vRealize Operations collects metrics for vSphere Pods through the vCenter adapter and uses formulas to derive statistics from those metrics. You can use metrics to troubleshoot problems in your environment.

Table 1. Metrics for vSphere Pods
Metric Key Metric Name Description
config|hardware|num_Cpu Configuration|Hardware|Number of CPUs Number of CPUs. It counts both the vSocket and vCore. A VM with 2 vSockets x 4 vCores each has 8 vCPU.
config|hardware|disk_Space Configuration|Hardware|Disk Space Disk space metrics
config|hardware|thin_Enabled Configuration|Hardware|Thin Provisioned Disk Thin Provisioned Disk
config|cpuAllocation|slotSize Configuration|CPU Resource Allocation|HA Slot Size vSphere HA Slot Size for CPU
config|memoryAllocation|slotSize Configuration|Memory Resource Allocation|HA Slot Size vSphere HA Slot Size for Memory
cpu|usage_average CPU|Usage CPU Usage divided by VM CPU Configuration in MHz
cpu|usagemhz_average CPU|Usage Amount of actively used virtual CPU. This is the host's view of the CPU usage, not the guest operating system view.
cpu|usagemhz_average_mtd CPU|Usage average MTD Month to date average CPU usage in MHZ
cpu|readyPct CPU|Ready Percentage of CPU the VM is ready to run, but unable due to ESXi has no ready physical core to run it. High Ready value impacts VM performance
cpu|capacity_contentionPct CPU|Contention Percentage of time VM is not getting the CPU resource it demanded. Impacted by Ready, Co-Stop, Hyper Threading and Power Management
cpu|corecount_provisioned CPU|Provisioned vCPU(s) Number of CPUs. It counts both the vSocket and vCore. A VM with 2 vSockets x 4 vCores each has 8 vCPU.
cpu|vm_capacity_provisioned CPU|Total Capacity Configured Capacity in MHz, based on nominal (static) frequency of the CPU
cpu|demandmhz CPU|Demand The amount of CPU resources virtual machine would use if there were no CPU contention or CPU limit.
cpu|demandPct CPU|Demand (%) The percentage of CPU resources virtual machine would use if there were no CPU contention or CPU limit.
cpu|reservation_used CPU|Reservation Used CPU Reserved for the VM. It's guaranteed to be available when the VM demands it.
cpu|effective_limit CPU|Effective limit Limit placed on the VM by vSphere. Avoid using limit as it impacts VM performance
cpu|iowaitPct CPU|IO Wait Percentage of time VM CPU is waiting for IO. Formula is Wait - Idle - Swap Wait. High value indicates slow storage subsystem
cpu|swapwaitPct CPU|Swap wait Percentage of time CPU is waiting on data swap-in. Mapped to vCenter CPU Swap wait
cpu|costopPct CPU|Co-stop (%) Percentage of time the VM is ready to run, but is unable to due to co-scheduling constraints. VM with less vCPU have lower co-stop value.
cpu|system_summation CPU|System CPU time spent on system processes
cpu|wait_summation CPU|Wait Total CPU time spent in wait state
cpu|ready_summation CPU|Ready CPU time spent on ready state
cpu|used_summation CPU|Used CPU time that is used
cpu|iowait CPU|IO Wait IO Wait
cpu|wait CPU|Total Wait CPU time spent on idle state
cpu|capacity_demandEntitlementPct CPU|Capacity Demand Entitlement CPU Capacity Demand Entitlement Percentage
cpu|host_demand_for_aggregation CPU|Host Demand For Aggregation Host demand for aggregation
cpu|dynamic_entitlement CPU|Dynamic entitlement CPU Dynamic entitlement
cpu|capacity_contention CPU|Overall CPU Contention Overall CPU Contention (ms)
cpu|estimated_entitlement CPU|Estimated entitlement CPU Estimated entitlement
cpu|idlePct CPU|Idle % CPU time that is idle
cpu|waitPct CPU|Wait % Total CPU time spent in wait state
cpu|systemSummationPct CPU|System % CPU time spent on system processes
cpu|demandOverLimit CPU|Demand Over Limit Amount of CPU Demand that is over the configured CPU Limit
cpu|demandOverCapacity CPU|Demand Over Capacity Amount of CPU Demand that is over the configured CPU Capacity
cpu|perCpuCoStopPct CPU|Normalized Co-stop Percentage of co-stop time, normalized across all vCPUs
cpu|swapwait_summation CPU|Swap Wait Amount of time waiting on swap.
