VMware (remote monitoring) monitoring & observability

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
CPU Capacity Contention	vmware.vm.cpu.capacity.contention.average	Percent of time the VM is unable to run because it is contending for access to the physical CPU(s)	Percent
CPU Capacity Usage	vmware.vm.cpu.capacity.usage.average	CPU usage as a percent during the interval	Percent
CPU Core Count Contention (Ready)	vmware.vm.cpu.corecount.contention.average	Time the VM vCPU is ready to run, but is unable to run due to co-scheduling constraints	Percent
CPU Idle	vmware.vm.cpu.idle.summation	Total time that the CPU spent in an idle state	MilliSecond
CPU Co-stop	vmware.vm.cpu.costop.summation	Time the virtual machine is ready to run, but is unable to run due to co-scheduling constraints	MilliSecond
CPU Latency	vmware.vm.cpu.latency.average	Percent of time the virtual machine is unable to run because it is contending for access to the physical CPU(s)	Percent
CPU Wait	vmware.vm.cpu.wait.summation	Total CPU time spent in wait state	MilliSecond
CPU Demand	vmware.vm.cpu.demand.average	The amount of CPU resources a virtual machine would use if there were no CPU contention or CPU limit	Unspecified
Active (1 min peak)	vmware.vm.rescpu.actpk1.latest	CPU active peak over 1 minute	Percent
Running (1 min peak)	vmware.vm.rescpu.runpk1.latest	CPU running peak over 1 minute	Percent
CPU Active (1 min average)	vmware.vm.rescpu.actav1.latest	CPU Active (1 min average)	Percent
CPU Running (1 min average)	vmware.vm.rescpu.runav1.latest	CPU Running (1 min average)	Percent

