Active |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of memory that is actively used, as estimated by VMkernel based on recently touched memory pages |
Active |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of memory that is actively used, as estimated by VMkernel based on recently touched memory pages |
Active |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of memory that is actively used, as estimated by VMkernel based on recently touched memory pages |
Active |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of memory that is actively used, as estimated by VMkernel based on recently touched memory pages |
Active write |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of memory that is actively being written to by the VM |
Balloon |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of memory allocated by the virtual machine memory control driver (vmmemctl), which is installed with VMware Tools |
Balloon |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of memory allocated by the virtual machine memory control driver (vmmemctl), which is installed with VMware Tools |
Balloon |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of memory allocated by the virtual machine memory control driver (vmmemctl), which is installed with VMware Tools |
Balloon |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of memory allocated by the virtual machine memory control driver (vmmemctl), which is installed with VMware Tools |
Balloon target |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Target value set by VMkernal for the virtual machine's memory balloon size |
Balloon target |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Target value set by VMkernal for the virtual machine's memory balloon size |
Balloon target |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Target value set by VMkernal for the virtual machine's memory balloon size |
Balloon target |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Target value set by VMkernal for the virtual machine's memory balloon size |
Compressed |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of memory compressed by ESX |
Compression rate |
KBps |
rate |
average |
Rate of memory compression for the VM |
Consumed |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of memory consumed by a virtual machine, host, or cluster |
Consumed |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of memory consumed by a virtual machine, host, or cluster |
Consumed |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of memory consumed by a virtual machine, host, or cluster |
Consumed |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of memory consumed by a virtual machine, host, or cluster |
Decompression rate |
KBps |
rate |
average |
Rate of memory decompression for the VM |
Entitlement |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of host physical memory the VM is entitled to, as determined by the ESX scheduler |
Granted |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of machine memory or physical memory that is mapped for a virtual machine or a host |
Granted |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of machine memory or physical memory that is mapped for a virtual machine or a host |
Granted |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of machine memory or physical memory that is mapped for a virtual machine or a host |
Granted |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of machine memory or physical memory that is mapped for a virtual machine or a host |
Heap |
KB |
absolute |
none |
VMkernel virtual address space dedicated to VMkernel main heap and related data |
Heap |
KB |
absolute |
average |
VMkernel virtual address space dedicated to VMkernel main heap and related data |
Heap |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
VMkernel virtual address space dedicated to VMkernel main heap and related data |
Heap |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
VMkernel virtual address space dedicated to VMkernel main heap and related data |
Heap free |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Free address space in the VMkernel's main heap |
Heap free |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Free address space in the VMkernel's main heap |
Heap free |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Free address space in the VMkernel's main heap |
Heap free |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Free address space in the VMkernel's main heap |
Host cache used for swapping |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Space used for caching swapped pages in the host cache |
Host cache used for swapping |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Space used for caching swapped pages in the host cache |
Host cache used for swapping |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Space used for caching swapped pages in the host cache |
Host cache used for swapping |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Space used for caching swapped pages in the host cache |
Latency |
Percent |
rate |
average |
Percentage of time the VM is waiting to access swapped or compressed memory |
Low free threshold |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Threshold of free host physical memory below which ESX will begin reclaiming memory from VMs through ballooning and swapping |
Memory Capacity Contention |
Percent |
rate |
average |
Percentage of time the VM is waiting to access swapped, compressed, or ballooned memory |
Memory Capacity Entitlement |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of host physical memory the VM is entitled to, as determined by the ESX scheduler |
Memory Capacity Provisioned |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Total amount of memory configured for the VM |
Memory Capacity Usable |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of physical memory available for use by virtual machines on this host |
Memory Capacity Usage |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of physical memory actively used |
Memory Consumed by VMs |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of physical memory consumed by VMs on this host |
Memory Consumed by userworlds |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of physical memory consumed by userworlds on this host |
Memory Reserved Capacity % |
Percent |
absolute |
average |
Percent of memory that has been reserved either through VMkernel use, by userworlds, or due to VM memory reservations |
Memory saved by zipping |
KB |
absolute |
latest |
Memory (KB) saved due to memory zipping |
Overhead |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Memory (KB) consumed by the virtualization infrastructure for running the VM |
Overhead |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Memory (KB) consumed by the virtualization infrastructure for running the VM |
Overhead |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Memory (KB) consumed by the virtualization infrastructure for running the VM |
Overhead |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Memory (KB) consumed by the virtualization infrastructure for running the VM |
Overhead touched |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Actively touched overhead memory (KB) reserved for use as the virtualization overhead for the VM |
Reserved capacity |
MB |
absolute |
average |
Total amount of memory reservation used by powered-on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host |
Reserved overhead |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Memory (KB) reserved for use as the virtualization overhead for the VM |
Shared |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of guest memory that is shared with other virtual machines, relative to a single virtual machine or to all powered-on virtual machines on a host |
Shared |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of guest memory that is shared with other virtual machines, relative to a single virtual machine or to all powered-on virtual machines on a host |
Shared |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of guest memory that is shared with other virtual machines, relative to a single virtual machine or to all powered-on virtual machines on a host |
Shared |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of guest memory that is shared with other virtual machines, relative to a single virtual machine or to all powered-on virtual machines on a host |
