resource Allocation - Shares Shares Memory Resource Allocation Reservation Memroy Resource Allocation Limit Memory Resource Allocation Shares - Shares Description Number of virtual CPUs. Memory in kilobytes. Thin provisioned disk. Disk space. CPU resource allocation reservation. CPU resource allocation limit. CPU resource allocation shares. Memory resource allocation reservation. Memory resource allocation limit. Memory resource allocation shares.
CPU Usage Metrics for Virtual Machines

CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use. Table 5-47. CPU Use Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key cpu | iowait cpu | wait cpu | capacity_contention cpu | capacity_entitlement cpu | corecount_provisioned cpu | capacity_demandEntitlementPct cpu | capacity_contentionPct cpu | capacity_provisioned cpu | demandmhz cpu | demandPct cpu | workload Metric Name IO Wait (ms) Wait (ms) Overall CPU Contention (ms) Capacity entitlement (MHz) Provisioned CPU Cores Capacity Demand Entitlement (%) CPU Contention (%) Provisioned Capacity (MHz) Demand (MHz) Demand (%) Workload (%) Description IO wait time in milliseconds. Wait time in milliseconds. Overall CPU contention in milliseconds. Capacity entitlement in megahertz. Number of provisioned CPU cores. Percent capacity demand entitlement. Percent CPU contention. Provisioned CPU capacity in megahertrz. CPU demand in megahertz. Percent CPU demand. Percent workload.
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Metric Key cpu | usage_average cpu | usagemhz_average cpu | system_summation cpu | ready_summation cpu | read_summation cpu | used_summation cpu | extra_summation cpu | guaranteed_latest cpu | swapwait_summation Metric Name Usage (%) Usage (MHz) System (ms) Ready (ms) Read (%) Used (ms) Extra (ms) Guaranteed (ms) Swap Wait (ms) Description Percent CPU use. CPU use in megahertz. System use in milliseconds. Ready time in milliseconds. Percent read time. CPU used time in milliseconds. Extra CPU time in milliseconds. Guaranteed CPU in milliseconds. Swap wait time in milliseconds.
CPU Utilization for Resources Metrics for Virtual Machines

CPU utilization for resources metrics provide information about resource CPU use. Table 5-48. CPU Utilization for Resources Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key rescpu | actav1_latest rescpu | acta5_latest rescpu | acta15_latest rescpu | actpk1_latest rescpu | actpk15_latest rescpu | runav1_latest rescpu | runav5_latest rescpu | runav15.latest rescpu | runpk1_latest rescpu | runpk15_latest rescpu | maxLimited1_latest rescpu | maxLimited5_latest rescpu | maxLimited15_latest rescpu | sampleCount_latest rscpu | samplePeriod_latest Metric Name CPU Active (%) (interval) Description Percent CPU active time during various intervals.
CPU Running (%) (interval)
Percent CPU running time during various intervals.
CPU Throttled (%) (interval)
Percent CPU throttled time during various intervals. Group CPU sample count. Group CPU sample period in milliseconds.
Group CPU Sample Count Group CPU Sample Period (ms)
Memory Metrics for Virtual Machines

Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation. Table 5-49. Memory Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key mem | host_entitlement mem | host_reservation mem | host_limit mem | host_activeEntitlementPct mem | host_active Metric Name Host Entitlement (KB) VM Reservation (MB) VM Limit (MB) Active Entitlement (%) Host Active (KB) Description Host entitlement in kilobytes. Virtual machine memory reservation in megabytes. Virtual machine memory limit in megabytes. Percent active entitlement. Host active memory use in kilobytes.
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Metric Key mem | host_usage mem | host_contention mem | host_contentionPct mem | guest_provisioned mem | guest_activePct mem | guest_entitlement mem | guest_nonpageable_estimate mem | guest_usage mem | guest_demand mem | guest_workload mem | host_nonpageable_estimate mem | .host_demand mem | host_workload mem | workload mem | host_usagePct mem | vmmemctl_average mem | active_average mem | granted_average mem | shared_average mem | zero_average mem | swapped_average mem | swaptarget_average mem | swapin_average mem | swapout_average mem | vmmemctltarget_average mem | consumed_average mem | overhead_average mem | swapinRate_average mem | swapoutRate_average mem | activewrite_average mem | compressed_average mem | commpressionRate_average Metric Name Usage (KB) Contention (KB) Contention (%) Guest Configured Memory (KB) Guest Active Memory (%) Guest Entitlement (KB) Guest Non Pageable Memory (KB) Guest Usage (KB) Guest Demand (KB) Guest Workload (%) Guest Non Pageable Memory (KB) Host Demand (KB) Host Workload (%) Overall Workload (%) Usage (%) Balloon (%) Guest Active (%) Granted (KB) Shared (KB) Zero (KB) Swapped (KB) Swap Target (KB) Swap In (KB) Swap Out (KB) Balloon Target (KB) Consumed (KB) Overhead (KB) Swap In Rate (KBps) Swap Out Rate (KBps) Active Write (KB) Compressed (KB) Compression Rate (KBps) Description Memory use in kilobytes. Memory contention in kilobytes. Percent memory contention. Guest operating system configured memory in kilobytes. Percent guest operating system active memory. Guest operating system entitlement in kilobytes. Guest operating system non-pageable memory in kilobytes. Guest operating system use in kilobytes. Guest operating system demand in kilobytes. Percent guest operating system workload. Guest operating system non-pageable memory in kilobytes. Host demand in kilobytes. Percent host workload. Percent overall workload. Percent memory use. Amount of memory currently used by the virtual machine memory control. Percent guest operating system active memory. Granted memory in kilobytes. Shared memory in kilobytes. Amount of memory that is all 0. Swapped memory in kilobytes. Swap target memory in kilobytes. Swap-in memory in kilobytes. Swap-out memory in kilobytes. Balloon target in kilobytes. Memory consumed in kilobytes. Memory overhead in kilobytes. Swap-in rate in kilobytes per second. Swap-out rate in kilobytes per second. Active writes in kilobytes. Compressed memory in kilobytes. Compression reate in kilobytes per second.
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Metric Key mem | decompressionRate_average mem | overheadMax_average mem | zipSaved_latest mem | zipped_latest Metric Name Decompression Rate (KBps) Overhead Max (KB) Zip Saved (KB) Zipped (KB) Description Decompression rate in kilobytes per second. Maximum overhead in kilobytes. Zip-saved memory in kilobytes. Zipped memory in kilobytes.
Datastore Metrics for Virtual Machines