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
CPU Usage	vmware.host.cpu.usage.average	CPU usage as a percentage during the interval	Percent
Disk I/O Rate	vmware.host.disk.usage.average	Aggregated disk I/O rate. For hosts, this metric includes the rates for all virtual machines running on the host during the collection interval.	KiloBytePerSecond
Disk Bus Resets	vmware.host.disk.busResets.summation.count	Number of SCSI-bus reset commands issued during the collection interval	Count
Disk Commands	vmware.host.disk.commands.summation	Number of SCSI commands issued during the collection interval	Count
Disk Commands Aborted	vmware.host.disk.commandsAborted.summation	Number of SCSI commands aborted during the collection interval	Count
Queue Command Latency	vmware.host.disk.queueLatency.average	Average amount of time spent in the VMkernel queue, per SCSI command, during the collection interval	MilliSecond
Disk Read Requests	vmware.host.disk.numberRead.summation	Number of disk reads during the collection interval	Count
Disk Write Requests	vmware.host.disk.numberWrite.summation	Number of disk writes during the collection interval	Count
Disk Read Rate	vmware.host.disk.read.average	Average number of kilobytes read from the disk each second during the collection interval	KiloBytePerSecond
Disk Write Rate	vmware.host.disk.write.average	Average number of kilobytes written to disk each second during the collection interval	KiloBytePerSecond
Read Latency	vmware.host.disk.totalReadLatency.average	Average amount of time taken during the collection interval to process a SCSI read command issued from the guest OS to the virtual machine	MilliSecond
Write latency	vmware.host.disk.totalWriteLatency.average	Average amount of time taken during the collection interval to process a SCSI write command issued by the guest OS to the virtual machine	MilliSecond
Memory Compression Rate	vmware.host.mem.compressionRate.average	Rate of guest physical memory page compression by ESXi	KiloBytePerSecond
Memory Decompression Rate	vmware.host.mem.decompressionRate.average	Rate of guest physical memory decompression	KiloBytePerSecond
Host Memory Consumed %	vmware.host.mem.usage.average	Percentage of host physical memory that has been consumed	Percent
Memory Active (Avg)	vmware.host.mem.active.average	-	KiloByte
Memory Consumed (Avg)	vmware.host.mem.consumed.average	-	KiloByte
Memory Swap In (avg)	vmware.host.mem.swapIn.average	-	KiloByte
Memory Swap Out (avg)	vmware.host.mem.swapOut.average	-	KiloByte
Network Usage	vmware.host.net.usage.average	Network utilization (combined transmit-rates and receive-rates) during the interval	KiloBytePerSecond
Data transmit rate	vmware.host.net.transmitted.average	Rate at which data was transmitted during the interval	KiloBytePerSecond
Data receive rate	vmware.host.net.received.average	Rate at which data was received during the interval	KiloBytePerSecond
Data Receive Rate	vmware.host.net.bytesRx.average	Average amount of data received per second	KiloBytePerSecond
Data Transmit Rate	vmware.host.net.bytesTx.average	Average amount of data transmitted per second	KiloBytePerSecond
Host Network Interface Speed	vmware.host.nic.link_speed	Link Speed of Physical Network Interface Card	KiloByte
Received Packets Dropped	vmware.host.net.droppedRx.summation.count	Number of receives dropped	Count
Transmitted Packets Dropped	vmware.host.net.droppedTx.summation.count	Number of transmits dropped	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Total CPU Processors	vmware.cluster.cpu.cores	-	Count
Cluster CPU Capacity	vmware.cluster.cpu.capacity	-	MegaHertz
Cluster CPU Used	vmware.cluster.cpu.used	-	MegaHertz
Cluster Memory Capacity	vmware.cluster.mem.capacity	-	MebiByte
Cluster Memory Used	vmware.cluster.mem.used	-	MebiByte
Cluster Storage Capacity	vmware.cluster.storage.capacity	-	MebiByte
Cluster Storage Used	vmware.cluster.storage.used	-	MebiByte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Memory Granted	vmware.vm.mem.granted.maximum	Amount of host physical memory or physical memory that is mapped for a virtual machine or a host	KiloByte
Ballooned memory	vmware.vm.mem.vmmemctl.maximum	Amount of guest physical memory reclaimed from the virtual machine by the balloon driver in the guest	KiloByte
Memory Consumed	vmware.vm.mem.consumed.maximum	Amount of host physical memory consumed for backing up guest physical memory pages	KiloByte
Memory Consumed %	vmware.vm.mem.usage.maximum	Percentage of host physical memory that has been consumed	Percent
Memory Max Usage	vmware.vm.mem.max_usage	Current upper-bound on memory usage.	MegaByte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Guest Heartbeat Status	vmware.vm.guest.status	The guest heartbeat. The heartbeat status is classified as: 0=Green : Guest operating system is responding normally. 1=Gray : VMware Tools are not installed or not running. 2=Yellow : Intermittent heartbeat. May be due to guest load. 3=Red : No heartbeat. Guest operating system may have stopped responding.	Count
Power Status	vmware.vm.power.status	Current power state of the virtual machine. Status Codes: 0=Powered On 1=Suspended 2=Powered Off	Count
Fault Tolerance Status	vmware.vm.fault.tolerance.status	The fault tolerance state of the VM. 0 = Enabled, 1 = Starting, 2 = notConfigured, 3 = Running, 4 = Disabled, 5 = needSecondary	Count
Consolation Needed	vmware.vm.consolidation.needed	Indicates whether a disk associated with the virtual machine requires consolidation. Status codes: 0=false 1=true	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Datastore Capacity	vmware.datastore.capacity	-	Byte
Datastore Free Space	vmware.datastore.freeSpace	-	Byte
Average Read Requests (per second)	vmware.datastore.datastore.numberReadAveraged.average	Average number of read commands issued per second to the datastore during the collection interval	PerSecond
Average Write Requests (per second)	vmware.datastore.datastore.numberWriteAveraged.average	Average number of write commands issued per second to the datastore during the collection interval	PerSecond
Read Rate	vmware.datastore.datastore.read.average	Rate of reading data from the datastore	KiloBytePerSecond
Write Rate	vmware.datastore.datastore.write.average	Rate of writing data to the datastore	KiloBytePerSecond
Throughput Usage	vmware.datastore.datastore.throughput.usage.average	Datastore Throughput Usage	KiloBytePerSecond
Throughput Contention	vmware.datastore.datastore.throughput.contention.average	Datastore Throughput Contention	MilliSecond
Datastore Uncommitted	vmware.datastore.uncommitted	-	Byte
Disk Provisioned	vmware.datastore.disk.provisioned.latest	Amount of storage set aside for use by a datastore or a virtual machine	KibiByte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Memory Swap In Rate	vmware.host.mem.swapinRate.average	Rate at which guest physical memory is swapped in from the swap space	KiloBytePerSecond
Memory Swap Out Rate	vmware.host.mem.swapoutRate.average	Rate at which guest physical memory is swapped out to the swap space	KiloBytePerSecond
Memory Granted (avg)	vmware.host.mem.granted.average	Amount of host physical memory or physical memory that is mapped for a virtual machine or a host	KiloByte
Ballooned memory (avg)	vmware.host.mem.vmmemctl.average	Amount of guest physical memory reclaimed from the virtual machine by the balloon driver in the guest	KiloByte
Memory cache consumed (avg)	vmware.host.mem.llSwapUsed.average	Storage space consumed on the host swap cache for storing swapped guest physical memory pages	KiloByte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
VM CPU Cores	vmware.vm.cpu.num_cores	-	Count
VM Memory Size	vmware.vm.mem.size	-	MegaByte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Memory Consumed (max) %	vmware.host.mem.usage.maximum	Percentage of host physical memory that has been consumed	Percent

