VMware 4817V62 Administration Guide - Page 338

vSphere Basic System Administration Table C-5. Memory Data Counters (Continued) Entity Counter Label Description VHR C granted Memory VM Granted Host The amount of guest physical memory that is mapped to machine memory. Includes shared memory amount. The amount of guest physical memory currently mapped to machine memory, including shared memory, but excluding overhead. The total of all granted metrics for all powered-on virtual machines, plus memory for vSphere services on the host. heap heapfree mementitlement memUsed Memory Heap Memory Heap Free Worst Case Allocation (virtual machine Resource Allocation tab) Memory Used n Stats Type: absolute n Unit: kiloBytes n Rollup Type: average (min/max) n Collection Level: 2(4) Amount of VMkernel virtual address space dedicated to VMkernel main heap and related data. This counter is for internal use only and is not useful for performance monitoring. n Stats Type: absolute n Unit: kiloBytes n Rollup Type: average (min/max) n Collection Level: 2(4) Amount of free address space in the VMkernel's main heap. Heap Free varies, depending on the number of physical devices and various configuration options. There is no direct way for the user to increase or decrease this statistic. This counter is for internal use only and is not useful for performance monitoring. n Stats Type: absolute n Unit: kiloBytes n Rollup Type: average (min/max) n Collection Level: 2(4) Memory allocation as calculated by the VMkernel scheduler based on current estimated demand, and the reservation, limit, and shares policies set for all virtual machines and resource pools in the host or cluster. This counter is for internal use only and is not useful for performance monitoring. n Stats Type: absolute n Unit: megaBytes n Rollup Type: latest n Collection Level: 1 Amount of used memory. Sum of the memory used by all powered on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host. n Stats Type: absolute n Unit: kiloBytes n Rollup Type: average (min/max) n Collection Level: 3 338 VMware, Inc.