ESXi integration metrics

The official Datadog integration for monitoring ESXi. It collects 215 metrics.

Definitions as of 2026-08-05

Official summary

Monitor the health of your ESXi machines and VMs

Metric types

gauge (value at a point in time): 215

Metrics

Descriptions are the official definitions, unedited.

Metric	Type	Unit
`esxi.cpu.coreUtilization.avg`CPU utilization of the corresponding core (if hyper-threading is enabled) as a percentage	gauge	percent
`esxi.cpu.costop.sum`Time the virtual machine is ready to run, but is unable to run due to co-scheduling constraints	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.cpu.demand.avg`The amount of CPU resources a virtual machine would use if there were no CPU contention or CPU limit	gauge	megahertz
`esxi.cpu.demandEntitlementRatio.latest`CPU resource entitlement to CPU demand ratio (in percents)	gauge	percent
`esxi.cpu.entitlement.latest`CPU resources devoted by the ESXi scheduler	gauge	megahertz
`esxi.cpu.idle.sum`Total time that the CPU spent in an idle state	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.cpu.latency.avg`Percent of time the virtual machine is unable to run because it is contending for access to the physical CPU(s)	gauge	percent
`esxi.cpu.maxlimited.sum`Time the virtual machine is ready to run, but is not running because it has reached its maximum CPU limit setting	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.cpu.overlap.sum`Time the virtual machine was interrupted to perform system services on behalf of itself or other virtual machines.	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.cpu.readiness.avg`Percentage of time that the virtual machine was ready, but could not get scheduled to run on the physical CPU.	gauge	percent
`esxi.cpu.ready.sum`Milliseconds of CPU time spent in ready state	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.cpu.reservedCapacity.avg`Total CPU capacity reserved by virtual machines	gauge	megahertz
`esxi.cpu.run.sum`Time the virtual machine is scheduled to run	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.cpu.swapwait.sum`CPU time spent waiting for swap-in	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.cpu.system.sum`Amount of time spent on system processes on each virtual CPU in the virtual machine. This is the host view of the CPU usage, not the guest operating system view.	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.cpu.totalCapacity.avg`Total CPU capacity reserved by and available for virtual machines	gauge	megahertz
`esxi.cpu.usage.avg`Percentage of CPU capacity being used	gauge	percent
`esxi.cpu.used.sum`Time accounted to the virtual machine. If a system service runs on behalf of this virtual machine, the time spent by that service (represented by cpu.system) should be charged to this virtual machine. If not, the time spent (represented by cpu.overlap) should not be charged against this virtual machine.	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.cpu.utilization.avg`CPU utilization as a percentage during the interval (CPU usage and CPU utilization might be different due to power management technologies or hyper-threading)	gauge	percent
`esxi.cpu.wait.sum`Total CPU time spent in wait state.The wait total includes time spent the CPU Idle, CPU Swap Wait, and CPU I/O Wait states.	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.datastore.datastoreIops.avg`Storage I/O Control aggregated IOPS	gauge	operation/second
`esxi.datastore.datastoreMaxQueueDepth.latest`Storage I/O Control datastore maximum queue depth	gauge	command
`esxi.datastore.datastoreNormalReadLatency.latest`Storage DRS datastore normalized read latency	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.datastore.datastoreNormalWriteLatency.latest`Storage DRS datastore normalized write latency	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.datastore.datastoreReadBytes.latest`Storage DRS datastore bytes read	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.datastore.datastoreReadIops.latest`Storage DRS datastore read I/O rate	gauge	operation/second
`esxi.datastore.datastoreReadLoadMetric.latest`Storage DRS datastore metric for read workload model	gauge	-
`esxi.datastore.datastoreReadOIO.latest`Storage DRS datastore outstanding read requests	gauge	request
`esxi.datastore.datastoreVMObservedLatency.latest`The average datastore latency as seen by virtual machines	gauge	microsecond
`esxi.datastore.datastoreWriteBytes.latest`Storage DRS datastore bytes written	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.datastore.datastoreWriteIops.latest`Storage DRS datastore write I/O rate	gauge	operation/second
`esxi.datastore.datastoreWriteLoadMetric.latest`Storage DRS datastore metric for write workload model	gauge	-
`esxi.datastore.datastoreWriteOIO.latest`Storage DRS datastore outstanding write requests	gauge	request
`esxi.datastore.maxTotalLatency.latest`Highest latency value across all datastores used by the host	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.datastore.numberReadAveraged.avg`Average number of read commands issued per second to the datastore	gauge	command
`esxi.datastore.numberWriteAveraged.avg`Average number of write commands issued per second to the datastore during the collection interval	gauge	-
`esxi.datastore.read.avg`Rate of reading data from the datastore	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.datastore.siocActiveTimePercentage.avg`Percentage of time Storage I/O Control actively controlled datastore latency	gauge	percent
`esxi.datastore.sizeNormalizedDatastoreLatency.avg`Storage I/O Control size-normalized I/O latency	gauge	microsecond