cpu|costop_summation CPU|Co-stop Time the VM is ready to run, but is unable to due to co-scheduling constraints.
cpu|idle_summation CPU|Idle CPU time that is idle.
cpu|latency_average CPU|Latency Percentage of time the VM is unable to run because it is contending for access to the physical CPUs.
cpu|maxlimited_summation CPU|Max Limited Time the VM is ready to run, but is not run due to maxing out its CPU limit setting.
cpu|overlap_summation CPU|Overlap Time the VM was interrupted to perform system services on behalf of that VM or other VMs.
cpu|run_summation CPU|Run Time the VM is scheduled to run.
cpu|entitlement_latest CPU|Entitlement Latest Entitlement Latest.
cpu|demandEntitlementRatio_latest CPU|Demand-to-entitlement Ratio CPU resource entitlement to CPU demand ratio (in percents)
cpu|readiness_average CPU|Readiness Percentage of time that the virtual machine was ready, but could not get scheduled to run on the physical CPU.
rescpu|actav1_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Active (1 min. average) The average active time for the CPU over the past minute
rescpu|actav5_latestswapinRate_average CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Active (5 min. average) The average active time for the CPU over the past five minutes.
rescpu|actav5_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Active (5 min. average) The average active time for the CPU over the past five minutes
rescpu|actav15_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Active (15 min. average) The average active time for the CPU over the past fifteen minutes
rescpu|actpk1_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Active (1 min. peak) The peak active time for the CPU over the past minute
rescpu|actpk5_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Active (5 min. peak) The peak active time for the CPU over the past five minutes
rescpu|actpk15_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Active (15 min. peak) The peak active time for the CPU over the past fifteen minutes
rescpu|runav1_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Running (1 min. average) The average runtime for the CPU over the past minute
rescpu|runav5_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Running (5 min. average) The average runtime for the CPU over the past five minutes
rescpu|runav15_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Running (15 min. average) The average runtime for the CPU over the past fifteen minutes
rescpu|runpk1_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Running (1 min. peak) The peak active time for the CPU over the past minute
rescpu|runpk5_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Running (5 min. peak) The peak active time for the CPU over the past five minutes
rescpu|runpk15_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Running (15 min. peak) The peak active time for the CPU over the past fifteen minutes
rescpu|maxLimited1_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Throttled (1 min. average) The scheduling limit over the past minute
rescpu|maxLimited5_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Throttled (5 min. average) The scheduling limit over the past five minutes
rescpu|maxLimited15_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|CPU Throttled (15 min. average) The scheduling limit over the past fifteen minutes
rescpu|sampleCount_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|Group CPU Sample Count The sample CPU count
rescpu|samplePeriod_latest CPU Utilization for Resources|Group CPU Sample Period The sample period
mem|usage_average Memory|Usage Memory currently in use as a percentage of total available memory
mem|balloonPct Memory|Balloon Percentage of guest physical memory that is currently claimed from the virtual machine through ballooning. This is the percentage of guest physical memory that has been allocated and pinned by the balloon driver. Balloon does not necessarily mean the VM performance is affected.
mem|swapped_average Memory|Swapped Amount of unreserved memory
mem|consumed_average Memory|Consumed Amount of ESXi Host memory mapped/consumed by the virtual machine for guest memory
mem|consumed_average_mtd Memory|Consumed average MTD average MTD Amount of host memory consumed by the virtual machine for guest memory
mem|consumedPct Memory|Consumed (%) Amount of host memory consumed by the virtual machine for guest memory. Consumed memory does not include overhead memory. It includes shared memory and memory that might be reserved, but not actually used.