Datastore metrics provide information about datastore use. Table 5-50. Datastore Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key datastore | commandsAveraged_average datastore | oio datastore | demand datastore | totalLatency datastore | usage datastore | used datastore | notshared datastore | numberReadAveraged_average datastore | numberWriteAveraged_average datastore | read_average datastore | totalReadLatency_average datastore | totalWriteLatency_average datastore | write_average Metric Name Commands per second Number of Outstanding IO Operations Demand Total Latency (ms) Usage Rate (KBps) Used Space (MB) Not Shared (GB) Reads per second Writes per second Read Rate (KBps) Read Latency (ms) Write Latency (ms) Write Rate Description Commands per second. Number of outstanding IO operations. Datatstore demand. Total latency in milliseconds. Use rate in kilobytes per second. Used space in megabytes. Unshared space in gigabytes. Reads per second. Writes per second. Read rate in kilobytes per second. Read latency in milliseconds. Write latency in milliseconds. Write rate.
Disk Metrics for Virtual Machines

Disk metrics provide information about disk use. Table 5-51. Disk Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key disk | numberReadAveraged_average disk | numberWriteAveraged_average disk | commandsAveraged_average disk | usage_average disk | oio disk | queued disk | demand disk | workload disk | read_average Metric Name Reads per second Writes per second Commands per second Usage Rate (KBps) Number of Outstanding IO Operations Queued Operations Demand (%) Workload (%) Read Rate (KBps) Description Reads per second. Writes per second. Commands per second. Use rate in kilobytes per second. Number of outstanding IO operations. Queued operations. Percent demand. Percent workload. Read reate in kilobytes per second.
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Metric Key disk | write_average disk | numberRead_summation disk | numberWrite_summation disk | busResets_summation disk | commands_summation disk | commandsAborted_summation disk | maxTotalLatency_latest Metric Name Write Rate (KBps) Read Requests Write Requests Bus Resets Commands Issued Commands Aborted Highest Latency Description Write rate in kilobytes per second. Read requests. Write requests. Bus resets. Number of commands issued. Number of commands aborted. Highest latency.
Virtual Disk Metrics for Virtual Machines

Virtual disk metrics provide information about virtual disk use. Table 5-52. Virtual Disk Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key virtualDisk | usage virtualDisk | totalLatency virtualDisk | commandsAveraged_average virtualDisk | numberReadAveraged_average virtualDisk | numberWriteAvereaged_average virtualDisk | read_average virtualDisk | totalReadLatency_average virtualDisk | totalWriteLatency_average virtualDisk | write_average virtualDisk | busResets_summation virtualDisk | commandsAborted_summation virtualDisk | readLoadMetric_latest virtualDisk | writeLoadMetric_latest virtualDisk | writeOIO_latest Metric Name Usage Total Latency Commands Per Second Read Requests Write Requests Read Rate (KBps) Read Latency (ms) Write Latency (ms) Write Rate (KBps) Bus Resets Commands Aborted Read Load Outstanding Read Requests Outstanding Write Requests Description Virtual disk use. Total latency. Average number of commands per second. Average number of read requests. Average number of write requests. Average read rate in kilobytes per second. Total read latency in milliseconds. Total write latency in milliseconds. Average write rate in kilobytes per second. Number of bus resets. Number of commands aborted. Read load. Number of outstanding read requests. Number of outstanding write requests.
Guest File System Metrics for Virtual Machines

Guest file system metrics provide information about guest file system capacity and free space. Table 5-53. Guest File System Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key guestfilesystem | capacity guestfilesystem | freespace guestfilesystem | percentage Metric Name Guest File System Capacity (MB) Guest File System Free (MB) Guest File System (%) Description Guest file system capacity in megabytes. Free guest file system space in megabytes. Percent guest file system.
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Network Metrics for Virtual Machines

Network metrics provide information about network performance. Table 5-54. Network Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key net | workload net | demand net | usage_average net | packetsRxPerSec net | packetsTxPerSec net | transmitted_average net | received_average net | PacketsPerSec net | usage_capacity net | MaxObserved_KPps net | packetsRx_summation net | packetsTx_summation net | droppedRx_summation net | dropppedTx_summation net | dropped net | broadcastTx_summation net | broadcastRx_summation net | bytesRx_average net | bytesTx_average net | multicastRx_summation net | multicastTx_summation Metric Name Workload (%) Demand (%) Usage Rate (KBps) Packets Received per second Packets Transmitted per second Data Transmit Rate (KBps) Data Receive Rate (KBps) Packets per second I/O Usage Capacity Max Observed Throughput (KBps) Packets Received Packets Transmitted Received Packets Dropped Transmitted Packets Dropped Packets Dropped Broadcast Packets Transmitted Broadcast Packets Received bytesRx (KBps) bytesTx (KBps) Multicast Packets Received Multicast Packets Transmitted Description Percent workload. Percent demand. Use rate in kilobytes per second. Number of packets received per second. Number of packets transmitted per second. Data transmission rate in kilobytes per second. Data receive rate in kilobytes per second. Number of packets per second. IO use capacity. Maximum observed throughput in kilobytes per second. Number of packets received. Number of packets transmitted. Number of received packets that were dropped. Number of transmitted packets that were dropped. Number of dropped packets. Number of broadcast packets that were transmitted. Number of broadcast packets that were received. Average receive rate in kilobytes per second. Average transmission rate in kilobytes per second. Number of multicast packets received. Number of multicast packets transmitted.
System Metrics for Virtual Machines

System metrics for virtual machines provide general information about the virtual machine, such as its build number and running state. Table 5-55. System Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key sys | poweredOn sys | uptime_latest Metric Name Powered ON Uptime (seconds) Description Powered-on virtual machines. Latest uptime in seconds.
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Metric Key sys | heartbeat_summation sys | vmotionEnabled sys | productString sys | build sys | osUptime_latest Metric Name Heartbeat vMotion Enabled Product String Build Number OS Uptime Description Heartbeats. 1 if vMotion is enabled or 0 if vMotion is not enabled. Product string. Build number. Operating system up time.
Power Metrics for Virtual Machines

Power metrics provide information about power use. Table 5-56. Power Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key power | energy_summation power | power_average Metric Name Energy (Watt) Power (Watt) Description Energy use in watts. Average power use in watts.
Disk Space Metrics for Virtual Machines

Disk space metrics provide information about disk space use. Table 5-57. Disk Space Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key diskspace | notshared diskspace | numvmdisk diskspace | provisioned diskspace | shared diskspace | snapshot diskspace | diskused diskpsace | used Metric Name Not Shared (GB) Number of Virtual Disks Provisioned Space (GB) Shared Used (GB) Snapshot Space (GB) Virtual Disk Used (GB) Virtual machine used (GB) Description Unshared space in kilobytes. Number of virtual disks. Provisioned space in gigabytes. Shared used space in gigabytes. Snapshot space in gigabytes. Virtual disk space used in gigabytes. Virtual machine space used in gigabytes.
Storage Metrics for Virtual Machines

