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vCenter Server Resource 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 vCenter Server Resources group (vcResources) of performance counters tracks performance metrics for vCenter Server resources.

Counter StatsType Unit Level Per
Device
Level
RollupType Label
cpuqueuelength absolutenumber11average CPU queue length
ctxswitchesrate ratenumber11average Context switch rate
diskqueuelength absolutenumber11average Disk queue length
diskreadbytesrate ratenumber11average Disk bytes read rate
diskreadsrate ratenumber11average Disk read rate
diskwritebytesrate ratenumber11average Disk bytes written rate
diskwritesrate ratenumber11average Disk write rate
netqueuelength absolutenumber11average Network queue length
packetrate ratenumber11average Total packet rate
packetrecvrate ratenumber11average Received packet rate
packetsentrate ratenumber11average Sent packet rate
pagefaultrate ratenumber11average Page fault rate
physicalmemusage absolutekiloBytes11average Physical memory
poolnonpagedbytes absolutekiloBytes11average Pool non-paged bytes
poolpagedbytes absolutekiloBytes11average Pool paged bytes
priviledgedcpuusage ratepercent11average CPU privileged
processcpuusage ratepercent11average CPU process
processhandles absolutenumber11average Process handles
processthreads absolutenumber11average Process threads
syscallsrate ratenumber11average System call rate
systemcpuusage ratepercent11average CPU system
systemnetusage ratepercent11average Network usage
systemthreads absolutenumber11average System threads
usercpuusage ratepercent11average CPU user
virtualmemusage absolutekiloBytes11average Virtual memory

 

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