mem|overhead_average Memory|Overhead Amount of overhead memory used by ESXi to run the Virtual Machine.
mem|host_contentionPct Memory|Contention Percentage of time the VM has contended for memory.
mem|guest_provisioned Memory|Total Capacity Memory resources allocated to the Virtual Machine
mem|guest_usage Memory|Guest Usage Guest Memory Entitlement
mem|guest_demand Memory|Guest Demand Guest Memory Entitlement
mem|host_demand Memory|Host Demand Memory Demand in KB
mem|reservation_used Memory|Reservation Used Memory Reservation Used
mem|effective_limit Memory|Effective limit Memory Effective limit
mem|vmMemoryDemand Memory|Utilization Amount of memory utilized by the Virtual Machine. Reflects the guest OS memory required (for certain vSphere and VMTools versions) or Virtual Machine consumption
mem|nonzero_active Memory|Non Zero Active Non Zero Active Memory
mem|swapinRate_average Memory|Swap In Rate Rate at which memory is swapped from disk into active memory during the collection interval. This can impact performance.
mem|swapoutRate_average Memory|Swap Out Rate Rate at which memory is being swapped from active memory to disk during the current interval.
mem|compressed_average Memory|Compressed Percentage of total memory that has been compressed by vSphere. If and only if the page is accessed by the Guest OS, will performance be affected.
mem|overheadMax_average Memory|Overhead Max N/A
mem|vmmemctl_average Memory|Balloon Amount of memory currently used by the virtual machine memory control
mem|active_average Memory|Guest Active Amount of memory that is actively used
mem|granted_average Memory|Granted Amount of memory available for use
mem|shared_average Memory|Shared Amount of shared memory
mem|zero_average Memory|Zero Amount of memory that is all 0
mem|swaptarget_average Memory|Swap Target Amount of memory that can be swapped
mem|swapin_average Memory|Swap In Amount of memory swapped in
mem|swapout_average Memory|Swap Out Amount of memory swapped out
mem|vmmemctltarget_average Memory|Balloon Target Amount of memory that can be used by the virtual machine memory control
mem|host_dynamic_entitlement Memory|Host Dynamic Entitlement Mem Machine Dynamic Entitlement
mem|host_active Memory|Host Active Machine Active
mem|host_usage Memory|Host Usage Machine Usage
mem|host_contention Memory|Contention Machine Contention
mem|guest_activePct Memory|Guest Active Memory Guest active memory as percentage of configured
mem|guest_dynamic_entitlement Memory|Guest Dynamic Entitlement Guest Memory Dynamic Entitlement
mem|host_demand_reservation Memory|Host Demand with Reservation Memory Demand with Reservation considered in KB
mem|host_nonpageable_estimate Memory|Guest Non Pageable Memory Guest Non Pageable Memory Estimates
mem|guest_nonpageable_estimate Memory|Host Non Pageable Memory Guest Non Pageable Memory Estimates
mem|estimated_entitlement Memory|Estimated entitlement Memory Estimated entitlement
mem|host_demand_for_aggregation Memory|Host Demand For Aggregation Host demand for aggregation
mem|demandOverLimit Memory|Demand Over Limit Amount of Memory Demand that is over the configured Memory Limit
mem|demandOverCapacity Memory|Demand Over Capacity Amount of Memory Demand that is over the configured Memory Capacity
mem|activewrite_average Memory|Active Write N/A
mem|compressionRate_average Memory|Compression Rate N/A
mem|decompressionRate_average Memory|Decompression Rate N/A
mem|zipSaved_latest Memory|Zip Saved N/A
mem|zipped_latest Memory|Zipped N/A
mem|entitlement_average Memory|Entitlement Amount of host physical memory the VM is entitled to, as determined by the ESX schedule.