Storage metrics provide information about storage use. Table 5-58. Storage Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key storage | commandsAveraged_average storage | contention storage | demandKBps storage | totalReadLatency_average storage | read_average storage | numberReadAveraged_average storage | totalLatency_average Metric Name Commands per second Contention percentage Demand (KBps) Read Latency (ms) Read Rate (KBps) Reads per second Total Latency (ms) Description Number of commands per second. Percent contention. Demand in kilobytes per second. Read latency in milliseconds. Read rate in kilobytes per second. Number of reads per second. Total latency in milliseconds.
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Metric Key storage | usage_average storage | totalWriteLatency_average storage | write_average storage | numberWriteAveraged_average Metric Name Total Usage (KBps) Write Latency (ms) Write Rate (KBps) Writes per second Description Total use in kilobytes per second. Write latency in milliseconds. Write rate in kilobytes per second. Writes per second.
Summary Metrics for Virtual Machines

Summary metrics provide information about overall performance. Table 5-59. Summary Metrics for Virtual Machines
Metric Key summary | workload_indicator summary | capacity summary | cpu_shares summary | mem_shares summary | number_datastore summary | number_network summary | running summary | guest | ipaddress summary | guest | fullname summary | config | numEthernetCards summary | config | isTemplate summary | runtime | powerState Metric Name Workload Indicator (%) Capacity (%) CPU Shares Memory Shares Number of Datastores Number of Networks Running Guest IP address Guest OS name Number of NICs VM Template Power State Description Percent workload indicator. Percent capacity. CPU shares. Memory shares. Number of datastores. Number of networks. Number of running vitual machines. Guest operating system IP address. Guest operating system name. Number of network interface cards. Virtual machine template used. Power state.
Datastore Metrics
The vCenter adapter collects capacity, device, and summary metrics for datastores.
Capacity Metrics for Datastores

Capacity metrics provide information about datastore capacity. Table 5-60. Capacity Metrics for Datastores
Metric Key capacity | available_space capacity | contention capacity | total_capacity capacity | used_space capacity | workload capacity | uncommitted Metric Name Available Space (GB) Data Store Capacity Contention Total Capacity (GB) Used Space (GB) Workload (%) Uncommitted Space (GB) Description Available space in gigabytes. Datastore capacity contention. Total capacity in gigabytes. Used space in gigabytes. Percent workload. Uncommitted space in gigabytes.
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Device Metrics for Datastores

Device metrics provide information about device performance. Table 5-61. Devices Metrics for Datastores
Metric Key devices | busResets_summation devices | commandsAborted_summation devices | commands_summation devices | totalLatency_average Metric Name Bus Resets Commands Aborted Commands Issued Disk Command Latency (ms) Description Number of bus resets that occurred during the performance interval. Number of aborted commands. Number of disk commands issued in the performance interval. Average time taken for a command from the perspective of a guest operating system. This metric is the sum of Kernel Disk Command Latency and Physical Device Command Latency metrics. Average time taken for a read from the perspective of a guest operating system. This metric is the sum of the Kernel Disk Read Latency and Physical Device Read Latency metrics. Average amount of time for a write operation to the datastore. Total latency is the sum of kernel latency and device latency. Average time spent in ESX Server VMKernel per command. Average time spent in ESX host VMkernel per read. Average time spent in ESX Server VMKernel per write. Number of running hosts that are powered on. Number of running virtual machines that are powered on. Average time taken to complete a command from the physical device. Average time taken to complete a read from the physical device. Average time spent in the ESX Server VMKernel queue per command. Average time spent in the ESX Server VMKernel queue per read. Average time spent in the ESX Server VMKernel queue per write. Amount of data read during the collection interval. Number of times data was read from the disk during the collection interval. Average number of read commands issued per second to the datastore during the collection interval.
devices | totalReadLatency_average
Disk Read Latency (ms)
devices | totalWriteLatency_average
Disk Write Latency (ms)
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Kernel Disk Command Latency (ms) Kernel Disk Read Latency (ms) Kernel Disk Write Latency (ms) Number of Running Hosts Number of Running VMs Physical Device Command Latency (ms) Physical Device Read Latency (ms) Queue Command Latency (ms) Queue Read Latency (ms) Queue Write Latency (ms) Read Rate (KBps) Read Requests Reads per second
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Metric Key devices | usage_average devices | write_average devices | numberWrite_summation devices | numberWriteAveraged_average Metric Name Usage Average (KBps) Write Rate (KBps) Write Requests Writes per second Description Average use in kilobytes per second. Amount of data written to disk during the collection interval. Number of times data was written to the disk during the collection interval. Average number of write commands issued per second to the datastore during the collection interval. Average number of commands. Average time spent in the ESX server VMKernel queue per read. Average time taken to complete a write from the physical disk.
devices | commandsAveraged_summation devices | queueReadLatency_average devices | deviceWriteLatency_average
Commands Average Queue Read Latency (ms) Physical Device Write Latency (ms)
Datastore Metrics for Datastores

Datastore metrics provide information about datastore use. Table 5-62. Datastore Metrics for Datastores
Metric Key datastore | totalLatency_average datastore | usage_average datastore | totalReadLatency_average datastore | totalWriteLatency_average datastore | demand datastore | maxObserved_NumberRead datastore | maxObserved_Read datastore | maxObserved_ReadLatency datastore | maxObserved_NumberWrite datastore | maxObserved_Write datastore | maxObserved_WriteLatency datastore | maxObserved_OIO datastore | hostcount datastore | hostScsiDiskPartition datastore | maxObservedNumberRead datastore | maxObservedRead Metric Name Disk Command Latency (ms) Usage Average (KBps) Read Latency (ms) Write Latency (ms) Demand Max Observed Reads per Second Max Observed Read Rate (KBps) Max Observed Read Latency (ms) Max Observed Writes per second Max Observed Write Rate (KBps) Max Observed Write Latency (ms) Max Observed Number of Outstanding IO Operations Host Count Host SCSI Disk Partition Highest Observed Throughput (KBps) Highest Observed Read Rate (KBps) Description Disk command latency in milliseconds. Average use in kilobytes per second. Read latency in milliseconds. Write latency in milliseconds. Demand. Maximum observed reads per second. Maximum observed read rate in kilobytes per second. Maximum observed read latency in milliseconds. Maximum observed writes per second. Maximum observed write rate in kilobytes per second. Maximum observed write latency in milliseconds. Maximum observed number of outstanding IO operations. Host count. Host SCSI disk partition. Highest observed throughput in kilobytes per second. Highest observed read rate in kilobytes per second.
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Metric Key datastore | maxObservedReadLatency datastore | maxObservedNumberWrite datastore | maxObservedWriteLatency datastore | maxObservedWrite datastore | maxObservedOIO Metric Name Highest Observed Read Latency Highest Observed Number of Write Requests Highests Observed Write Latency Highest Observed Write Rate (KBps) Highest Observed Outstanding Requests Description Highest observed read latency. Highest observed number of write requests. Highest observed write latency. Highest observed write rate in kilobytes per second. Highest observed outstanding requests.
Disk Metrics for Datastores

