VMware 4817V62 Administration Guide - Page 336

vSphere Basic System Administration Table C-4. Management Agent Metrics Entity Counter Label Description VHR C memUsed Memory Used Amount of total configured memory available for use. n Stats Type: absolute n Unit: kiloBytes n Rollup Type: average n Collection Level: 3 ο•ο ο swapUsed Memory Swap Used Sum of the memory swapped by all powered-on virtual machines on the host. n Stats Type: absolute n Unit: kiloBytes n Rollup Type: average n Collection Level: 3 swapIn Memory Swap In Amount of memory swapped in for the Service Console. Use this counter to determine whether to increase the amount of memory dedicated to the service console. n Stats Type: rate n Unit: kiloBytesPerSecond n Rollup Type: average n Collection Level: 3 swapOut Memory Swap Out Amount of memory swapped out for the Service Console. Use this counter to determine whether to decrease the amount of memory dedicated to the service console. n Stats Type: rate n Unit: kiloBytesPerSecond n Rollup Type: average n Collection Level: 3 Memory Metrics The memory metric group tracks memory statistics for virtual machines, hosts, resource pools, and compute resources. Interpret the data counter definitions in the context of the entity to which it applies, as follows: n For virtual machines, memory refers to guest physical memory. Guest physical memory is the amount of physical memory presented as a virtual-hardware component to the virtual machine, at creation time, and made available when the virtual machine is running. n For hosts, memory refers to machine memory. Machine memory is the random-access memory (RAM) that is actually installed in the hardware that comprises the ESX/ESXi host. Table C-5 lists the memory data counters. NOTE Only a subset of memory counters appear in the overview charts. To view all memory data counters, use the advanced performance charts. 336 VMware, Inc.