mem|latency_average Memory|Latency Percentage of time the VM is waiting to access swapped or compressed memory.
mem|capacity.contention_average Memory|Capacity Contention Capacity Contention.
mem|llSwapInRate_average Memory|Swap In Rate from Host Cache Rate at which memory is being swapped from host cache into active memory.
mem|llSwapOutRate_average Memory|Swap Out Rate to Host Cache Rate at which memory is being swapped to host cache from active memory.
mem|llSwapUsed_average Memory|Swap Space Used in Host Cache Space used for caching swapped pages in the host cache.
mem|overheadTouched_average Memory|Overhead Touched Actively touched overhead memory (KB) reserved for use as the virtualization overhead for the VM.
net|usage_average Network|Usage Rate The sum of the data transmitted and received for all the NIC instances of the host or virtual machine
net|transmitted_average Network|Data Transmit Rate Average amount of data transmitted per second
net|received_average Network|Data Receive Rate Average amount of data received per second
net|droppedTx_summation Network|Transmitted Packets Dropped Number of outgoing packets dropped in the performance interval. Investigate if the number is not 0
net|droppedPct Network|Packets Dropped (%) Percentage of packets dropped
net|dropped Network|Packets Dropped Number of packets dropped in the performance interval
net|broadcastTx_summation Network|Broadcast Packets Transmitted Total number of broadcast packets transmitted. Investigate further if this number is high
net|multicastTx_summation Network|Multicast Packets Transmitted Number of multicast packets transmitted. Investigate further if this number is high
net|idle NetworkIidle N/A
net|usage_capacity Network|I/O Usage Capacity I/O Usage Capacity
net|maxObserved_KBps Network|Max Observed Throughput Max observed rate of network throughput
net|maxObserved_Tx_KBps Network|Max Observed Transmitted Throughput Max observed transmitted rate of network throughput
net|maxObserved_Rx_KBps Network|Max Observed Received Throughput Max observed received rate of network throughput
net|packetsRx_summation Network|Packets Received Number of packets received in the performance interval
net|packetsTx_summation Network|Packets Transmitted Number of packets transmitted in the performance interval
net|demand Network|Demand N/A
net|packetsRxPerSec Network|Packets Received per second Number of packets received in the performance interval
net|packetsTxPerSec Network|Packets Transmitted per second Number of packets transmitted in the performance interval
net|packetsPerSec Network|Packets per second Number of packets transmitted and received per second
net|droppedRx_summation Network|Received Packets Dropped Number of received packets dropped in the performance interval
net|broadcastRx_summation Network|Broadcast Packets Received Number of broadcast packets received during the sampling interval
net|multicastRx_summation Network|Multicast Packets Received Number of multicast packets received
net|bytesRx_average Network|bytesRx Average amount of data received per second
net|bytesTx_average Network|bytesTx Average amount of data transmitted per second
net|host_transmitted_average Network|VM to Host Data Transmit Rate Average amount of data transmitted per second between VM and host
net|host_received_average Network|VM to Host Data Receive Rate Average amount of data received per second between VM and host
net|host_usage_average Network|VM to Host Usage Rate The sum of the data transmitted and received for all the NIC instances between VM and host
net|host_maxObserved_Tx_KBps Network|VM to Host Max Observed Transmitted Throughput Max observed transmitted rate of network throughput between VM and host
net|host_maxObserved_Rx_KBps Network|VM to Host Max Observed Received Throughput Max observed received rate of network throughput between VM and host
net|host_maxObserved_KBps Network|VM to Host Max Observed Throughput Max observed rate of network throughput between VM and host
net|transmit_demand_average Network|Data Transmit Demand Rate Data Transmit Demand Rate
net|receive_demand_average Network|Data Receive Demand Rate Data Receive Demand Rate
disk|usage_average Physical Disk|Total Throughput Amount of data read from/written to storage in a second. This is averaged over the reporting period
disk|read_average Physical Disk|Read Throughput Amount of data read from storage in a second. This is averaged over the reporting period
disk|write_average Physical Disk|Write Throughput Amount of data written to storage in a second. This is averaged over the reporting period
disk|usage_capacity Physical Disk|I/O Usage Capacity I/O Usage Capacity
disk|busResets_summation Physical Disk|Bus Resets The number of bus resets in the performance interval
disk|commandsAborted_summation Physical Disk|Commands Aborted The number of disk commands stopped in the performance interval
disk|diskoio Physical Disk|Number of Outstanding IO Operations Number of Outstanding IO Operations
disk|diskqueued Physical Disk|Queued Operations Queued Operations
disk|diskdemand Physical Disk|Demand Demand
disk|sum_queued_oio Physical Disk|Total Queued Outstanding operations Sum of Queued Operation and Outstanding Operations.