Disk metrics provide information about disk use. Table 5-63. Disk Metrics for Datastores
Metric Key disk | workload disk | 30days_snapshot_count disk | 30days_snapshot_space disk | 30days_template_count disk | 30days_template_space disk | 60days_snapshot_count disk | 60days_snapshot_space disk | 60days_template_count disk | 60days_template_space disk | 90days_snapshot_count disk | 90days_snapshot_space disk | 90days_template_count disk | 90days_template_space disk | 180days_snapshot_count disk | 180days_snapshot_space disk | 180days_template_count disk | 180days_template_space disk | 365days_snapshot_count disk | 365days_snapshot_space disk | 356days_template_count disk | 365days_template_space Metric Name Workload (%) 30 Day Snapshot Count 30 Day Snapshot Space 30 Day Template Count 30 Day Template Space 60 Day Snapshot Count 60 Day Snapshot Space 60 Day Template Count 60 Day Template Space 90 Day Snapshot Count 90 Day Snapshot Space 90 Day Template Count 90 Day Template Space 180 Day Snapshot Count 180 Day Snapshot Space 180 Day Template Count 180 Day Template Space 365 Day Snapshot Count 365 Day Snapshot Space 365 Day Template Count 365 Day Template Space Description Percent workload. Snapshot count during 30 days. Snapshot space during 30 days. Template count during 30 days. Template space during 30 days. Snapshot count during 60 days. Snapshot space during 60 days. Template count during 60 days. Template space during 60 days. Snapshot count during 90 days. Snaptshot space during 90 days. Template count during 90 days. Template space during 90 days. Snapshot count during 180 days. Snapshot space during 180 days. Template count during 180 days. Template space during 180 days. Snapshot count during 365 days. Snapshot space during 365 days. Template count during 365 days. Template space during 365 days.
Disk Space Metrics for Datastores

Disk space metrics provide information about disk space use.
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Table 5-64. Disk Space Metrics for Datastores

Metric Key diskspace | notshared diskspace | numvmdisk diskspace | provisioned diskspace | shared diskspace | snapshot diskspace | diskused diskpsace | used diskspace | disktotal diskspace | swap diskspace | otherused diskspace | freespace diskspace | capacity Metric Name Not Shared (GB) Number of Virtual Disks Provisioned Space (GB) Shared Used (GB) Snapshot Space (GB) Virtual Disk Used (GB) Virtual machine used (GB) Total used (GB) Swap File Space (GB) Other VM Space (GB) Freespace (GB) Capacity (GB) Description Unshared space in gigabytes. Number of virtual disks. Provisioned space in gigabytes. Shared used space in gigabytes. Snapshot space in gigabytes. Virtual disk used space in gigabtyes. Virtual machine used space in gigabytes. Total used space in gigabytes. Swap file space in gigabytes. Other virtual machine space in gigabytes. Freespace in gigabytes. Capacity in gigabytes.
Summary Metrics for Datastores

Summary metrics provide information about overall performance. Table 5-65. Summary Metrics for Datastores
Metric Key summary | total_number_hosts summary | total_number_vms summary | workload_indicator summary | total_number_clusters summary | diskCapacity Metric Name Total Number of Hosts Total Number of VMs Workload Indicator Total Number of Clusters Disk Capacity Description Total number of hosts. Total number of virtual machine. Workload indicator. Total number of clusters. Disk capacity.
Capacity Planning Metrics

CapacityIQ collects metrics that provide capacity planning information.
Capacity Remaining Metrics

