Metrics for Namespace

VMware Aria Operations
collects metrics for Namspace through the vCenter adapter and uses formulas to derive statistics from those metrics. You can use metrics to troubleshoot problems in your environment.
Metrics for Namespace
Metric Key
Localized Name
Description
cpu|usagemhz_average
CPU|Usage
Average CPU usage in MHZ.
cpu|demandmhz
CPU|Demand
Demand(MHz).
cpu|capacity_contentionPct
CPU|Contention
Percent of time descendant virtual machines are unable to run because they are contending for access to the physical CPU(s).
cpu|effective_limit
CPU|Effective limit
CPU Effective limit.
cpu|reservation_used
CPU|Reservation Used
CPU Reservation Used.
cpu|estimated_entitlement
CPU|Estimated entitlement
CPU Estimated entitlement.
cpu|dynamic_entitlement
CPU|Dynamic entitlement
CPU Dynamic Entitlement.
cpu|capacity_contention
CPU|Overall CPU Contention
Overall CPU Contention (ms).
cpu|capacity_demandEntitlementPct
CPU|Capacity Demand Entitlement
CPU Capacity Demand Entitlement Percentage.
mem|usage_average
Memory|Usage
Memory currently in use as a percentage of total available memory.
mem|guest_provisioned
Memory|Total Capacity
Total Capacity.
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|overhead_average
Memory|VM Overhead
Memory overhead reported by host.
mem|consumed_average
Memory|Consumed
Amount of host memory consumed by the virtual machine for guest memory.
mem|host_contentionPct
Memory|Contention
Machine Contention Percentage.
mem|guest_usage
Memory|Guest Usage
Guest Memory Entitlement.
mem|guest_demand
Memory|Guest Demand
Guest Memory Entitlement.
mem|reservation_used
Memory|Reservation Used
Memory Reservation Used.
mem|effective_limit
Memory|Effective limit
Memory Effective limit.
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|vmmemctl_average
Memory|Balloon
Amount of memory currently used by the virtual machine memory control.
mem|zero_average
Memory|Zero
Amount of memory that is all 0.
mem|swapped_average
Memory|Swapped
Amount of unreserved memory.
mem|zipped_latest
Memory|Zipped
N/A
mem|compressionRate_average
Memory|Compression Rate
N/A
mem|decompressionRate_average
Memory|Decompression Rate
N/A
mem|swapin_average
Memory|Swap In
Amount of memory swapped in.
mem|swapout_average
Memory|Swap Out
Amount of memory swapped out.
mem|swapused_average
Memory|Swap Used
Amount of memory used for swap space.
mem|host_contention
Memory|Contention
Machine Contention.
mem|dynamic_entitlement
Memory|Dynamic Entitlement
Memory Dynamic Entitlement.
diskspace|total_usage
Disk Space|Utilization
Storage space utilized on connected vSphere Datastores.
summary|configStatus
Summary|Config Status
Workload Management Configuration Status.
summary|total_number_pods
Summary|Number of Pods
Number of Pods.
summary|numberKubernetesClusters
Summary|Number of Kubernetes clusters
Number of Kubernetes clusters.
summary|number_running_vms
Summary|Number of Running VMs
Number of Running VMs.
summary|total_number_vms
Summary|Total Number of VMs
Total Number of VMs.
summary|iowait
Summary|IO Wait
IO Wait.