disk|max_observed Physical Disk|Max Observed OIO Max Observed IO for a disk.
disk|numberReadAveraged_average Physical Disk|Read IOPS Number of read operations per second. This is averaged over the reporting period.
disk|numberWriteAveraged_average Physical Disk|Write IOPS Number of write operations per second. This is averaged over the reporting period.
disk|maxTotalLatency_latest Physical Disk|Highest Latency Highest Latency.
disk|scsiReservationConflicts_summation Physical Disk|SCSI Reservation Conflicts SCSI Reservation Conflicts.
disk|totalReadLatency_average Physical Disk|Read Latency Average amount of time for a read operation by the storage adapter.
disk|totalWriteLatency_average Physical Disk|Write Latency Average amount of time for a write operation by the storage adapter.
disk|totalLatency_average Physical Disk|Total Latency Total Latency.
sys|poweredOn System|Powered ON 1 if the VM is connected (available for management) and powered on, otherwise 0.
sys|osUptime_latest System|OS Uptime Total time elapsed, in seconds, since last operating system boot-up
sys|uptime_latest System|Uptime Number of seconds since system startup
sys|heartbeat_summation System|Heartbeat Number of heart beats from the virtual machine in the defined interval
sys|vmotionEnabled System|vMotion Enabled 1 if vMotion enabled, 0 if not enabled
sys|productString System|Product String VMware product string
sys|heartbeat_latest System|Heartbeat Latest Number of heartbeats issued per virtual machine during the interval
summary|running Summary|Running Running
summary|desktop_status Summary|Desktop Status Horizon View Desktop Status
summary|poweredOff Summary|Reclaimable Powered Off Powered Off = 1. Not powered off = 0
summary|idle Summary|Reclaimable Idle Idle = 1. Not idle = 0
summary|oversized Summary|Is Oversized Oversized = 1. Not oversized = 0
summary|undersized Summary|Is Undersized Is Undersized
summary|snapshotSpace Summary|Reclaimable Snapshot Space Reclaimable Snapshot Space
summary|oversized|vcpus Summary|Oversized|Virtual CPUs Virtual CPUs
summary|oversized|memory Summary|Oversized|Memory Memory
summary|undersized|vcpus Summary|Undersized|Virtual CPUs Virtual CPUs
summary|undersized|memory Summary|Undersized|Memory Memory
summary|metering|value Summary|Metering|Total price Total price of the resource(Sum of all price components)
summary|metering|storage Summary|Metering|Storage price Price of Storage related components of the resource
summary|metering|memory Summary|Metering|Memory price Price of Memory related components of the resource
summary|metering|cpu Summary|Metering|CPU price Price of CPU related components of the resource
summary|metering|additional Summary|Metering|Additional price Price of additional components of the resource
summary|metering|partialPrice Summary|Metering|Partial price Shows whether the calculated price is partial for the resource
summary|workload_indicator Summary|Workload Indicator Workload Indicator
summary|cpu_shares Summary|CPU Shares CPU Shares
summary|mem_shares Summary|Memory Shares Memory Shares
summary|number_datastore Summary|Number of Datastores Number of Datastores
summary|number_network Summary|Number of Networks Number of Networks
guestfilesystem|capacity Guest File System|Partition Capacity Disk space capacity on guest file system partition.