Shared common |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of machine memory that is shared by all powered-on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host |
Shared common |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of machine memory that is shared by all powered-on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host |
Shared common |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of machine memory that is shared by all powered-on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host |
Shared common |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of machine memory that is shared by all powered-on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host |
State |
Number |
absolute |
latest |
One of four threshold levels representing the percentage of free memory on the host. The counter value determines swapping and ballooning behavior for memory reclamation. |
Swap in |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount swapped-in to memory from disk |
Swap in |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount swapped-in to memory from disk |
Swap in |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount swapped-in to memory from disk |
Swap in |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount swapped-in to memory from disk |
Swap in from host cache |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of memory swapped-in from host cache |
Swap in from host cache |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of memory swapped-in from host cache |
Swap in from host cache |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of memory swapped-in from host cache |
Swap in from host cache |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of memory swapped-in from host cache |
Swap in rate |
KBps |
rate |
average |
Rate at which memory is swapped from disk into active memory during the interval |
Swap in rate from host cache |
KBps |
rate |
average |
Rate at which memory is being swapped from host cache into active memory |
Swap out |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of memory swapped-out to disk |
Swap out |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of memory swapped-out to disk |
Swap out |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of memory swapped-out to disk |
Swap out |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of memory swapped-out to disk |
Swap out rate |
KBps |
rate |
average |
Rate at which memory is being swapped from active memory to disk during the current interval |
Swap out rate to host cache |
KBps |
rate |
average |
Rate at which memory is being swapped from active memory to host cache |
Swap out to host cache |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of memory swapped-out to host cache |
Swap out to host cache |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of memory swapped-out to host cache |
Swap out to host cache |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of memory swapped-out to host cache |
Swap out to host cache |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of memory swapped-out to host cache |
Swap target |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Target size for the virtual machine swap file |
Swap target |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Target size for the virtual machine swap file |
Swap target |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Target size for the virtual machine swap file |
Swap target |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Target size for the virtual machine swap file |
Swap unreserved |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of memory that is unreserved by swap |
Swap unreserved |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of memory that is unreserved by swap |
Swap unreserved |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of memory that is unreserved by swap |
Swap unreserved |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of memory that is unreserved by swap |
Swap used |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of memory that is used by swap |
Swap used |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of memory that is used by swap |
Swap used |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of memory that is used by swap |
Swap used |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of memory that is used by swap |
Swapped |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Current amount of guest physical memory swapped out to the virtual machine's swap file by the VMkernel |
Swapped |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Current amount of guest physical memory swapped out to the virtual machine's swap file by the VMkernel |
Swapped |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Current amount of guest physical memory swapped out to the virtual machine's swap file by the VMkernel |
Swapped |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Current amount of guest physical memory swapped out to the virtual machine's swap file by the VMkernel |
Total |
MB |
absolute |
average |
Total amount of machine memory of all hosts in the cluster that is available for virtual machine memory (physical memory for use by the Guest OS) and virtual machine overhead memory |
Total capacity |
MB |
absolute |
average |
Total amount of memory reservation used by and available for powered-on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host |
Unreserved |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of memory that is unreserved |
Unreserved |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of memory that is unreserved |
Unreserved |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of memory that is unreserved |
Unreserved |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of memory that is unreserved |
Usage |
Percent |
absolute |
none |
Memory usage as percentage of total configured or available memory |
Usage |
Percent |
absolute |
average |
Memory usage as percentage of total configured or available memory |
Usage |
Percent |
absolute |
minimum |
Memory usage as percentage of total configured or available memory |
Usage |
Percent |
absolute |
maximum |
Memory usage as percentage of total configured or available memory |
Used by VMkernel |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Amount of machine memory used by VMkernel for core functionality, such as device drivers and other internal uses |
Used by VMkernel |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Amount of machine memory used by VMkernel for core functionality, such as device drivers and other internal uses |
Used by VMkernel |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Amount of machine memory used by VMkernel for core functionality, such as device drivers and other internal uses |
Used by VMkernel |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Amount of machine memory used by VMkernel for core functionality, such as device drivers and other internal uses |
Worst case allocation |
MB |
absolute |
latest |
Memory allocation as calculated by the VMkernel scheduler based on current estimated demand and reservation, limit, and shares policies set for all virtual machines and resource pools in the host or cluster |
Zero |
KB |
absolute |
none |
Memory that contains 0s only |
Zero |
KB |
absolute |
average |
Memory that contains 0s only |
Zero |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
Memory that contains 0s only |
Zero |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
Memory that contains 0s only |
Zipped memory |
KB |
absolute |
latest |
Memory (KB) zipped |
swapIn |
KB |
absolute |
none |
swapIn |
swapIn |
KB |
absolute |
average |
swapIn |
swapIn |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
swapIn |
swapIn |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
swapIn |
swapOut |
KB |
absolute |
none |
swapOut |
swapOut |
KB |
absolute |
average |
swapOut |
swapOut |
KB |
absolute |
minimum |
swapOut |
swapOut |
KB |
absolute |
maximum |
swapOut |
userworld |
KB |
absolute |
average |
userworld |
userworld |
KB |
absolute |
average |
userworld |
vm |
KB |
absolute |
average |
vm |
vm |
KB |
absolute |
average |
vm |
vmOvhd |
KB |
absolute |
average |
vmOvhd |
vmOvrhd |
KB |
absolute |
average |
vmOvrhd |
vmkOvrhd |
KB |
absolute |
average |
vmkOvrhd |
vmkOvrhd |
KB |
absolute |
average |
vmkOvrhd |