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
-	vmware.info.datastore_relations	-	-

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
VM CPU Reservation	vmware.vm.reservation.cpu	-	Unspecified
VM Memory Reservation	vmware.vm.reservation.memory	-	MegaByte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
CPU Usage	vmware.vm.cpu.usage.maximum	CPU usage as a percentage during the interval	Percent
CPU Max Usage	vmware.vm.cpu.max_usage	Current upper-bound on CPU usage	Unspecified

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Memory Granted (max)	vmware.host.mem.granted.maximum	Amount of host physical memory or physical memory that is mapped for a virtual machine or a host	KiloByte
Ballooned memory (max)	vmware.host.mem.vmmemctl.maximum	Amount of guest physical memory reclaimed from the virtual machine by the balloon driver in the guest	KiloByte
Memory cache consumed (max)	vmware.host.mem.llSwapUsed.maximum	Storage space consumed on the host swap cache for storing swapped guest physical memory pages	KiloByte
Memory Swap In (max)	vmware.host.mem.swapIn.maximum	-	KiloByte
Memory Swap Out (max)	vmware.host.mem.swapOut.maximum	-	KiloByte
Memory Consumed (Max)	vmware.host.mem.consumed.maximum	-	KiloByte
Memory Active (Max)	vmware.host.mem.active.maximum	-	KiloByte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
CPU Usage	vmware.vm.cpu.usage.average	CPU usage as a percentage during the interval	Percent
CPU Ready Percent	vmware.vm.cpu.ready.percent	Time that the virtual machine was ready, but could not get scheduled to run on the physical CPU during last measurement interval	Percent
CPU Ready	vmware.vm.cpu.ready.summation	Time that the virtual machine was ready, but could not get scheduled to run on the physical CPU during last measurement interval	MilliSecond
CPU Swap Wait	vmware.vm.cpu.swapwait.summation	CPU time spent waiting for swap-in	MilliSecond
CPU Usage in MHz	vmware.vm.cpu.usagemhz.maximum	CPU usage in megahertz during the interval	Unspecified
Disk Usage	vmware.vm.disk.usage.average	Aggregated disk I/O rate. For hosts, this metric includes the rates for all virtual machines running on the host during the collection interval.	KiloBytePerSecond
Host Consumed Memory %	vmware.vm.mem.usage.average	Percentage of host physical memory that has been consumed	Percent
Active Memory Used	vmware.vm.mem.active.average	Amount of guest physical memory that is being actively read or written by guest. Activeness is estimated by ESXi	KiloByte
Memory Compression Rate	vmware.vm.mem.compressionRate.average	Rate of guest physical memory page compression by ESXi	KiloBytePerSecond
Memory Decompression Rate	vmware.vm.mem.decompressionRate.average	Rate of guest physical memory decompression	KiloBytePerSecond
Memory Swap In Rate	vmware.vm.mem.swapinRate.average	Rate at which guest physical memory is swapped in from the swap space	KiloBytePerSecond
Memory Swap Out Rate	vmware.vm.mem.swapoutRate.average	Rate at which guest physical memory is swapped out to the swap space	KiloBytePerSecond
Data transmit rate	vmware.vm.net.transmitted.average	Rate at which data was transmitted during the interval	KiloBytePerSecond
Data receive rate	vmware.vm.net.received.average	Rate at which data was received during the interval	KiloBytePerSecond
Datastore Max Total Latency	vmware.vm.datastore.maxTotalLatency.latest	-	MilliSecond