guestfilesystem|percentage Guest File System|Partition Utilization (%) Guest file system partition space utilization in percentage
guestfilesystem|usage Guest File System|Partition Utilization Guest file system partition space utilization
guestfilesystem|capacity_total Guest File System|Total Capacity Disk space capacity on guest file system
guestfilesystem|percentage_total Guest File System|Utilization (%) Guest file system disk space utilization in percentage
guestfilesystem|usage_total Guest File System|Utilization Guest file system disk space utilization
guestfilesystem|freespace Guest File System|Guest File System Free Total free space on guest file system
guestfilesystem|capacity_property Guest File System|Guest File System Capacity Property Total capacity of guest file system as a property
guestfilesystem|freespace_total Guest File System|Total Guest File System Free Total free space on guest file system
guestfilesystem|capacity_property_total Guest File System|Total Capacity Property Total capacity of guest file system as a property
guest|mem.free_latest Guest|Free Memory Free Memory
guest|mem.needed_latest Guest|Needed Memory Needed Memory
guest|mem.physUsable_latest Guest|Physically Usable Memory Physically Usable Memory
guest|page.inRate_latest Guest|Page In Rate per second Page In Rate per second
guest|page.size_latest Guest|Page Size Page Size
guest|swap.spaceRemaining_latest Guest|Remaining Swap Space Remaining Swap Space
guest|cpu_queue Guest|CPU Queue The number of ready threads queuing in the CPU. Linux includes threads in running state. A number greater than 2 for prolong period indicates CPU core bottleneck.
guest|disk_queue Guest|Disk Queue The number of outstanding requests + IO currently in progress.
guest|contextSwapRate_latest Guest|Context Swap Rate per second Context Swap Rate per second
guest|hugePage.size_latest Guest|Huge Page Size Huge Page Size
guest|hugePage.total_latest Guest|Total Huge Pages Total Huge Pages
guest|mem.activeFileCache_latest Guest|Active File Cache Memory Active File Cache Memory
guest|page.outRate_latest Guest|Page Out Rate per second Page Out Rate per second
guest|disk_queue_latest Guest|Disk Queue Latest The number of outstanding requests + IO currently in progress.
virtualDisk|numberReadAveraged_average Virtual Disk|Read IOPS Number of read operations per second. This is averaged over the reporting period
virtualDisk|numberWriteAveraged_average Virtual Disk|Write IOPS Number of write operations per second. This is averaged over the reporting period
virtualDisk|read_average Virtual Disk|Read Throughput Amount of data read from storage in a second. This is averaged over the reporting period
virtualDisk|totalReadLatency_average Virtual Disk|Read Latency Average amount of time for a read operation by the storage adapter.
virtualDisk|totalWriteLatency_average Virtual Disk|Write Latency Average amount of time for a write operation by the storage adapter.
virtualDisk|write_average Virtual Disk|Write Throughput Amount of data written to storage in a second. This is averaged over the reporting period
virtualDisk|usage Virtual Disk|Total Throughput Amount of data read from/written to storage in a second. This is averaged over the reporting period
virtualDisk|totalLatency Virtual Disk|Total Latency Total Latency
virtualDisk|commandsAveraged_average Virtual Disk|Total IOPS Number of read/write operations per second. This is averaged over the reporting period
virtualDisk|vDiskOIO Virtual Disk|Outstanding IO requests OIO for datastore.
