This table contains the values for each category of the counters that measure Memory performance.
| Counter Name | Category | Value |
|---|---|---|
| usage | ||
| unit | percent | |
| description | Memory currently in use. This is active memory as a percentage of total available memory. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | host, virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| granted | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of memory available for use. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | host, virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| active | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of memory that is actively used. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | host, virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| shared | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of shared memory. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | host, virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| zero | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | zero memory | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | host, virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| unreserved | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of unreserved memory. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | host | |
| swapunreserved | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of unreserved swap space. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | host | |
| swapused | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of memory used for swap space. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | host | |
| sharedcommon | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of shared, common memory. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | host | |
| heap | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of memory allocated for heap. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | host | |
| heapfree | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Free space in the heap. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | host | |
| state | ||
| unit | number | |
| description | Memory state. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | summation | |
| entity | host | |
| swapped | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of memory being swapped. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| swaptarget | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of memory that can be swapped. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| swapin | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of memory swapped in. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| swapout | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of memory swapped out. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| vmmemctl | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of memory currently used by the virtual machine memory control. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| vmmemctltarget | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of memory that can be used by the virtual machine memory control. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| consumed | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of host memory consumed by the virtual machine for guest memory. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| overhead | ||
| unit | KB | |
| description | Amount of memory that is overhead. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | all | |
| entity | host, virtual machine, ResGroup | |
| reservedCapacity | ||
| unit | MB | |
| description | Amount of memory that is reserved capacity. | |
| statistic type | absolute | |
| rollup type | average | |
| entity | host, virtual machine, ResGroup |