Object Type | Resource Container | Name | Type | Description |
Virtual Machine | Configuration | FT Role | Property | Role of the VM in Fault Tolerance Group. |
FT Peer VM | Property | Peer of the VM in Fault Tolerance Group. | ||
Creation Date | Property | Object Creation Date. | ||
Summary | UUID | Property | Instance UUID in vCenter that uniquely identify all virtual machine instances. | |
MOID | Property | Managed object ID in vCenter. This is unique in scope of vCenter. | ||
Summary|Guest Operating System | Hostname | Property | Hostname of the guest operating system, if known. | |
Cost|Allocation | MTD VM CPU Cost (Currency) | Metric | Month to date virtual machine CPU cost. | |
MTD VM Memory Cost (Currency) | Metric | Month to date virtual machine memory cost. | ||
MTD VM Storage Cost (Currency) | Metric | Month to date storage cost of the virtual machine. | ||
MTD VM Total Cost (Currency) | Metric | Addition of CPU, Memory, Storage, and Direct cost. | ||
Host System | CPU | vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs | Metric | vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs. |
Memory | Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs | Metric | Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs. | |
Hardware | Serial Number Tag | Property | Serial Number Tag. | |
Enclosure Serial Number Tag | Property | Enclosure Serial Number Tag. | ||
Cluster Compute Resource | CPU | vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs | Metric | vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs. |
Number of usable CPUs (Cores) | Metric | Amount of usable CPU Cores for Virtual Machines after considering reservations for vSphere High Availability (HA) and other vSphere Services. | ||
Max VM CPU Ready (%) | Metric | Maximum CPU Ready among all the VMs. | ||
Max VM CPU Co-Stop (%) | Metric | Maximum CPU Co-Stop among all the VMs. | ||
Percentage of VMs facing CPU Co-Stop (%) | Metric | Percentage of VMs experiencing CPU Co-Stop above a threshold. This threshold is defined in the configuration file as part of system wide setting. | ||
Percentage of VMs facing CPU Ready (%) | Metric | Percentage of VMs experiencing CPU Ready above a threshold. This threshold is defined in the configuration file as part of system wide setting. | ||
Current Overcommit Ratio | Metric | Number of vCPUs allocated to powered on VMs divided by the number of physical cores. | ||
vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs | Metric | Total number of vCPUs allocated to all powered on VMs. | ||
vCPUs Allocated on All VMs | Metric | Total number of vCPUs allocated to all VMs. | ||
CPU|Allocation | Usable Capacity (vCPUs) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The recommended level of usable capacity (total capacity - HA), to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object. | |
Capacity Analytics Generated|CPU|Allocation | Capacity Remaining (vCPUs) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. Capacity Remaining based on overcommit ratio (if configured in effective policy). | |
Recommended Size (Cores) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The recommended level of usable capacity (total capacity - HA), to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object. | ||
Recommended Total Capacity (Cores) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The recommended level of total capacity, to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object. | ||
Time Remaining (Day(s)) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The number of days remaining is calculated for both group and container. It calculates the time remaining before the resources run out. | ||
vRealize Operations Manager Generated Properties|CPU|Allocation | Planned Overcommit Ratio | Metric | The overcommit ratio configured in the Allocation Model settings of the active policy. | |
Memory | Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs | Metric | Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs. | |
Percentage of VMs facing Memory Contention (%) | Metric | Percentage of VMs experiencing Memory Contention above a threshold. This threshold is defined in the configuration file as part of system wide setting. | ||
Memory|Allocation | Usable Capacity (KB) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The usable capacity (total capacity - HA) based on configured overcommit ratio. | |
Capacity Analytics Generated|Memory|Allocation | Capacity Remaining (KB) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. Capacity Remaining based on overcommit ratio (if configured in effective policy). | |
Recommended Size (KB) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The recommended level of usable capacity (total capacity - HA), to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object. | ||