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Host License Expiration Time	vmware.host.license.expiration	Time until the license expires on this host	Second

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
System Overall Status	vmware.host.overall.status	The overall alarm status of the host. 0=Green 1=Gray 2=Yellow 3=Red	Count
Connection Status	vmware.host.connected.status	0=Connected to the server. For ESX Server, this is always the setting. 1=The user has explicitly taken the host down. 2=Virtual Center is not receiving heartbeats from the server.	Count
Power Status	vmware.host.powered.status	The host power state. See the description in the enums for the PowerState data object type. 0=The host is powered on. A host that is entering standby mode entering is also in this state. 1=The host was specifically put in standby mode, either explicitly by the user, or automatically by DPM. 2=The host was specifically powered off by the user through VirtualCenter. 3=The host is disconnected, or notResponding, we can't have knowledge of its power state	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Disk Highest latency	vmware.vm.disk.maxTotalLatency.latest	Highest latency value across all disks used by the host	MilliSecond
Total Write latency	vmware.vm.disk.totalWriteLatency.average	Average amount of time taken during the collection interval to process a SCSI write command issued by the guest OS to the virtual machine	Millisecond
Read Requests	vmware.vm.disk.numberReadAveraged.average	Number of disk reads per second during the collection interval	PerSecond
Write Requests	vmware.vm.disk.numberWriteAveraged.average	Number of disk writes per second during the collection interval	PerSecond
Read latency	vmware.vm.disk.totalReadLatency.average	The average time a read from the virtual disk takes	MilliSecond
Read rate	vmware.vm.disk.read.average	Average number of kilobytes read from the disk each second during the collection interval	KiloBytePerSecond
Write rate	vmware.vm.disk.write.average	Average number of kilobytes written from the disk each second during the collection interval	KiloBytePerSecond
Read Requests	vmware.vm.virtualDisk.numberReadAveraged.average	-	PerSecond
Write Requests	vmware.vm.virtualDisk.numberWriteAveraged.average	-	PerSecond
Read Rate	vmware.vm.virtualDisk.read.average	-	KiloBytePerSecond
Write Rate	vmware.vm.virtualDisk.write.average	-	KiloBytePerSecond
Read Latency	vmware.vm.virtualDisk.totalReadLatency.average	-	MilliSecond
Write Latency	vmware.vm.virtualDisk.totalWriteLatency.average	-	MilliSecond
Throughput Contention	vmware.vm.virtualDisk.throughput.cont.average	-	MilliSecond