Table 5-66. Capacity Remaining Metrics
Metric Key capacityRemaining | count | vm capacityRemaining | count | vm | cpu capacityRemaining | count | vm | diskSpace capacityRemaining | count | vm | diskIO capacityRemaining | count | vm | memory capacityRemaining | count | vm | net capacityRemaining | count | vm | mem | demand Metric Name Count - VM Count - VM - CPU Count - VM - Disk Space Count - VM - DiskIO Count - VM - Memory Count - VM - Network Count - VM - Memory Demand Description Number of virtual machines. Number of virtual machine CPUs. Virtual machine disk space Virtual machine disk IO. Virtual machine memory. Virtual machine network. Virtual machine memory demand.
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Metric Key capacityRemaining | count | vm | mem | consumed capacityRemaining | count | vm | mem | reservation capacityRemaining | count | vm | cpu | demand capacityRemaining | count | vm | cpu | reservation Metric Name Count - VM - Memory Consumed Count - VM - Memory Reservation Count - VM - CPU - Demand Count - VM - CPU Reservation Description Virtual machine memory consumed. Virtual machine memory reservation. Virtual machine CPU demand. Virtual machine CPU reservation.
Density Metrics
Table 5-67. Density Metrics
Metric Key density | ratio | vcpu2pcpu density | ratio | vm2host density | ratio | vmem2pmem density | ratioOptimal | vcpu2pcpu density | ratioOptimal | vm2host desnity | ratioOptiomal | vmem2pmem Metric Name Ratio - vCPU to pCPU Ratio - VM to Host Ratio - vMemory to pMemory Ratio Optimal - vCPU to pCPU Ratio Optimal - VM to Host Ratio Optimal - vMemory to pMemory Description Virtual CPU to physical CPU ratio. Virtual machine to host ratio. Virtual memory to physical memory ratio. Optimal virtual CPU to physical CPU ratio. Optimal virtual machine to host ratio. Optimal virtual memory to physical memory ratio.
Deployed Metrics
Table 5-68. Deployed Metrics
Metric Key deployed | count | vm deployed | countDistinct | vm Metric Name Count - VM Count Distinct - VM Description Number of deployed virtual machines. Number of distinct deployed virtual machines.
Optimal Metrics
Table 5-69. Optimal Metrics
Metric Key optimal | countDistinct | vm Metric Name Count Distinct - VM Description Distinct virtual machines.
Planning Metrics
Table 5-70. Planning Metrics
Metric Key planning | capacityProvisioned | diskSpace planning | capacityProvisioned | mem planning | capacityProvisioned | vcpu planning | capacityUsable | diskSpace planning | capacityUsable | mem Metric Name Capacity Provisioned - Disk Space Capacity Provisioned - Memory Capacity Provisioned - vCPU Capacity Usable - Disk Space Capacity Usable - Memory Description Provisioned disk space. Provisioned memory. Provisioned virtual CPU. Usable disk space. Usable memory.
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Metric Key planning | capacityUsable | vcpu planning | usagePct | cpu planning | usagePct | diskSpace planning | usagePct | diskIO planning | usagePct | mem planning | usagePct | net planning | usagePct | cpu | demand planning | usagePct | cpu | reservation planning | usagePct | mem | consumed planning | usagePct | mem | demand planning | usagePct | mem | reservation planning | usagePctTrend | cpu planning | usagePctTrend | diskSpace planning | usagePctTrend | diskIO planning | usagePctTrend | mem planning | usagePctTrend | net planning | usagePctTrend | cpu | demand planning | usagePctTrend | cpu | reservation planning | usagePctTrend | mem | consumed planning | usagePctTrend | mem | demand planning | usagePctTrend | mem | reservation Metric Name Capacity Usable - vCPU Usage Percent - CPU Usage Percent - Disk Space Usage Percent - DiskIO Usage Percent - Memory Usage Percent - Network Usage Percent - CPU - Demand Usage Percent - CPU - Reservation Usage Percent - Memory - Consumed Usage Percent - Memory - Demand Usage Percent - Memory - Reservation Usage Percent Trend - CPU Usage Percent Trend - Disk Space Usage Percent Trend - DiskIO Usage Percent Trend - Memory Usage Percent Trend - Network Usage Percent Trend - CPU - Demand Usage Percent Trend - CPU Reservation Usage Percent Trend - Memory Consumed Usage percent Trend - Memory Demand Usage Percent Trend - Memory Reservation Description Usable virtual CPU. Percent CPU used. Percent disk space used. Percent disk IO used. Percent memory used. Percent network used. Percent CPU demand. Percent CPU reservation. Percent memory consumed. Percent memory demand. Percent memory reservation. Percent CPU use trend. Percent disk space use trend. Percent disk IO use trend. Percent memory use trend. Percent network use trend. Percent CPU demand trend. Percent CPU reservation trend. Percent memory consumed trend. Percent memory demand trend. Percent memory reservation trend.
Powered On Metrics
Table 5-71. Powered On Metrics
Metric Key powered | count | vm powered | countDistinct | vm Metric Name Count - VM Count Distinct - VM Description Number of powered-on virtual machines. Number of distinct powered-on virtual machines.
Stress Metrics
Table 5-72. Stress Metrics
Metric Key stress | countDistinct | saHostsAndClusters stress | countDistinct | vm Metric Name Count Distinct - SA Hosts and Clusters Count Distinct - VM Description Number of distinct SA hosts and clusters. Number of distinct virtual machines.
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Metric Key stress | percent | cpu stress | percent | mem Metric Name Percent - CPU Percent - Memory Description Percent CPU. Percent memory.
Time Remaining Metrics

Table 5-73. Time Remaining Metrics
Metric Key timeRemaining | allDimensions timeRemaining | cpu timeRemaining | diskSpace timeRemaining | diskIO timeRemaining | mem timeRemaining | net timeRemaining | cpu | demand timeRemaining | cpu | reservation timeRemaining | mem | consumed timeRemaining | mem | demand timeRemaining | mem | reservation timeRemaining | score | cpu timeRemaining | score | diskSpace timeRemaining | score | diskIO timeRemaining | score | mem timeRemaining | score | net Metric Name All Dimensions CPU Disk Space DiskIO Memory Network CPU - Demand CPU - Reservation Memory - Consumed Memory - Demand Memory - Reservation Score - CPU Score - Disk Space Score - DiskIO Score - Memory Score - Network Description Time remaining for all dimensions. CPU time remaining. Disk space time remaining. Disk IO time remaining. Memory time remaining. Network time remaining. CPU demand time remaining. CPU reservation time remaining. Memory consumed time remaining. Memory demand time remaining. Memory reservation time remaining. CPU score. Disk space score. Disk IO score. Memory score. Network score.
Waste Metrics
Table 5-74. Waste Metrics
Metric Key waste | countDistinct | templateUnused waste | countDistinct | vmIdleOrOversized waste | countDistinct | vmIdle waste | countDistinct | vmOversized waste | countDistinct | vmPoweredOff waste | countDistinct | vm waste | countDistinct | vmOversized | cpu waste | countDistinct | vmOversized | mem waste | diskSpace | total waste | percent | diskSpace waste | percent | mem Metric Name Count Distinct - Template Unused Count Distinct - VM Idle or Oversized Count Distinct - VM Idle Count Distinct - VM Oversized Count Distinct - VM Powered Off Count Distinct - VM Count Distinct - VM Oversized - CPU Count Distinct - VM Oversized Memory Disk Space - Total Percent - Disk Space Percent - Memory Description Unused templates. Idle or oversized virtual machines. Idle virtual machines. Oversized virtual machines. Powered-off virtual machines. Number of virtual machines. Oversized virtual machine CPUs. Oversized virtual machine memory. Total disk space. Percent disk space. Percent memory.
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Metric Key waste | percent | vcpu waste | mem | total waste | vcpu | total Metric Name Percent - vCPU Memory - Total vCPU - Total Description Percent virtual CPU. Total memory. Total virtual CPU.
VC Event Processing Metrics

