groupInfo

Name of the resource group to which this counter belongs, such as disk, cpu, or memory.

key

Unique integer that identifies the counter. Also called the counter ID. The value is unique and it is not static—it might, for example, change between system reboots. The counter key on an ESXi system might not be the same as the counter key for the same counter on the vCenter Server system managing the ESXi system. However, the system maps the keys from ESXi to vCenter Server systems automatically.

level

Number from 1 to 4 that identifies the level at which data values for this counter are aggregated.

nameInfo

Descriptive name for the counter. The name component of a fully qualified counter name, for example

"granted"

is the

nameInfo

property for the

mem.granted.AVERAGE

counter.

rollupType

Indicates how multiple samples of a counter are transformed into a single statistical value. Examples of rollup types are average, summation, and minimum. No conversion of values occurs for counters that specify absolute values, such as the total number of seconds that the system has been running continuously since startup. The

PerfSummaryType

is an enumeration containing valid constants for this property.

statsType

Type of statistical data that the value represents over the course of the interval, such as an average, a rate, the minimum value, and so on. The

PerfStatsType

is an enumeration containing valid constants for this property.

unitInfo

Unit of measure, such as megahertz, kilobytes, kilobytes per second, and so on. The

ElementDescription

’s

key

property is populated using one of the constants available in the

PerformanceManagerUnit

enumeration.