`esxi.datastore.totalReadLatency.avg`Average amount of time for a read operation from the datastore	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.datastore.totalWriteLatency.avg`Average amount of time for a write operation from the datastore	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.datastore.write.avg`Rate of writing data to the datastore	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.disk.busResets.sum`Number of SCSI-bus reset commands issued	gauge	command
`esxi.disk.commands.sum`Number of SCSI commands issued	gauge	command
`esxi.disk.commandsAborted.sum`Number of SCSI commands aborted	gauge	command
`esxi.disk.commandsAveraged.avg`Average number of SCSI commands issued per second	gauge	command/second
`esxi.disk.deviceLatency.avg`Average amount of time it takes to complete an SCSI command from physical device	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.disk.deviceReadLatency.avg`Average amount of time to read from the physical device	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.disk.deviceWriteLatency.avg`Average amount of time to write from the physical device	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.disk.kernelLatency.avg`Average amount of time spent by VMkernel to process each SCSI command	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.disk.kernelReadLatency.avg`Average amount of time spent by VMkernel to process each SCSI read command	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.disk.kernelWriteLatency.avg`Average amount of time spent by VMkernel to process each SCSI write command	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.disk.maxQueueDepth.avg`Maximum queue depth	gauge	command
`esxi.disk.maxTotalLatency.latest`Highest latency value across all disks used by the host	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.disk.numberRead.sum`Number of disk reads during the collection interval.	gauge	-
`esxi.disk.numberReadAveraged.avg`Average number of read commands issued per second to the datastore	gauge	command
`esxi.disk.numberWrite.sum`Number of disk writes during the collection interval.	gauge	-
`esxi.disk.numberWriteAveraged.avg`Average number of write commands issued per second to the datastore	gauge	command
`esxi.disk.queueLatency.avg`Average amount of time spent in the VMkernel queue per SCSI command	gauge	millisecond/command
`esxi.disk.queueReadLatency.avg`Average amount of time spent in the VMkernel queue per SCSI read command	gauge	millisecond/command
`esxi.disk.queueWriteLatency.avg`Average amount of time spent in the VMkernel queue per SCSI write command	gauge	millisecond/command
`esxi.disk.read.avg`Average number of kilobytes read from the disk each second	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.disk.totalLatency.avg`Average amount of time taken during the collection interval to process a SCSI command issued by the guest OS to the virtual machine.	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.disk.totalReadLatency.avg`Average amount of time taken to process a SCSI read command issued from the guest OS to the virtual machine	gauge	millisecond/command
`esxi.disk.totalWriteLatency.avg`Average amount of time taken to process a SCSI write command issued by the guest OS to the virtual machine	gauge	millisecond/command
`esxi.disk.usage.avg`Aggregated disk I/O rate	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.disk.write.avg`Average number of kilobytes written to the disk each second	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.hbr.hbrNetRx.avg`Kilobytes per second of outgoing host-based replication network traffic (for this virtual machine or host).	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.hbr.hbrNetTx.avg`Average amount of data transmitted per second	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.hbr.hbrNumVms.avg`Number of powered-on virtual machines running on this host that currently have host-based replication protection enabled.	gauge	-
`esxi.host.can_connect`Whether the check can connect to the ESXi host or not.	gauge	-
`esxi.host.count`Timeseries with value 1 for each ESXi Host. Make 'sum by {X}' queries to count all the Hosts with the tag X.	gauge	-
`esxi.mem.active.avg`Amount of memory that is actively used, as estimated by VMkernel based on recently touched memory pages	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.activewrite.avg`Estimate for the amount of memory actively being written to by the virtual machine	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.compressed.avg`Amount of memory reserved by userworlds	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.compressionRate.avg`Rate of memory compression for the virtual machine	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.mem.consumed.avg`Amount of host physical memory consumed by a virtual machine, host, or cluster	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.decompressionRate.avg`Rate of memory decompression for the virtual machine	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.mem.entitlement.avg`Amount of host physical memory the virtual machine is entitled to, as determined by the ESX scheduler	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.granted.avg`Amount of host physical memory or physical memory that is mapped for a virtual machine or a host	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.heap.avg`VMkernel virtual address space dedicated to VMkernel main heap and related data	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.heapfree.avg`Free address space in the VMkernel main heap.Varies based on number of physical devices and configuration options. There is no direct way for the user to increase or decrease this statistic. For informational purposes only: not useful for performance monitoring.	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.latency.avg`Percentage of time the virtual machine is waiting to access swapped or compressed memory	gauge	percent