Recommended Total Capacity (KB) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The recommended level of total capacity, to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object. | ||
Time Remaining (Day(s)) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource only. The number of days remaining is calculated for both group and container. It calculates the time remaining before the resources run out. | ||
vRealize Operations Manager Generated Properties|Memory|Allocation | Planned Overcommit Ratio | Metric | The overcommit ratio configured in the Allocation Model settings of the active policy. | |
Disk Space | Total provisioned disk space with overhead | Metric | Total provisioned disk space (configured size of all virtual disks on the active datastores) plus Overhead on datastores. | |
Current Overcommit Ratio | Metric | Total provisioned disk space with Overhead divided by Total Capacity. | ||
Disk Space|Allocation | Usable Capacity (GB) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Datastore Cluster Resource. Capacity Remaining based on Overcommit ratio (if configured in effective policy). | |
Capacity Analytics Generated|Disk Space|Allocation | Capacity Remaining (GB) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource. Capacity Remaining based on overcommit ratio (if configured in effective policy). | |
Recommended Size (GB) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource. The recommended level of total capacity to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object. | ||
Time Remaining (Day(s)) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Cluster Compute Resource. The number of days remaining is calculated for both group and container. It calculates the time remaining before the resources run out. | ||
vRealize Operations Manager Generated Properties|Disk Space|Allocation | Planned Overcommit Ratio | Metric | The overcommit ratio configured in the Allocation Model settings of the active policy. | |
Profiles | Capacity Remaining Profile (Average) | Metric | The capacity remaining in terms of fitting the average consumer. | |
Capacity Remaining Profile (custom profile name) | Metric | Published for custom profiles enabled from policy on Cluster Compute Resource. | ||
Capacity Analytics Generated|Capacity Remaining (Profile) | Capacity Remaining (Profile) | Metric | Published on Cluster Compute Resource. Calculated as a minimum of all Profiles|capacityRemainingProfile_<profile uuid> metrics. | |
Cost|Allocation | Cluster CPU Base Rate (Currency) | Metric | Base rate for Cluster CPU calculated by dividing the monthly total cluster CPU cost by cluster CPU utilization % and CPU cluster capacity (gHZ). | |
Cluster Memory Base Rate (Currency) | Metric | Cluster memory base rate calculated by dividing the monthly total cluster memory cost by cluster memory utilization % and memory cluster capacity (GB). | ||
Monthly Cluster Allocated Cost (Currency) | Metric | Monthly cluster allocated cost calculated by subtracting the monthly cluster unallocated cost from the monthly cluster total cost. | ||
Monthly Cluster Unallocated Cost (Currency) | Metric | Monthly cluster unallocated cost calculated by subtracting the monthly cluster allocated cost from the monthly cluster total cost. | ||
Datacenter | CPU | vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs | Metric | vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs. |
Memory | Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs | Metric | Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs. | |
Capacity Analytics Generated | Capacity Remaining (Profile) | Metric | Published on DC/CDC and VC. Computed as a sum of OnlineCapacityAnalytics|capacityRemainingProfile metric of descendant Cluster Compute Resources. | |
Cost|Allocation | Monthly Cluster Allocated Cost (Currency) | Metric | Monthly cluster allocated cost calculated by subtracting the monthly cluster unallocated cost from the monthly cluster total cost. | |
Monthly Cluster Unallocated Cost (Currency) | Metric | Monthly cluster unallocated cost calculated by subtracting the monthly cluster allocated cost from the monthly cluster total cost. | ||
Reclaimable | Number of Orphaned Disks | Metric | Number of reclaimable orphaned disks within the data center. | |
Reclaimable|Orphaned Disks | Potential Savings (Currency) | Metric | Potential saving after reclamation of resources of all reclaimable VMs (Idle VMs, Powered Off VMs, VM snapshots) within the data center. | |
Custom Datacenter | CPU | vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs | Metric | vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs. |