virtualDisk|actualUsage Virtual Disk|Used Disk Space Virtual Disk space usage
virtualDisk|busResets_summation Virtual Disk|Bus Resets The number of bus resets in the performance interval
virtualDisk|commandsAborted_summation Virtual Disk|Commands Aborted The number of disk commands stopped in the performance interval
virtualDisk|readLoadMetric_latest Virtual Disk|Read Load Storage DRS virtual disk metric read load
virtualDisk|readOIO_latest Virtual Disk|Outstanding Read Requests Average number of outstanding read requests to the virtual disk
virtualDisk|writeLoadMetric_latest Virtual Disk|Write Load Storage DRS virtual disk write load
virtualDisk|writeOIO_latest Virtual Disk|Outstanding Write Requests Average number of outstanding write requests to the virtual disk
virtualDisk|smallSeeks_latest Virtual Disk|Number of Small Seeks Small Seeks
virtualDisk|mediumSeeks_latest Virtual Disk|Number of Medium Seeks Medium Seeks
virtualDisk|largeSeeks_latest Virtual Disk|Number of Large Seeks Large Seeks
virtualDisk|readLatencyUS_latest Virtual Disk|Read Latency (microseconds) Read latency in microseconds
virtualDisk|writeLatencyUS_latest Virtual Disk|Write Latency (microseconds) Write Latency in microseconds
virtualDisk|readIOSize_latest Virtual Disk|Average Read request size Read IO size
virtualDisk|writeIOSize_latest Virtual Disk|Average Write request size Write IO size
diskspace|pod_used Disk Space|Pod used Space used by Pod files
diskspace|provisionedSpace Disk Space|Provisioned Space for Pod Provisioned space for Pod. In thin provisioned, it is the full space allocated (which may not be used yet).
diskspace|notshared Disk Space|Not Shared Space used by VM that is not shared with other VM
diskspace|activeNotShared Disk Space|Active not shared Unshared disk space used by VMs excluding snapshot
diskspace|perDsUsed Disk Space|Pod used Space used by all files of the Pod on the datastore (disks, snapshots, configs, logs, etc).
diskspace|total_usage Disk Space|Utilization Total disk space used on all datastores visible to this object
diskspace|total_capacity Disk Space|Total Capacity Total disk space on all datastores visible to this object
diskspace|diskused Disk Space|Virtual Disk Used Space used by virtual disks
diskspace|snapshot Disk Space|Snapshot Space Space used by snapshots
diskspace|shared Disk Space|Shared Used Shared space used
diskspace|provisioned Disk Space|Provisioned Space Provisioned space
diskspace|snapshot|used Disk Space|Snapshot|Pod used Disk space used by the Pod snapshot files. This is the space that can be potentially reclaimed if the snapshot is removed.
diskspace|snapshot|accessTime Disk Space|Snapshot|Access Time The date and time the snapshot was taken.
storage|totalReadLatency_average Storage|Read Latency Average amount of time for a read operation.
storage|totalWriteLatency_average Storage|Write Latency Average amount of time for a write operation.
storage|read_average Storage|Read Rate Read throughput rate
storage|write_average Storage|Write Rate Write throughput rate
storage|usage_average Storage|Total Usage Total throughput rate
storage|numberReadAveraged_average Storage|Reads per second Average number of read commands issued per second during the collection interval
storage|numberWriteAveraged_average Storage|Writes per second Average number of write commands issued per second during the collection interval
storage|commandsAveraged_average Storage|Commands per second Average number of commands issued per second during the collection interval
storage|totalLatency_average Storage|Total Latency Total latency
storage|demandKBps Storage|Demand N/A
storage|contention Storage|Contention percentage N/A
cost|monthlyTotalCost Cost|MTD Total Cost Month To Date Cost of Virtual Machine
cost|monthlyProjectedCost Cost|Monthly Projected Total Cost Virtual Machine cost projected for full month
cost|compTotalCost Cost|MTD Compute Total Cost Month to Date Total Compute Cost (Including CPU and Memory) of Virtual Machine
cost|directCost Cost|Monthly Direct Cost Monthly Direct Cost (comprising of OS Labor, VI Labor and any windows desktop instance license) of Virtual Machine
cost|cpuCost Cost|MTD CPU Cost Month to Date Virtual Machine CPU Cost. It is based on utilization. The more the VM uses, the higher its cost.