Table 5-75. VC Event Processing Metrics
Metric Key event | time event | key Metric Name Last VC Event Time Last VC Event ID Description Time of last vCenter event. Event ID of last vCenter event.
Badge Metrics
Badge metrics provide information for badges in the user interface. Table 5-76. Badge Metrics
Metric Key badge | alert_count_critical badge | alert_count_immediate badge | alert_count_info badge | alert_count_warning badge | anomaly badge | capacityRemaining badge | compliance badge | density badge | efficiency badge | fault badge | health badge | risk badge | stress badge | timeRemaining badge | timeRemainingStandard badge | waste badge | workload Metric Name Alert Count Critical Alert Count Immediate Alert Count Info Alert Count Warning Anomaly Capacity Remaining Compliance Density Efficiency Fault Health Risk Stress Time Remaining - Planning, Cyclical Time Remaining - Real Time Waste Workload (%) Description Critical alert count. Immediate alert count. Information alert count. Warning alert count. Anomalies. Remaining capacity. Compliance score. Density score. Efficiency score. Fault score. Health score. Risk score. Stress score. Planning and cynclical time remaining. Real-time time remaining. Waste score. Percent workload.
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Metrics for vCenter Operations Manager Components
The vCenter Operations adapter monitors vCenter Operations Manager. In vCenter Operations Manager 5.6 and later releases, the vCenter Operations adapter collects metrics for certain vCenter Operations Manager components. These self-monitoring metrics are useful for diagnosing problems with vCenter Operations Manager. This chapter includes the following topics:
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Analytics Metrics
The vCenter Operations adapter collects metrics for the vCenter Operations Manager Analytics service, including replication server, data receiver, threshold checker, alarm, alert, dynamic threshold, FSDB, database connection, and garbage collector metrics. Table 6-1. Analytics Metrics
Metric Key ConfiguredResources VCConfiguredResources ActiveAlarms ActiveAlerts FingerprintThreads resourceCacheLoadTime Metric Name Configured Resources VC Configured Resources Active Alarms Active Alerts Fingerprint Threads Resource Cache Load Time (ms) Description Configured resources. Configured vCenter resources. Active alarms. Active alerts. Fingerprint threads. Resource cache load time. Available only in 5.7 and later releases. Attribute cache load time. Available only in 5.7 and later releases. Current heap size.
attributeCacheLoadTime
Attribute Cache Load Time (ms)
CurrentHeapSize
Current heap size (MB)
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Metric Key MaxHeapSize CommittedMemory FreePhysical Memory UsedMemory CPUUsage Threads newAlarmsCount canceledAlarmsCount newAlertsCount canceledAlertsCount processedResourcesCount processedResourcesCountRate processedResourcesCountRateAvg processedMetricsCount processedMetricsCountRate processedMetricsCountRateAvg Metric Name Max heap size (MB) Committed memory (MB) Free physical memory (MB) Used physical memory (MB) CPU usage (%) Threads New Alarms Canceled Alarms New Alerts Canceled Alerts Processed Resources Count Processed Resources Count Rate Processed Resources Count Rate Average Processed Metrics Count Processed Metrics Count Rate Processed Metrics Count Rate Average Description Maximum heap size. Committed memory. Free physical memory. Used physical memory. Percent CPU use. Number of threads. Number of new alarms during the last collection interval. Number of canceled alarms during the last collection interval. Number of new alerts during the last collection interval. Number of canceled alerts during the last collection interval. Processed resource count during the last collection interval. Processed resource count rate during the lat collection interval. Average processed resource count rate. Processed metric count during the last collection interval. Processed metric count rate during the last collection interval. Average processed metric count.
Replication Server Metrics

Table 6-2. Replication Server Metrics for the Analytics Service
Metric Key ReplicationServer | WorkItemsCount ReplicationServer | FailedItemsCount Metric Name Replication work items count Failed observations count Description Replication work item count during the last collection interval. Failed observation count during the last collection interval.
Metric Data Receiver Metrics

These metrics are available only in 5.7 and later releases.
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Table 6-3. Metric Data Receiver Metrics for the Analytics Service
Metric Key metricDataReceiver | state Metric Name Metric Receiver State Description Metric data receiver state. 0 for connecting, 1 for waitForMQ, 2 for processMsg, 3 for waitForHiearchy, and 4 for waitForThresholdChecking. Time spent waiting for data from the message queue during the last collection interval. Time spent waiting for hierarchy metric threshold checking at a cycle end check point during the last collection interval. Time spent waiting for the outstanding threshold checking work item count to drop below the maximum allowed value during the last collection interval. Processed message count during the last collection interval. Processed message count rate during the last collection interval. Average message count rate. Storage thread pool size. Cycle computation time.
metricDataReceiver | waitForMQTime
Wait For MQ Time (ms)
metricDataReceiver | waitForHierarchyTime
Wait For Hiearchy Time (ms)
metricDataReceiver | waitforThresholdCheckTime
Wait For Threshold Check Time (ms)
metricDataReceiver | processedMessageCount metricDataReceiver | processedMessageCountRate metricDataReceiver | processedMessageCountRateAvg metricDataReceiver | storageThreadPoolSize metricDataReceiver | cycleCompTime
Processed Message Count Processed Message Count Rate Processed Message Count Rate Average Storage Thread Pool Size Cycle Computation Time (ms)
Threshold Checker Metrics

These metrics are available only in 5.7 and later releases. Table 6-4. Threshold Checker Receiver Metrics for the Analytics Service
Metric Key thresholdChecker | totalCount thresholdChecker | waitForFSDBCount thresholdChecker | processedObservationCount thresholdChecker | processedObservationCountRate thresholdChecker | processedObservationcountRateAvg Metric Name Total Work Item Count Wait For FSDB Work Item Processed Observation Count Processed Observation Count Rate Processed Observation Count Rate Average Description Total outstanding threshold checking work item count. Threshold checking work item count that is waiting for the FSDB. Processed observation count during the last collection interval. Processed observation count rate during the last collection interval. Average processed observation count rate.
Alarm Metrics
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Table 6-5. Alarm Metrics for the Analytics Service

Metric Key alarm | newAlarmOpTime alarm | newAlarmOpTimeAvg alarm | newFaultAlarmCount alarm | newFaultAlarmOptime Metric Name New Alarm Count Op Time (ms) New Alarm Count Op Time Average (ms) New Fault Alarm Count New Fault Alarm Count Op Time (ms) New Canceled Alarm Count Op Time (ms) Description Time spent creating new alarms during the last collection interval. Average time spent creating new alarms. New fault alarm count during the last collection interval. Time spent creating new fault alarms during the last collection interval. Time spent canceling alarms during the last collection interval.
alarm | canceledAlarmOpTime
Alert Metrics
These metrics are available only in 5.7 and later releases. Table 6-6. Alert Metrics for the Analytics Service
Metric Key alert | newAlertOpTime alert | newalertOpTimeAvg alert | newfingerPrintGenerationAlertCount alert | newFingerPrintGenerationAlertOpTime alert | canceledAlertOptime Metric Name New Alert Count Op Time (ms) New Alert Count Op Time Average (ms) New Finger Print Generation Alert Count New Finger Print Generation Alert Count Op Time (ms) New Canceled Alert Count Op Time (ms) Description New alert count during the last collection interval. Average time spent creating new alerts. New fingerprint alert count during the last collection interval. Time spent creating fingerprint alerts during the last collection interval. Time spent canceling alerts during the last collection interval.
Dynamic Threshold Metrics

