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Datastore Counters

Performance counters are modeled using the PerfCounterInfo data object type. Each instance of a PerfCounterInfo data object contains metadata about a specific metric available from the system. The datastore group of performance counters supports real-time performance metrics (such as latency and read- and write-speeds) for I/O operations on datastores.

Counter StatsType Unit Levels Per
Device
Level
RollupTypes Labels Entity Instance/
Aggregate
ESX
Versions
busResets absolutenumber22summation Bus resets Datastoreinstance
Number of SCSI-bus reset commands issued during the collection interval.
commandsAborted absolutenumber22summation Datastore Command Aborts Datastoreinstance
Number of SCSI commands aborted during the collection interval.
datastoreIops absolutenumber11average Storage I/O Control aggregated IOPS HostSysteminstance4.1.0
5.0.0
Aggregate number of IO operations on the datastore.
datastoreMaxQueueDepth absolutenumber11latest Storage I/O Control datastore maximum queue depth HostSysteminstance5.0.0
datastoreNormalReadLatency absolutenumber22latest Storage DRS datastore normalized read latency HostSysteminstance5.0.0
datastoreNormalWriteLatency absolutenumber22latest Storage DRS datastore normalized write latency HostSysteminstance5.0.0
datastoreReadBytes absolutenumber22latest Storage DRS datastore bytes read HostSysteminstance5.0.0
datastoreReadIops absolutenumber11latest Storage DRS datastore read I/O rate HostSysteminstance5.0.0
datastoreReadLoadMetric absolutenumber44latest Storage DRS datastore read workload metric HostSysteminstance5.0.0
datastoreReadOIO absolutenumber11latest Storage DRS datastore outstanding read requests HostSysteminstance5.0.0
datastoreWriteBytes absolutenumber22latest Storage DRS datastore bytes written HostSysteminstance5.0.0
datastoreWriteIops absolutenumber11latest Storage DRS datastore write I/O rate HostSysteminstance5.0.0
datastoreWriteLoadMetric absolutenumber44latest Storage DRS datastore write workload metric HostSysteminstance5.0.0
datastoreWriteOIO absolutenumber11latest Storage DRS datastore outstanding write requests HostSysteminstance5.0.0
maxTotalLatency absolutemillisecond33latest Highest latency VirtualMachine
HostSystem
aggregate5.0.0
Highest latency value across all datastores used by the host.
numberReadAveraged ratenumber11average Average read requests per second VirtualMachine
HostSystem
Datastore
instance3.5.0
4.0.0
4.1.0
5.0.0
Average number of read commands issued per second to the datastore during the collection interval.
numberWriteAveraged ratenumber11average Average write requests per second VirtualMachine
HostSystem
Datastore
instance3.5.0
4.0.0
4.1.0
5.0.0
Average number of write commands issued per second to the datastore during the collection interval.
read ratekiloBytesPerSecond22average Read rate VirtualMachine
HostSystem
Datastore
instance3.5.0
4.0.0
4.1.0
5.0.0
Rate of reading data from the datastore.
sizeNormalizedDatastoreLatency absolutemicrosecond11average Storage I/O Control normalized latency HostSysteminstance4.1.0
5.0.0
Normalized latency in microseconds on the datastore. Data for all virtual machines is combined.
throughput.contention absolutemillisecond21average Datastore Throughput Contention Datastoreinstance3.5.0
4.0.0
4.1.0
5.0.0
Average amount of time for an I/O operation to the datastore or LUN across all ESX hosts accessing it.
throughput.usage absolutekiloBytesPerSecond21average Datastore Throughput Usage Datastoreinstance3.5.0
4.0.0
4.1.0
5.0.0
The current bandwidth usage for the datastore or LUN.
totalReadLatency absolutemillisecond11average Read latency VirtualMachine
HostSystem
instance4.1.0
5.0.0
Average amount of time for a read operation from the datastore. Total latency = kernel latency + device latency.
totalWriteLatency absolutemillisecond11average Write latency VirtualMachine
HostSystem
instance4.1.0
5.0.0
Average amount of time for a write operation to the datastore. Total latency = kernel latency + device latency.
write ratekiloBytesPerSecond22average Write rate VirtualMachine
HostSystem
Datastore
instance3.5.0
4.0.0
4.1.0
5.0.0
Rate of writing data to the datastore.

 

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