cost|memoryCost Cost|MTD Memory Cost Month to Date Memory Cost of Virtual Machine. It is based on utilization. The more the VM uses, the higher its cost.
cost|storageCost Cost|MTD Disk Space Cost Month to Date Disk Space Cost of Virtual Machine
cost|reclaimableCost Cost|Potential Savings Potential Savings
cost|osLaborTotalCost Cost|Monthly OS Labor Cost Operating System Labor Cost of Virtual Machine for full month
cost|viLaborTotalCost Cost|Monthly VI Labor Cost Monthly VI Labor Cost
cost|effectiveTotalCost Cost|MTD Effective Total Cost Month to Date Cost of Virtual Machine considering the allocation and demand model
cost|effectiveProjectedTotalCost Cost|Monthly Effective Projected Total Cost Virtual Machine cost projected for full month considering the allocation and demand model
cost|allocation|allocationBasedCpuMTDCost Cost|Allocation|MTD CPU Cost Month to Date Virtual Machine CPU Cost. It is based on utilization. The more the VM uses, the higher its cost.
cost|allocation|allocationBasedMemoryMTDCost Cost|Allocation|MTD Memory Cost Month to Date Memory Cost of Virtual Machine. It is based on utilization. The more the VM uses, the higher its cost.
cost|allocation|allocationBasedStorageMTDCost Cost|Allocation|MTD Disk Space Cost Month to Date Disk Space Cost of Virtual Machine
cost|allocation|allocationBasedTotalMTDCost Cost|Allocation|MTD Total Cost Month To Date Cost of Virtual Machine
cost|allocation|allocationBasedTotalCost Cost|Allocation|Monthly Projected Total Cost Virtual Machine cost projected for full month
datastore|demand_oio Datastore|Outstanding IO requests Amount of IO waiting in the queue to be executed. High IO, coupled with high latency, impacts performance.
datastore|numberReadAveraged_average Datastore|Read IOPS Number of read operations per second. This is averaged over the reporting period.
datastore|numberWriteAveraged_average Datastore|Write IOPS Number of write operations per second. This is averaged over the reporting period.
datastore|read_average Datastore|Read Throughput Amount of data read from storage in a second. This is averaged over the reporting period.
datastore|totalReadLatency_average Datastore|Read Latency Average amount of time for a read operation at the datastore level. It's an average of all the VMs in the datastore.
datastore|totalWriteLatency_average Datastore|Write Latency Average amount of time for a write operation by the storage adapter.
datastore|write_average Datastore|Write Throughput Amount of data written from storage in a second. This is averaged over the reporting period.
datastore|totalLatency_average Datastore|Total Latency Normalized Latency, taking into account the read/write ratio.
datastore|usage_average Datastore|Total Throughput Amount of data read from/written to storage in a second. This is averaged over the reporting period.
datastore|commandsAveraged_average Datastore|Total IOPS Number of read/write operations per second. This is averaged over the reporting period.
datastore|used Datastore|Used Space Used Space.
datastore|demand Datastore|Demand Max of datastore "Reads Per Sec", "Writes Per Sec", "Read Rate", "Write Rate", "OIO Per Sec" percentages.
datastore|maxTotalLatency_latest Datastore|Highest Latency Highest Latency.
datastore|totalLatency_max Datastore|Total Latency Max Total Latency Max (ms).
datastore|maxObserved_NumberRead Datastore|Max Observed Reads per second Max observed average number of read commands issued per second during the collection interval.
datastore|maxObserved_Read Datastore|Max Observed Read Rate Max observed rate of reading data from the datastore.
datastore|maxObserved_NumberWrite Datastore|Max Observed Writes per second Max observed average number of write commands issued per second during the collection interval.
datastore|maxObserved_Write Datastore|Max Observed Write Rate Max observed rate of writing data from the datastore.
datastore|maxObserved_OIO Datastore|Max Observed Number of Outstanding IO Operations N/A