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Number of CPU Cores	vmware.host.cpu.num_cores	-	Count
Memory Size	vmware.host.mem.size	Total amount of physical memory on the host in bytes.	Byte
Memory Used (MB)	vmware.host.mem.used_mb	Physical memory usage on the host in MB	MegaByte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Backing Device Capacity	vmware.vm.device.capacity	-	KibiByte
Volume Capacity	vmware.vm.volume.capacity	Total capacity of the disk, in bytes. This is part of the virtual machine configuration.	Byte
Volume Free Space	vmware.vm.volume.free_space	Free space on the disk, in bytes. This is retrieved by VMware Tools.	Byte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Disk Highest Latency	vmware.host.disk.maxTotalLatency.latest	Highest latency value across all disks used by the host	MilliSecond
Physical Device Read Latency	vmware.host.disk.deviceReadLatency.average	Average amount of time, in milliseconds, to read from the physical device	MilliSecond
Physical Device Write Latency	vmware.host.disk.deviceWriteLatency.average	Average amount of time, in milliseconds, to write to the physical device	MilliSecond
Queue Write Latency	vmware.host.disk.queueWriteLatency.average	Average amount of time spent in the VMkernel queue, per SCSI write command, during the collection interval	MilliSecond
Total Write latency (StoragePath)	vmware.host.storagePath.totalWriteLatency.average	The average time a write issued on the storage path takes	Millisecond

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Sensor State	vmware.host.sensor.state	Hardware sensor state within the ESXi Host. 0=Green 1=Gray 2=Yellow 3=Red	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
-	vmware.info.datastore_info	-	-
-	vmware.info.host_relations	-	-
Host Availability	vmware.host.availability	100% if Connected and Powered On, else 0%	Percent
VM Availability	vmware.vm.availability	100% if Connected and Powered On, else 0%	Percent

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Storage Committed	vmware.vm.storage.committed	Total storage space, in bytes, committed to this virtual machine across all datastores.	Byte
Storage Uncommitted	vmware.vm.storage.uncommitted	Additional storage space, in bytes, potentially used by this virtual machine on all datastores.	Byte
Datastore Read Latency	vmware.vm.datastore.totalReadLatency.average	-	MilliSecond
Datastore Write Latency	vmware.vm.datastore.totalWriteLatency.average	-	MilliSecond

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Network Usage (min)	vmware.host.net.usage.minimum	Network utilization (combined transmit-rates and receive-rates) during the interval	KiloBytePerSecond
Network Usage (max)	vmware.host.net.usage.maximum	Network utilization (combined transmit-rates and receive-rates) during the interval	KiloBytePerSecond