Number of usable CPUs (Cores) | Metric | Amount of usable CPU Cores for Virtual Machines after considering reservations for vSphere High Availability (HA) and other vSphere Services. | ||
Memory | Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs | Metric | Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs | |
Capacity Analytics Generated | Capacity Remaining (Profile) | Metric | Published on DC/CDC and VC. Computed as a sum of OnlineCapacityAnalytics|capacityRemainingProfile metric of descendant Cluster Compute Resources. | |
Reclaimable | Number of Orphaned Disks | Metric | Number of reclaimable orphaned disks within the custom data center. | |
Reclaimable|Orphaned Disks | Potential Savings (Currency) | Metric | Potential saving after reclamation of resources of all reclaimable VMs (Idle VMs, Powered Off VMs, VM snapshots) within the custom data center. | |
Datastore | Summary | Percentage of VMs facing Disk Latency (%) | Metric | Percentage of VMs experiencing Disk Latency above a threshold. This threshold is defined in the configuration file as part of system wide setting. |
Cost|Allocation | Monthly Storage Rate (Currency) | Metric | Monthly storage rate for datastore. | |
Reclaimable|Orphaned Disks | Disk Space (GB) | Metric | Reclaimable disk space within the datastore. | |
Potential Savings (Currency) | Metric | Potential saving after reclamation of resources of all reclaimable VMs (Idle VMs, Powered Off VMs, VM snapshots) within the datastore. | ||
Datastore Cluster | Disk Space | Total provisioned disk space with overhead | Metric | Total provisioned disk space (configured size of all virtual disks on the active datastores) plus Overhead on datastores. |
Disk Space|Allocation | Usable Capacity (GB) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Datastore Cluster Resource. Capacity Remaining based on Overcommit ratio (if configured in effective policy). | |
Capacity Analytics Generated|Disk Space|Allocation | Capacity Remaining (GB) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Datastore Cluster Resource. Capacity Remaining based on Overcommit ratio (if configured in effective policy). | |
Recommended Size (GB) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Datastore Cluster Resource. The recommended level of total capacity to maintain a green state for time remaining for the given object. | ||
Time Remaining (Day(s)) | Metric | For vSphere objects published on Datastore Cluster Resource. The number of days remaining is calculated for both group and container. It calculates the time remaining before the resources run out. | ||
vRealize Operations Manager Generated Properties|Disk Space|Allocation | Planned Overcommit Ratio | Metric | The overcommit ratio configured in the Allocation Model settings of the active policy. | |
Distributed Virtual Portgroup | Configuration | Uplink | Property | Indicates whether the portgroup is an uplink portgroup. |
Configuration|Policies | VLAN ID | Property | VLAN ID. | |
Distributed Virtual Switch | Summary | Version | Property | Distributed Virtual Switch version in dot-separated view. |
DVS UUID | Property | Generated UUID of the virtual switch. | ||
vCenter Server | CPU | vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs | Metric | vCPUs Allocated on All Powered On VMs. |
Number of usable CPUs (Cores) | Metric | Amount of usable CPU Cores for Virtual Machines after considering reservations for vSphere High Availability (HA) and other vSphere Services. | ||
Memory | Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs | Metric | Memory Allocated on All Powered On VMs. | |
Summary | Tag Query Time(ms) | Metric | Time spent in querying all tags and tag assignments from vCenter (milliseconds). | |
Capacity Analytics Generated | Capacity Remaining (Profile) | Metric | Published on DC/CDC and VC. Computed as a sum of OnlineCapacityAnalytics|capacityRemainingProfile metric of descendant Cluster Compute Resources. |
vSAN Metrics and Properties
Object Type | Resource Container | Name | Type | Description |
vSAN Cluster | Configuration|vSAN | Encryption | Property | Is data encryption at rest enabled on vSAN cluster. This means all VM data residing on vSAN datastore is encrypted. |
Capacity Disk
| Configuration|vSAN | Encryption | Property | Is data encryption at rest enabled on vSAN disk. This means all VM data residing on vSAN disk is encrypted. |
Configuration | Model | Property | The model number of SCSI device. | |
Cache Disk
| Configuration|vSAN | Encryption | Property | Is data encryption at rest enabled on vSAN disk. This means all VM data residing on vSAN disk is encrypted. |
Configuration | Model | Property | The model number of SCSI device. | |
Disk Group | Read Cache | Capacity | Metric | Read cache capacity. |
Host System
