VMware Aria Operations collects configuration, CPU usage, memory, and summary metrics for resource pool objects.
Configuration Metrics for Resource Pools
Configuration metrics provide information about memory and CPU allocation configuration.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Memory Allocation Reservation | Memory Allocation Reservation. Key: config|mem_alloc_reservation |
CPU Usage Metrics for Resource Pools
CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Capacity Demand Entitlement (%) | CPU Capacity Demand Entitlement Percentage. Key: cpu|capacity_demandEntitlementPct |
| Capacity entitlement (MHz) | CPU Capacity Entitlement. Key: cpu|capacity_entitlement |
| CPU Contention (%) | CPU capacity contention. Key: cpu|capacity_contentionPct |
| Demand (MHz) | CPU demand in megahertz. Key: cpu|demandmhz |
| Overall CPU Contention | Overall CPU contention in milliseconds. Key: cpu|capacity_contention |
| Usage | Average CPU use in megahertz. Key: cpu|usagemhz_average |
| Effective limit | CPU effective limit. Key: cpu|effective_limit |
| Reservation Used | CPU reservation used. Key: cpu|reservation_used |
| Estimated entitlement | CPU estimated entitlement. Key: cpu|estimated_entitlement |
| Dynamic entitlement | CPU dynamic entitlement. Key: cpu|dynamic_entitlement |
| Demand without overhead | Value of demand excluding any overhead. Key: cpu|demand_without_overhead |
Memory Metrics for Resource Pools
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Balloon | Amount of memory currently used by the virtual machine memory control. Key: mem|vmmemctl_average |
| Compression Rate | Compression rate in kilobytes per second. Key: mem|compressionRate_average |
| Consumed | Amount of host memory consumed by the virtual machine for guest memory. Key: mem|consumed_average |
| Contention | Machine contention. Key: mem|host_contentionPct |
| Guest usage | Guest memory entitlement. Key: mem|guest_usage |
| Guest demand | Guest memory entitlement. Key: mem|guest_demand |
| Contention (KB) | Machine contention in kilobytes. Key: mem|host_contention |
| Decompression Rate | Decompression rate in kilobytes per second. Key: mem|decompressionRate_average |
| Granted | Average of memory available for use. Key: mem|granted_average |
| Guest Active | Amount of memory that is actively used. Key: mem|active_average |
| VM Overhead | Memory overhead reported by host. Key: mem|overhead_average |
| Shared | Amount of shared memory. Key: mem|shared_average |
| Reservation Used | Memory Reservation Used. Key: mem|reservation_used |
| Dynamic Entitlement | Memory Dynamic Entitlement. Key: mem|dynamic_entitlement |
| Effective Limit | Memory Effective Limit. Key: mem|effective_limit |
| Swap In Rate | Rate at which memory is swapped from disk into active memory during the interval. Key: mem|swapinRate_average |
| Swap Out Rate | Rate at which memory is being swapped from active memory to disk during the current interval. Key: mem|swapoutRate_average |
| Swapped | Amount of unreserved memory. Key: mem|swapped_average |
| Usage (%) | Memory currently in use as a percentage of total available memory. Key: mem|usage_average |
| Zero | Amount of memory that is all zero. Key: mem|zero_average |
| Zipped (KB) | Latest zipped memory in kilobytes. Key: mem|zipped_latest |
| Swap In (KB) | Amount of memory swapped in kilobytes. Key: mem|swapin_average |
| Swap Out (KB) | Amount of memory swapped out in kilobytes. Key: mem|swapout_average |
| Swap Used | Amount of memory used for swap space in kilobytes. Key: mem|swapused_average |
| Total Capacity | Total capacity. Key: mem|guest_provisioned |
Summary Metrics for Resource Pools
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Number of Running VMs | Number of running virtual machines. Key: summary|number_running_vms |
| Total Number of VMs | Total number of virtual machines.
Note: This shows the total number of VMs excluding VM templates.
Key: summary|total_number_vms |
| IO Wait (ms) | IO wait time in milliseconds. Key: summary|iowait |
| Number of VM Templates | Number of VM Templates. Key: summary|number_vm_templates |