`esxi.mem.llSwapIn.avg`Amount of memory swapped-in from host cache	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.llSwapInRate.avg`Rate at which memory is being swapped from host cache into active memory	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.mem.llSwapOut.avg`Amount of memory swapped-out to host cache	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.llSwapOutRate.avg`Rate at which memory is being swapped from active memory to host cache	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.mem.llSwapUsed.avg`Space used for caching swapped pages in the host cache	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.lowfreethreshold.avg`Threshold of free host physical memory below which ESX/ESXi will begin reclaiming memory from virtual machines through ballooning and swapping	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.overhead.avg`Host physical memory consumed by the virtualization infrastructure for running the virtual machine	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.overheadMax.avg`Host physical memory reserved for use as the virtualization overhead for the virtual machine	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.overheadTouched.avg`Actively touched overhead host physical memory (KB) reserved for use as the virtualization overhead for the virtual machine	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.reservedCapacity.avg`Total amount of memory reservation used by powered-on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host	gauge	mebibyte
`esxi.mem.shared.avg`Amount of guest physical memory that is shared with other virtual machines, relative to a single virtual machine or to all powered-on virtual machines on a host	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.sharedcommon.avg`Amount of machine memory that is shared by all powered-on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.state.latest`One of four threshold levels representing the percentage of free memory on the host. The counter value determines swapping and ballooning behavior for memory reclamation	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.swapin.avg`Amount of memory swapped-in from disk	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.swapinRate.avg`Rate at which memory is swapped from disk into active memory	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.mem.swapout.avg`Amount of memory swapped-out to disk	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.swapoutRate.avg`Rate at which memory is being swapped from active memory to disk	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.mem.swapped.avg`Current amount of guest physical memory swapped out to the virtual machine swap file by the VMkernel. Swapped memory stays on disk until the virtual machine needs it. This statistic refers to VMkernel swapping and not to guest OS swapping	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.swaptarget.avg`Target size for the virtual machine swap file. The VMkernel manages swapping by comparing swaptarget against swapped	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.swapused.avg`Amount of memory that is used by swap. Sum of memory swapped of all powered on VMs and vSphere services on the host	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.sysUsage.avg`Amount of host physical memory used by VMkernel for core functionality, such as device drivers and other internal uses. Does not include memory used by virtual machines or vSphere services	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.totalCapacity.avg`Total amount of memory reservation used by and available for powered-on virtual machines and vSphere services on the host	gauge	mebibyte
`esxi.mem.unreserved.avg`Amount of memory that is unreserved. Memory reservation not used by the Service Console, VMkernel, vSphere services and other powered on VMs user-specified memory reservations and overhead memory	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.usage.avg`Memory usage as percent of total configured or available memory	gauge	percent
`esxi.mem.vmfs.pbc.capMissRatio.latest`Trailing average of the ratio of capacity misses to compulsory misses for the VMFS PB Cache	gauge	percent
`esxi.mem.vmfs.pbc.overhead.latest`Amount of VMFS heap used by the VMFS PB Cache	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.vmfs.pbc.size.latest`Space used for holding VMFS Pointer Blocks in memory	gauge	mebibyte
`esxi.mem.vmfs.pbc.sizeMax.latest`Maximum size the VMFS Pointer Block Cache can grow to	gauge	mebibyte
`esxi.mem.vmfs.pbc.workingSet.latest`Amount of file blocks whose addresses are cached in the VMFS PB Cache	gauge	tebibyte
`esxi.mem.vmfs.pbc.workingSetMax.latest`Maximum amount of file blocks whose addresses are cached in the VMFS PB Cache	gauge	tebibyte