| Configuration|vSAN | Encryption | Property | Is data encryption at rest enabled on vSAN disk. This means all VM data residing on vSAN disk is encrypted. |
vSAN|Performance|CPU | Used | Metric | The percentage of physical CPU time used by the vSAN LSOM/DOM world. | |
vSAN|Performance|CPU | Ready | Metric | The percentage of physical CPU time the vSAN LSOM/DOM world was ready to run. |
Object Type | Resource Container | Name | Type | Description |
Virtual Machine | CPU | Demand (ms) | Metric | CPU Demand (ms). |
Capacity entitlement (MHz) | Metric | CPU Capacity Entitlement. | ||
Recommended number of vCPUs to Add | Metric | Recommended number of vCPUs to Add to the VM | ||
Recommended number of vCPUs to Remove | Metric | Recommended number of vCPUs to Remove from the VM. | ||
50% of Recommended number of vCPUs to Remove | Metric | 50% of Recommended number of vCPUs to Remove from the VM. | ||
Recommended Size Reduction | Metric | Percentage of recommended CPU size reduction. | ||
Memory | Host Workload (%) | Metric | Host Workload (%). | |
Guest Workload (%) | Metric | Guest Workload (%). | ||
Numa Remote Latest (KB) | Metric | Numa Remote (Kb). | ||
Numa Locality Average (%) | Metric | Numa Local (Kb). | ||
Numa Migrations Latest | Metric | Numa Migrations (number). | ||
Numa Locality Average (%) | Metric | Numa Locality (%). | ||
Recommended Size Reduction | Metric | Percentage of recommended Memory size reduction. | ||
Disk Space | Total Provisioned Disk Space (GB) | Metric | Total provisioned disk space on all datastores visible to this object. | |
Virtual Machine Used (GB) | Metric | Space used by virtual machine files in gigabytes. | ||
Virtual Disk Used (GB) | Metric | Space used by virtual disks in gigabytes. | ||
Snapshot Space (GB) | Metric | Space used by snapshots in gigabytes. | ||
Shared Used (GB) | Metric | Shared used space in gigabytes. | ||
Number of Virtual Disks | Metric | Number of virtual disks. | ||
Provisioned Space (GB) | Metric | Provisioned space in gigabytes. | ||
Not Shared (GB) | Metric | Unshared space in gigabytes. | ||
Datastore|Disk Space | Number of Virtual Disks | Metric | Number of virtual disks. | |
System | Build Number | Metric | VMware build number. | |
Host System | CPU | Demand (ms) | Metric | Demand (ms). |
Datastore|Disk Space | Number of Virtual Disks | Metric | Number of virtual disks. | |
Disk Space | Virtual Machine Used (GB) | Metric | Space used by virtual machine files in gigabytes. | |
Virtual Disk Used (GB) | Metric | Space used by virtual disks in gigabytes. | ||
Snapshot Space (GB) | Metric | Space used by snapshots in gigabytes. | ||
Shared Used (GB) | Metric | Shared used space in gigabytes. | ||
Number of Virtual Disks | Metric | Number of virtual disks. | ||
Not Shared (GB) | Metric | Unshared space in gigabytes. | ||
Cluster Compute Resource | CPU | Demand (ms) | Metric | Demand (ms). |
vCPU Allocation % for 4 vCPU per Core (%) | Metric | How much vCPU you have allocated in percentage, based on 4:1 allocation (4:1 overcommit). | ||
vCPU Allocation % for 6 vCPU per Core (%) | Metric | How much vCPU you have allocated in percentage, based on 6:1 allocation (6:1 overcommit). | ||
Memory | vMem Allocation % for 1.25 Overcommit per GB (%) | Metric | vMem Allocation % for 1.25 Overcommit per GB. | |
Disk Space | Virtual Machine Used (GB) | Metric | Space used by virtual machine files in gigabytes. | |
Virtual Disk Used (GB) | Metric | Space used by virtual disks in gigabytes. | ||
Snapshot Space (GB) | Metric | Space used by snapshots in gigabytes. | ||
Shared Used (GB) | Metric | Shared used space in gigabytes. | ||
Not Shared (GB) | Metric | Unshared space in gigabytes. | ||
Datacenter | CPU | Demand (ms) | Metric | Demand (ms). |
vCPU Allocation % for 4 vCPU per Core (%) | Metric | How much vCPU you have allocated in percentage, based on 4:1 allocation (4:1 overcommit). | ||
vCPU Allocation % for 6 vCPU per Core (%) | Metric | How much vCPU you have allocated in percentage, based on 6:1 allocation (6:1 overcommit). | ||
Memory | vMem Allocation % for 1.25 Overcommit per GB (%) | Metric | vMem Allocation % for 1.25 Overcommit per GB. | |
Datastore|Disk Space | Number of Virtual Disks | Metric | Number of virtual disks. | |
Disk Space | Virtual Machine Used (GB) | Metric | Space used by virtual machine files in gigabytes. | |
Virtual Disk Used (GB) | Metric | Space used by virtual disks in gigabytes. | ||
Snapshot Space (GB) | Metric | Space used by snapshots in gigabytes. | ||
Shared Used (GB) | Metric | Shared used space in gigabytes. | ||
Not Shared (GB) | Metric | Unshared space in gigabytes. | ||
Resource Pool | CPU | Demand (ms) | Metric | Demand (ms). |
Datastore | Disk Space | Utilization (GB) | Metric | Total disk space used on all datastores visible to this object. |
