VMware Aria Operations collects metrics for the VMware Aria Operations node objects.

Metrics can be calculated for node objects. See Calculated Metrics.

Table 1. Node Metrics
Metric Key Metric Name Description
Component Count Component count The number of VMware Aria Operations objects reporting for this node
PrimaryResourcesCount Number of primary objects Number of primary objects
LocalResourcesCount Number of local objects Number of local objects
PrimaryMetricsCount Number of primary metrics Number of primary metrics
LocalMetricsCount Number of local metrics Number of local metrics
PercentDBStorageAvailable Percent disk available /storage/db Percent disk available /storage/db
PercentLogStorageAvailable Percent disk available /storage/log Percent disk available /storage/log
Table 2. Memory Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|actualFree Actual Free Actual Free
mem|actualUsed Actual Used Actual Used
mem|free Free Free )
mem|used Used Used
mem|total Total Total
mem|demand_gb Estimated memory demand Estimated memory demand
Table 3. Swap Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
swap|total Total Total
swap|free Free Free
swap|used Used Used
swap|pageIn Page in Page in
swap|pageOut Page out Page out
Table 4. Resource Limit Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
resourceLimit|numProcesses Number of processes Number of processes
resourceLimit|openFiles Number of open files Number of open files
resourceLimit|openFilesMax Number of open files maximum limit Number of open files maximum limit
resourceLimit|numProcessesMax Number of processes maximum limit Number of processes maximum limit
Table 5. Network Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|allInboundTotal All inbound connections All inbound total
net|allOutboundTotal All outbound connections All outbound total
net|tcpBound TCP bound TCP bound
net|tcpClose TCP state CLOSE Number of connections in TCP CLOSE
net|tcpCloseWait TCP state CLOSE WAIT Number of connections in TCP state CLOSE WAIT
net|tcpClosing TCP state CLOSING Number of connections in TCP state CLOSING
net|tcpEstablished TCP state ESTABLISHED Number of connections in TCP state ESTABLISHED
net|tcpIdle TCP state IDLE Number of connections in TCP state IDLE
net|tcpInboundTotal TCP inbound connections TCP inbound connections
net|tcpOutboundTotal TCP outbound connections TCP outbound connections
net|tcpLastAck TCP state LAST ACK Number of connections in TCP state LAST ACK
net|tcpListen TCP state LISTEN Number of connections in TCP state LISTEN
net|tcpSynRecv TCP state SYN RCVD Number of connections in TCP state SYN RCVD
net|tcpSynSent TCP state SYN_SENT Number of connections in TCP state SYN_SENT
net|tcpTimeWait TCP state TIME WAIT Number of connections in TCP state TIME WAIT
Table 6. Network Interface Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|iface|speed Speed Speed (bits/sec)
net|iface|rxPackets Receive packets Number of received packets
net|iface|rxBytes Receive bytes Number of received bytes
net|iface|rxDropped Receive packet drops Number of received packets dropped
net|iface|rxFrame Receive packets frame Number of receive packets frame
net|iface|rxOverruns Receive packets overruns Number of receive packets overrun
net|iface|txPackets Transmit packets Number of transmit packets
net|iface|txBytes Transmit bytes Number of transmit bytes
net|iface|txDropped Transmit packet drops Number of transmit packets dropped
net|iface|txCarrier Transmit carrier Transmit carrier
net|iface|txCollisions Transmit packet collisions Number of transmit collisions
net|iface|txErrors Transmit packet errors Number of transmit errors
net|iface|txOverruns Transmit packet overruns Number of transmit overruns
Table 7. Disk Filesystem Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|fileSystem|total Total Total
disk|fileSystem|available Available Available
disk|fileSystem|used Used Used
disk|fileSystem|files Total file nodes Total file nodes
disk|fileSystem|filesFree Total free file nodes Total free file nodes
disk|fileSystem|queue Disk queue Disk queue
disk|fileSystem|readBytes Read bytes Number of bytes read
disk|fileSystem|writeBytes Write bytes Number of bytes written
disk|fileSystem|reads Reads Number of reads
disk|fileSystem|writes Writes Number of writes
Table 8. Disk Installation Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|installation|used Used Used
disk|installation|total Total Total
disk|installation|available Available Available
Table 9. Disk Database Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|db|used Used Used
disk|db|total Total Total
disk|db|available Available Available
Table 10. Disk Log Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk|log|used Used Used
disk|log|total Total Total
disk|log|available Available Available
Table 11. CPU Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
cpu|combined Combined load Combined load (User + Sys + Nice + Wait)
cpu|idle Idle Idle time fraction of total available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|irq Irq Interrupt time fraction of total available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|nice Nice Nice time fraction of total available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|softIrq Soft Irq Soft interrupt time fraction of total available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|stolen Stolen Stolen time fraction of total available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|sys Sys Sys time fraction of total available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|user User (cpu load) User time fraction of total available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|wait Wait (cpu load) Wait time fraction of total available cpu (cpu load)
cpu|total Total available for a cpu Total available for a cpu
cpu|allCpuCombined Total combined load for all cpus Total combined load for all cpus (cpu load)
cpu|allCpuTotal_ghz Available Available
cpu|allCpuCombined_ghz Used Used
cpu|allCpuCombined_percent CPU usage CPU usage (%)
Table 12. Device Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
device|iops Reads/Writes per second Average number of read/write commands issued per second during the collection interval.
device|await Average transaction time Average transaction time (milliseconds).
device|iops_readMaxObserved Maximum observed reads per second Maximum observed reads per second.
device|iops_writeMaxObserved Maximum observed writes per second Maximum observed writes per second.
Table 13. Service Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
service|proc|fdUsage Total number of open file descriptors Total number of open file descriptors.
Table 14. NTP Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
ntp|serverCount Configured server count Configured server count
ntp|unreachableCount Unreachable server count Unreachable server count
ntp|unreachable Unreachable Is the NTP server unreachable. Value of 0 is reachable, 1 means the server was not reached or did not respond.
Table 15. Heap Metrics for the Node
Metric Key Metric Name Description
heap|CurrentHeapSize Current heap size Current heap size
heap|MaxHeapSize Max heap size Max heap size
heap|CommittedMemory Committed Memory Committed Memory