`esxi.mem.vmmemctl.avg`Amount of memory allocated by the virtual machine memory control driver (vmmemctl)	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.vmmemctltarget.avg`Target value set by VMkernal for the virtual machine's memory balloon size. In conjunction with vmmemctl metric, this metric is used by VMkernel to inflate and deflate the balloon for a virtual machine	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.zero.avg`Memory that contains 0s only. Included in shared amount. Through transparent page sharing, zero memory pages can be shared among virtual machines that run the same operating system	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.zipSaved.latest`Memory saved due to memory zipping	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.mem.zipped.latest`Memory zipped	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.net.broadcastRx.sum`Number of broadcast packets received	gauge	packet
`esxi.net.broadcastTx.sum`Number of broadcast packets transmitted	gauge	packet
`esxi.net.bytesRx.avg`Average amount of data received per second	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.net.bytesTx.avg`Average amount of data transmitted per second	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.net.droppedRx.sum`Number of received packets dropped	gauge	packet
`esxi.net.droppedTx.sum`Number of transmitted packets dropped	gauge	packet
`esxi.net.errorsRx.sum`Number of packets with errors received	gauge	packet
`esxi.net.errorsTx.sum`Number of packets with errors transmitted	gauge	packet
`esxi.net.multicastRx.sum`Number of multicast packets received	gauge	packet
`esxi.net.multicastTx.sum`Number of multicast packets transmitted	gauge	packet
`esxi.net.packetsRx.sum`Number of packets received	gauge	packet
`esxi.net.packetsTx.sum`Number of packets transmitted	gauge	packet
`esxi.net.pnicBytesRx.avg`	gauge	-
`esxi.net.pnicBytesTx.avg`	gauge	-
`esxi.net.received.avg`Average rate at which data was received during the interval. This represents the bandwidth of the network	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.net.transmitted.avg`Average rate at which data was transmitted during the interval. This represents the bandwidth of the network	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.net.unknownProtos.sum`Number of frames with unknown protocol received	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.net.usage.avg`Network utilization (combined transmit- and receive-rates)	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.power.energy.sum`Total energy (in joule) used since last stats reset.	gauge	-
`esxi.power.power.avg`Current power usage	gauge	watt
`esxi.power.powerCap.avg`Maximum allowed power usage.	gauge	watt
`esxi.rescpu.actav1.latest`CPU active average over 1 minute	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.actav15.latest`CPU active average over 15 minutes	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.actav5.latest`CPU active average over 5 minutes	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.actpk1.latest`CPU active peak over 1 minute	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.actpk15.latest`CPU active peak over 15 minutes	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.actpk5.latest`CPU active peak over 5 minutes	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.maxLimited1.latest`Amount of CPU resources over the limit that were refused, average over 1 minute	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.maxLimited15.latest`Amount of CPU resources over the limit that were refused, average over 15 minutes	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.maxLimited5.latest`Amount of CPU resources over the limit that were refused, average over 5 minutes	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.runav1.latest`CPU running average over 1 minute	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.runav15.latest`CPU running average over 15 minutes	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.runav5.latest`CPU running average over 5 minutes	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.runpk1.latest`CPU running peak over 1 minute	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.runpk15.latest`CPU running peak over 15 minutes	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.runpk5.latest`CPU running peak over 5 minutes	gauge	percent
`esxi.rescpu.sampleCount.latest`Group CPU sample count.	gauge	-
`esxi.rescpu.samplePeriod.latest`Group CPU sample period.	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.storageAdapter.commandsAveraged.avg`Average number of commands issued per second by the storage adapter	gauge	command/second
`esxi.storageAdapter.maxTotalLatency.latest`Highest latency value across all storage adapters used by the host	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.storageAdapter.numberReadAveraged.avg`Average number of read commands issued per second by the storage adapter	gauge	command/second
`esxi.storageAdapter.numberWriteAveraged.avg`Average number of write commands issued per second by the storage adapter	gauge	command/second
`esxi.storageAdapter.read.avg`Rate of reading data by the storage adapter	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.storageAdapter.totalReadLatency.avg`Average amount of time for a read operation by the storage adapter	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.storageAdapter.totalWriteLatency.avg`Average amount of time for a write operation by the storage adapter	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.storageAdapter.write.avg`Rate of writing data by the storage adapter	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.storagePath.commandsAveraged.avg`Average number of commands issued per second on the storage path during the collection interval	gauge	command
`esxi.storagePath.maxTotalLatency.latest`Highest latency value across all storage paths used by the host	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.storagePath.numberReadAveraged.avg`Average number of read commands issued per second on the storage path during the collection interval	gauge	-