Virtual Machine Used (GB) | Metric | Space used by virtual machine files in gigabytes. | ||
Virtual Disk Used (GB) | Metric | Space used by virtual disks in gigabytes. | ||
Snapshot Space (GB) | Metric | Space used by snapshots in gigabytes. | ||
Shared Used (GB) | Metric | Shared used space in gigabytes. | ||
Number of Virtual Disks | Metric | Number of virtual disks. | ||
Provisioned Space (GB) | Metric | Provisioned space in gigabytes. | ||
Freespace (GB) | Metric | Unused space available on datastore in gigabytes. | ||
Capacity (GB) | Metric | Total capacity of datastore in gigabytes. | ||
Total Used (GB) | Metric | Total used space in gigabytes. | ||
Swap File Space (GB) | Metric | Swap file space in gigabytes. | ||
Other VM Space (GB) | Metric | Other virtual machine space in gigabytes. | ||
Not Shared (GB) | Metric | Unshared space in gigabytes. | ||
vCenter Server | CPU | Demand (ms) | Metric | Demand (ms). |
vSphere World | CPU | Demand (ms) | Metric | Demand (ms). |
vSAN Metrics and Properties
Object Type | Resource Container | Name | Type | Description |
Host System
| vSAN|Performance|CPU | PCPU Usage | Metric | PCPU Usage. |
vSAN|Performance|CPU | PCPU Utilization | Metric | PCPU Utilization. | |
vSAN|Performance|CPU | Core Utilization | Metric | Core Utilization. |
Object Type | Resource Container | Name | Type | Description |
Virtual Machine | Configuration | Number of Virtual Disks | Property | Renamed from Number of VMDKs. Number of Virtual Disks. |
Host System | Hardware | BIOS Power Management Setting | Metric | Renamed from Power Management Technology. Settings at BIOS level (hardware). Set this to OS Controlled to pass control to ESXi, as BIOS level setting changes requires ESXi to be shutdown. In vSphere UI this might read as "Technology". |
ESXi Power Management Setting | Metric | Renamed from Power Management Policy. Settings at ESXi level. For latency sensitive workload, set this to High Performance. ESXi level settings only work if the BIOS is set to OS Controlled. In vSphere UI this might read as "Active policy". | ||
Cluster Compute Resource | CPU | vCPU Allocation % for 1 vCPU per Core | Metric | Disabled OOTB. Maximum Memory Contention among all the VMs. |
Number of usable CPUs (Cores) | Metric | Changed from a computed metric to an adapter published metric. Amount of usable CPU Cores for Virtual Machines after considering reservations for vSphere High Availability (HA) and other vSphere Services. | ||
Current Overcommit Ratio | Metric | Renamed from vCPUs to Cores Allocation Ratio. vCPUs to Physical Cores Overcommit Ratio. | ||
Memory | Max VM Memory Contention (%) | Metric | Changed from a Super Metric to an adapter metric. Maximum Memory Contention among all the VMs. | |
vMem Allocation % for No Overcommit per GB | Metric | Disabled OOTB. vMem Allocation % for No Overcommit per GB. | ||
Current Overcommit Ratio | Metric | Renamed from Virtual to Physical Memory Allocation Ratio. Current Overcommit Ratio. | ||
Datastore | Max VM Disk Latency (ms) | Metric | Renamed from Max VM Disk Command Latency. The highest Disk Latency of all VMs of the cluster. This is an early warning for Storage performance. | |
Datacenter | CPU | vCPU Allocation % for 1 vCPU per Core | Metric | Disabled OOTB. How much vCPU you have allocated in percentage, based on 1:1 allocation (no overcommit). |
Current Overcommit Ratio | Metric | Renamed from vCPUs to Cores Allocation Ratio. vCPUs to Physical Cores Overcommit Ratio. | ||
Memory | vMem Allocation % for No Overcommit per GB | Metric | Disabled OOTB. vMem Allocation % for No Overcommit per GB. | |
Current Overcommit Ratio | Metric | Renamed from Virtual to Physical Memory Allocation Ratio. Virtual to Physical Memory Overcommit Ratio. | ||
Datastore | Summary | Max VM Disk Latency (ms) | Metric | Description updated to: Maximum Disk Latency among all the VMs. |
vCenter Server | CPU | Current Overcommit Ratio | Metric | Renamed from vCPUs to Cores Allocation Ratio. vCPUs to Physical Cores Overcommit Ratio. |
Memory | Current Overcommit Ratio | Metric | Renamed from Virtual to Physical Memory Allocation Ratio. Virtual to Physical Memory Overcommit Ratio. | |
Summary | DRS Rule Management time for HBP(ms) | Metric | Renamed from DRS Rule Management Elapsed Time (milliseconds). Time spent in managing DRS rules for Host Based Placement. This includes creation of new DRS rules for vROps, membership update of VM and Host Groups created by vROps and disabling conflicting rules (milliseconds). | |
vSphere World | CPU | Current Overcommit Ratio | Metric | Renamed from vCPUs to Cores Allocation Ratio. vCPUs to Physical Cores Overcommit Ratio. |
Memory | Current Overcommit Ratio | Metric | Renamed from Virtual to Physical Memory Allocation Ratio. Virtual to Physical Memory Overcommit Ratio. |