Table 6-7. Dynamic Threshold Metrics for the Analytics Service
Metric Key dt | isRunning dt | percentage Metric Name Running Percent (%) Description Value is 1 if dynamic threshold is currently running. Finished dynamic threshold calculation percentage during a dynamic threshold run. Dynamic threshold processor count. Resource count. FSDB read time. Dynamic threshold save time. Dynamic threshold history save time.
dt | dtProcessorCount dt | resourceCount dt | fsdbReadTime dt | dtObjectSaveTime dt | dtHistorySaveTime
DT Processor Count Resource Count FSDB Read Time (ms) DT Object Save Time (ms) DT History Save Time (ms)
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Metric Key dt | dtRunTime Metric Name DT Run Time (ms) Description Dynamic threshold run time. Available only in 5.7 and later releases. Cached object count since the start time of the current dynamic threshold run. Available only in 5.7 and later releases. Time spent calculating dynamic thresholds since the start of the current dynamic threshold run. Available only in 5.7 and later releases.
dt | cachedDTObjectCount
Cached Object Count
dt | dtCalcTime
DT Calc Time (ms)
FSDB Metrics
These metrics are available only in 5.7 and later releases. Table 6-8. FSDB Metrics for the Analytics Service
Metric Key fsdb | savedObservationCount fsdb | saveObservationOpTime Metric Name Saved Observation count Save Observation Op Time (ms) Description Saved observation count during the last collection interval. Time spent saving the observation count during the last collection interval. Average time spent saving the observation count.
fsdb | saveObservationOpTimeAvg
Save Observation Op Time Average (ms)
Database Connection Pool Metrics

These metrics are available only in 5.7 and later releases. Table 6-9. Database Connection Pool Metrics for the Analytics Service
Metric Key dbConnectionPool | numConnections dbConnectionPool | numIdleConnections dbConnectionPool | numBusyConnections dbConnectionPool | numUnclosedOrphanedConnecions Metric Name Connection Count Idle Connection Count Busy Connection Count Unclosed Orphaned Connection Count Description Number of database connections in the database connection pool. Number of idle connections in the database connection pool. Number of busy connections in the database connection pool. Number of unclosed orphaned connections in the database connection pool.
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Garbage Collector Metrics

Table 6-10. Garbage Collector Metrics for the Analytics Service
Metric Key garbageCollector | collectionCount garbageCollector | collectionTime Metric Name Collection Count Collection Time (ms) Description Garbage collection count during the last collection interval. Time spent in garbage collection during the last collection interval.
Collector Metrics
The vCenter Operations adapter collects metrics for the vCenter Operations Manager Collector service, including collection statistic and garbage collector metrics. Table 6-11. Collector Metrics
Metric Key ThreadpoolThreadsCount CurrentHeapSize MaxHeapsize CommittedMemory FreePhysicalMemory UsedMemory CPUUsage Threads Metric Name Pool Threads Count Current heap size (MB) Max heap size (MB) Committed memory (MB) Free physical memory Used physical memory CPU usage (%) Threads Description Number of pool threads. Current heap size. Maximum heap size. Amount of committed memory. Free physical memory. Used physical memory. Percent CPU use. Number of threads.
Collection Statistics Metrics

These metrics are available only in 5.7 and later releases. Table 6-12. Collection Statistics Metrics for the Collector Service
Metric Key collection | collectionTime collection | resourceCount collection | metricCount Metric Name Collection Time (ms) Resource Count Metric Count Description Time spent in data collection during the last collection interval. Number of resources processed during the last collection interval. Number of metrics processed during the last collection interval.

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Table 6-13. Garbage Collector Metrics for the Collector Service

ActiveMQ Service Metrics

The vCenter Operations adapter collects metrics for the vCenter Operations Manager ActiveMQ service, including queue, broker, database, and garbage collector metrics. Table 6-14. ActiveMQ Metrics
Metric Key currentHeapSie MaxHeapSize CommittedMemory FreePhysicalMemory UsedMemory CPUUsage Threads Metric Name Current heap size (MB) Max heap size (MB) Committed memory (MB) Free physical memory Used physical memory CPU usage (%) Threads Description Current heap size. Maximum heap size. Committed memory size. Free physical memory. Used physical memory. Percent CPU use. Number of threads.
Queue Metrics
Table 6-15. Queue Metrics for the ActiveMQ Service
Metric Key Queues | MemoryPercentUsage Queues | MemoryLimit Queues | EnqueueCount Queues | DispatchCount Queues | DequeueCount Queues | ConsumerCount Queues | QueueSize Queues | CursorMemoryUsage Queues | CursorFull Metric Name Used Memory Percentage Memory Limit Enqueue Count Dispatch Count Dequeue Count Consumer Count Queue Size Cursor memory usage Cursor Full Description Percent used memory. Memory limit. Enqueue count. Dispatch count. Dequeue count. Consumer count. Queue size. Cursor memory use. If the cursor reached its memory limit for paged messages. Available only in 5.7 and later releases. Average amount of time, in milliseconds, that messages remained in the destination before being consumed. Available only in 5.7 and later releases. Number of producers connected to the destination. Available only in 5.7 and later releases.
Queues | AverageEnqueueTime
Average Enqueue Time (ms)
Queues | ProductCount
Producer Count
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Broker Metrics
Table 6-16. Broker Metrics for the ActiveMQ Service
Metric Key Broker | TotalEnqueueCount Broker | TotalDequeueCount Broker | TotalConsumerCount Broker | TotalMessageCount Broker | MemoryPercentUsage Broker | MemoryLimit Metric Name Total Enqueue Count Total Dequeue Count Total Consumers Count Total Messages Count Total used memory Total memory limit Description Total enqueue count. Total dequeue count. Total consumers count. Total messages count. Total used memory. Total memory limit.
Database Metrics
NOTE These metrics are available only in 5.7 and later releases. Table 6-17. Database Metrics for the ActiveMQ Service
Metric Key kahaDB | fileCount kahaDB | fileSize Metric Name File Count File Size (MB) Description Total kahaDB log file count. Total size of the log files in the /data/activemq/data/kahadb folder.

NOTE These metrics are available only in 5.7 and later releases. Table 6-18. Garbage Collector Metrics for the ActiveMQ Service
Metric Key garbageCollector | collectionCount garbageCollector | collectionTime Metric Name Collection Count Collection Time (ms) Description Garbage collectdion count during the last collection interval. Time spent in garbage collection during the last collection interval.
Web Server Metrics

The vCenter Operations adapter collects garbage collector and global request metrics for the vCenter Operations Web Server and vCenter Operations Web Std Server components. It also collects CapacityIQ metrics for the Web Server component. Table 6-19. Web Server Metrics
Metric Key UsersCount ActiveSessionsCount CurrentHeapSize MaxHeapSize CommittedMemory Metric Name Users Count Active Sessions Current heap size (MB) Max heap size (MB) Committed memory (MB) Description User count. Active sessions count. Current heap size. Maximum heap size. Committed memory.
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Metric Key FreePhysicalMemory UsedMemory CPUUsage Threads Metric Name Free physical memory Used physical memory CPU usage (%) Threads Description Free physical memory. Used physical memory. Percent CPU use. Number of threads.
Global Request Metrics