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Memory Consumed (min) %	vmware.host.mem.usage.minimum	Percentage of host physical memory that has been consumed	Percent
Memory Granted (min)	vmware.host.mem.granted.minimum	Amount of host physical memory or physical memory that is mapped for a virtual machine or a host	KiloByte
Ballooned memory (min)	vmware.host.mem.vmmemctl.minimum	Amount of guest physical memory reclaimed from the virtual machine by the balloon driver in the guest	KiloByte
Memory cache consumed (min)	vmware.host.mem.llSwapUsed.minimum	Storage space consumed on the host swap cache for storing swapped guest physical memory pages	KiloByte
Memory Swap In (min)	vmware.host.mem.swapIn.minimum	-	KiloByte
Memory Swap Out (min)	vmware.host.mem.swapOut.minimum	-	KiloByte
Memory Consumed (Min)	vmware.host.mem.consumed.minimum	-	KiloByte
Memory Active (Min)	vmware.host.mem.active.minimum	-	KiloByte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Host Disk Capacity	vmware.host.disk.capacity	-	Byte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
CPU Capacity Contention	vmware.host.cpu.capacity.contention.average	Percent of time the VM is unable to run because it is contending for access to the physical CPU(s)	Percent
CPU Capacity Usage	vmware.host.cpu.capacity.usage.average	CPU usage as a percent during the interval	Percent
CPU Idle	vmware.host.cpu.idle.summation	Total time that the CPU spent in an idle state	MilliSecond
CPU Co-stop	vmware.host.cpu.costop.summation	Time the virtual machine is ready to run, but is unable to run due to co-scheduling constraints	MilliSecond
CPU Latency	vmware.host.cpu.latency.average	Percent of time the virtual machine is unable to run because it is contending for access to the physical CPU(s)	Percent
CPU Ready	vmware.host.cpu.ready.summation	Time that the virtual machine was ready, but could not get scheduled to run on the physical CPU during last measurement interval	MilliSecond
CPU Ready Percent	vmware.host.cpu.ready.percent	Time that the virtual machine was ready, but could not get scheduled to run on the physical CPU during last measurement interval	Percent
CPU Swap Wait	vmware.host.cpu.swapwait.summation	CPU time spent waiting for swap-in	MilliSecond
CPU Total Hz	vmware.host.cpu.total_hz	Total CPU Hz available to Host (num of CPU Cores * Hz for Each Core)	Hertz
CPU Used Hz	vmware.host.cpu.used_hz	Used CPU Hz of Host	Hertz
CPU Wait	vmware.host.cpu.wait.summation	Total CPU time spent in wait state	MilliSecond
CPU Usage in MHz (avg)	vmware.host.cpu.usagemhz.average	CPU usage in megahertz during the interval	Unspecified
CPU Usage in MHz (min)	vmware.host.cpu.usagemhz.minimum	CPU usage in megahertz during the interval	Unspecified
CPU Usage (min)	vmware.host.cpu.usage.minimum	CPU usage as a percentage during the interval	Percent
Running (1 min average)	vmware.host.rescpu.runav1.latest	CPU running average over 1 minute	Percent
Running (1 min peak)	vmware.host.rescpu.runpk1.latest	CPU running average over 1 minute	Percent
Active (1 min peak)	vmware.host.rescpu.actpk1.latest	CPU active peak over 1 minute	Percent
CPU Active (1 min average)	vmware.host.rescpu.actav1.latest	CPU Active (1 min average)	Percent

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Command latency	vmware.host.disk.totalLatency.average	Average amount of time taken during the collection interval to process a SCSI command issued by the guest OS to the virtual machine	MilliSecond

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Ballooned Memory	vmware.vm.mem.ballooned	The size of the balloon driver in the VM, in MB. The host will inflate the balloon driver to reclaim physical memory from the VM. This is a sign that there is memory pressure on the host.	MegaByte
Compressed Memory	vmware.vm.mem.compressed	The amount of compressed memory currently consumed by VM, in Kb.	KiloByte
Swapped Memory	vmware.vm.mem.swapped	The portion of memory, in MB, that is granted to this VM from the host's swap space. This is a sign that there is memory pressure on the host.	MegaByte
Memory Capacity Contention	vmware.vm.mem.capacity.contention.average	Percentage of time VMs are waiting to access swapped, compressed or ballooned memory	Percent
Memory Latency	vmware.vm.mem.latency.average	Percentage of time the virtual machine spent waiting to swap in or decompress guest physical memory	Percent

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Current Snapshot Age	vmware.vm.current_snapshot.age	Age of the current snapshot. VMware does not recommend using a given snapshot for more than 24 to 72 hours.	Second

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Received Packets Dropped	vmware.vm.net.droppedRx.summation.count	Number of receives dropped	Count
Transmitted Packets Dropped	vmware.vm.net.droppedTx.summation.count	Number of transmits dropped	Count
Network Utilization	vmware.vm.net.usage.maximum	Network utilization (combined transmit-rates and receive-rates)	KiloBytePerSecond
Data received Rate	vmware.vm.net.bytesRx.average	Average amount of data received per second	KiloBytePerSecond
Data Transmit Rate	vmware.vm.net.bytesTx.average	Average amount of data transmitted per second	KiloBytePerSecond

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
CPU Usage in MHz (max)	vmware.host.cpu.usagemhz.maximum	CPU usage in megahertz during the interval	Unspecified
CPU Usage (max)	vmware.host.cpu.usage.maximum	CPU usage as a percentage during the interval	Percent