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Power 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 Power group (power) of performance counters tracks performance metrics for power resources.

Counter StatsType Unit Level Per
Device
Level
RollupType Label Entity Instance/
Aggregate
ESX
Versions
capacity.usable absolutewatt24average Host Power Capacity Usable
Current maximum allowed power usage.
capacity.usage absolutewatt24average Power Capacity Usage
Current power usage.
capacity.usagePct absolutepercent34average Host Power Capacity Provisioned
Current power usage as a percent of total power.
energy deltajoule33summation Energy usage VirtualMachine
HostSystem
ResourcePool
aggregate3.5.0
4.0.0
4.1.0
5.0.0
Total energy used since last stats reset.
power absolutewatt23average Usage VirtualMachine
HostSystem
ResourcePool
aggregate3.5.0
4.0.0
4.1.0
5.0.0
Current power usage.
powerCap absolutewatt33average Cap HostSystemaggregate4.1.0
5.0.0
Maximum allowed power usage.

 

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