Table 6-20. Global Request Metrics for the Web Server Component
Metric Key globalRequest | processingTime Metric Name Request Processing Time (ms) Description Time spent processing global requests during the last collection interval. Average time spent processing global requests. Available only in 5.7 and later releases. Catalina global request count. Request count rate during the last collection interval. Available only in 5.7 and later releases. Average request count rate. Available only in 5.7 and later releases.
globalRequest | processingtimeAvg
Request Processing Time Average (ms)
globalRequest | requestCount globalRequest | requestCountRate
Request Count Request Count Rate
globalRequest | requestCountRateAvg
Request Count Rate Average
CIQ Metrics
These metrics are available only in 5.7 and later releases. Table 6-21. CIQ Metrics for the Web Server Component
Metric Key ciq | CiqPreCompTime Metric Name Pre Computation Time (ms) Description Time spent precomputing metrics in CIQ during the last collection interval. Time spent computing single-value metrics during the last collection interval.
ciq | CiqSingleVaueMetricCompTime
Single Value Metric Computation Time (ms)

These metrics are available only in 5.7 and later releases. Table 6-22. Garbage Collector Metrics for the Web Server Component
Metric Key garbageCollector | collectionCount garbageCollector | collectionTime Metric Name Garbage Collector Collection Time (ms) Description Garbage collection count during the last collection interval. Time spent in garbage collection during the last collection interval.
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Replication Server Metrics

The vCenter Operations adapter collects metrics for the vCenter Operations Manager Replication server, including garbage collector metrics. Table 6-23. Replication Server Metrics
Metric Key storageThreadCount ProcessedObservations CurrentHeapsize MaxHeapSize CommittedMemory FreePhysicalMemory UsedMemory CPUUsage Threads Metric Name Storage thread count Total Processed Observations Current heap size (MB) Max heap size (MB) Committed memory (MB) Free physical memory (MB) Used physical memory (MB) CPU usage (%) Threads Description Storage thread count. Total number of processed observations. Current heap size. Maximum heap size. Committed memory. Free physical memory. Used physical memory. Percent CPU use. Number of threads.

Table 6-24. Garbage Collector Metrics for the Replication Server
Database Metrics
In a vApp installation, the vCenter Operations adapter collects metrics for the Postgres database instance. These metrics are available only in 5.7 and later releases. Table 6-25. Database Metrics
Metric Key postgres | memConsumption Metric Name Memory Consumption (KB) Description Memory that Postgres uses.
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Host Operating System Metrics

In a vApp installation, the vCenter Operations adapter collects operating system metrics for each virtual machine, including disk use, memory use, and disk IO metrics. These metrics are available only in 5.7 and later releases.
Disk Use Metrics

Table 6-26. Disk Use Metrics
Metric Key diskUsage | size diskUsage | used diskUsage | available diskUsage | usePercent Metric Name Disk Size (KB) Used Disk Size (KB) Available Disk Size (KB) Usage (%) Description Disk size. Used disk size. Available disk size. Percent used disk size.
Memory Use Metrics

Table 6-27. Memory Use Metrics
Metric Key memUsage | total memUsage | used memUsage | free Metric Name Total (KB) Used (KB) Free (KB) Description Total memory size. Used memory size. Free memory size.
Disk IO Metrics
Table 6-28. Disk IO Metrics
Metric Key diskIO | numberReadAvg diskIO | numberWriteAvg diskIO | readAvg diskIO | writeAvg Metric Name Reads per second Writes per second Read Rate (KBps) Write Rate (KBps) Description Number of read requests issued to the device per second. Number of write requests issued to the device per second. Number of kilobytes read from the device per second. Average time, in milliseconds, for IO requests issued to the device to be served. Includes the time requests spend in the queue and the time spent servicing the requests in the queue. Average time, in milliseconds, for IO requests to be served. Includes the time that requests spend in the queue and the time spent servicing the requests in the queue. Percentage of CPU time during which IO requests were issued to the device (bandwidth utilization for the device). Device saturation occurs when this value is close to 100 percent.
diskIO | await
IO Request Latency (ms)
diskIO | utilPercent
CPU Time Util (%)
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Index
A
ActiveMQ metrics 71 adapter instances 20 analytics metrics 65 audience information 5 auto-discovery 9
R
reducing metrics collected 20 Replication server metrics 74 requirements 10 resource identifiers 11 Resource Pool metrics 35
B
badge metrics 63 Balanced profile 20
S
self-monitoring metrics 65
T
troubleshooting steps 21
C
capacity planning metrics 59 Cluster Compute Resource metrics 30 collection states 22 collection status values 23 Collector metrics 70 configuration steps 19 credentials 19
U
updated information 7
V
vCenter Operations Manager metrics 65 vCenter Server metrics 25 vcenter_adapter3 folder 16 viewing collection information 21 Virtual Machine metrics 48 VM Entity status tag 10
D
data collection 9 Datacenter resource metrics 28 Datastore metrics 55
W
Web server metrics 72
H
host operating system metrics 75 Host System metrics 37
I
installing the adapter 15, 16 introduction 9
L
log files 23
M
manual discovery 9 metrics 25 metrics profiles 20
P
Postgres database metrics 74
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1 Introduction to the vCenter Adapter 9

2 Installing the vCenter Adapter 15

3 Configuring the vCenter Adapter 19

4 Troubleshooting the vCenter Adapter 21

5 Metrics for vCenter Server Components 25

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Introduction to the vCenter Adapter

How the Adapter Creates Resources

Data that the Adapter Collects

Datacenter Cluster Resource Pools Host Virtual Machine

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Using the VM Entity Status Resource Tag

Installation and Configuration Requirements

VMware vSphere Compatibility

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vCenter Adapter Resource Identification

Adapter Instance Resource Kind

Datacenter Resource Kind

Cluster Compute Resource Kind

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Table 1-3. Cluster Compute Resource Identifier Keys

Folder Resource Kind

Resource Pool Resource Kind

Host System Resource Kind

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Virtual Machine Resource Kind

Datastore Resource Kind

Compute Resource Kind

World Resource Kind

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Installing the vCenter Adapter

Install the Adapter in a Standalone Installation

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Install the Adapter in a vApp Installation

vCenter Adapter Folders and Files

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Table 2-1. vCenter Adapter Folders and Files

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Configuring the vCenter Adapter

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The credential appears in the list in the Manage Credentials window.

Add an Adapter Instance

Reducing the Number of Collected Metrics

Troubleshooting the vCenter Adapter

Troubleshooting a vCenter Adapter Instance

View Collection Information

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Chapter 4 Troubleshooting the vCenter Adapter

Collection Status Values

Viewing System Log Files

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Metrics for vCenter Server Components

vCenter Server Metrics

CPU Usage Metrics