`esxi.storagePath.numberWriteAveraged.avg`Average number of write commands issued per second on the storage path during the collection interval	gauge	-
`esxi.storagePath.read.avg`Rate of reading data on the storage path	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.storagePath.totalReadLatency.avg`Average amount of time for a read issued on the storage path. Total latency = kernel latency + device latency.	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.storagePath.totalWriteLatency.avg`Average amount of time for a write issued on the storage path. Total latency = kernel latency + device latency.	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.storagePath.write.avg`Rate of writing data on the storage path	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.sys.heartbeat.latest`Number of heartbeats issued per virtual machine	gauge	-
`esxi.sys.osUptime.latest`Total time elapsed, in seconds, since last operating system boot-up	gauge	second
`esxi.sys.resourceCpuAct1.latest`CPU active average over 1 minute of the system resource group	gauge	percent
`esxi.sys.resourceCpuAct5.latest`CPU active average over 5 minutes of the system resource group	gauge	percent
`esxi.sys.resourceCpuAllocMax.latest`CPU allocation limit (in MHz) of the system resource group	gauge	megahertz
`esxi.sys.resourceCpuAllocMin.latest`CPU allocation reservation (in MHz) of the system resource group	gauge	megahertz
`esxi.sys.resourceCpuAllocShares.latest`CPU allocation shares of the system resource group	gauge	-
`esxi.sys.resourceCpuMaxLimited1.latest`CPU maximum limited over 1 minute of the system resource group	gauge	percent
`esxi.sys.resourceCpuMaxLimited5.latest`CPU maximum limited over 5 minutes of the system resource group	gauge	percent
`esxi.sys.resourceCpuRun1.latest`CPU running average over 1 minute of the system resource group	gauge	percent
`esxi.sys.resourceCpuRun5.latest`CPU running average over 5 minutes of the system resource group	gauge	percent
`esxi.sys.resourceCpuUsage.avg`Amount of CPU used by the Service Console and other applications during the interval by the Service Console and other applications.	gauge	megahertz
`esxi.sys.resourceFdUsage.latest`Number of file descriptors used by the system resource group	gauge	-
`esxi.sys.resourceMemAllocMax.latest`Memory allocation limit (in KB) of the system resource group	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.sys.resourceMemAllocMin.latest`Memory allocation reservation (in KB) of the system resource group	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.sys.resourceMemAllocShares.latest`Memory allocation shares of the system resource group	gauge	-
`esxi.sys.resourceMemConsumed.latest`Memory consumed by the system resource group	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.sys.resourceMemCow.latest`Memory shared by the system resource group	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.sys.resourceMemMapped.latest`Memory mapped by the system resource group	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.sys.resourceMemOverhead.latest`Overhead memory consumed by the system resource group	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.sys.resourceMemShared.latest`Memory saved due to sharing by the system resource group	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.sys.resourceMemSwapped.latest`Memory swapped out by the system resource group	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.sys.resourceMemTouched.latest`Memory touched by the system resource group	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.sys.resourceMemZero.latest`Zero filled memory used by the system resource group	gauge	kibibyte
`esxi.sys.uptime.latest`Total time elapsed since last system startup	gauge	second
`esxi.virtualDisk.largeSeeks.latest`Number of seeks during the interval that were greater than 8192 LBNs apart	gauge	-
`esxi.virtualDisk.mediumSeeks.latest`Number of seeks during the interval that were between 64 and 8192 LBNs apart	gauge	-
`esxi.virtualDisk.numberReadAveraged.avg`Average number of read commands issued per second to the virtual disk	gauge	command
`esxi.virtualDisk.numberWriteAveraged.avg`Average number of write commands issued per second to the virtual disk	gauge	command
`esxi.virtualDisk.read.avg`Average number of kilobytes read from the virtual disk each second	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.virtualDisk.readIOSize.latest`Average read request size in bytes	gauge	-
`esxi.virtualDisk.readLatencyUS.latest`Read latency in microseconds	gauge	microsecond
`esxi.virtualDisk.readLoadMetric.latest`Storage DRS virtual disk metric for the read workload model	gauge	-
`esxi.virtualDisk.readOIO.latest`Average number of outstanding read requests to the virtual disk	gauge	request
`esxi.virtualDisk.smallSeeks.latest`Number of seeks during the interval that were less than 64 LBNs apart	gauge	-
`esxi.virtualDisk.totalReadLatency.avg`Average amount of time for a read operation from the virtual disk	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.virtualDisk.totalWriteLatency.avg`Average amount of time for a write operation from the virtual disk	gauge	millisecond
`esxi.virtualDisk.write.avg`Average number of kilobytes written to the virtual disk each second	gauge	kibibyte/second
`esxi.virtualDisk.writeIOSize.latest`Average write request size in bytes	gauge	-
`esxi.virtualDisk.writeLatencyUS.latest`Write latency in microseconds	gauge	microsecond
`esxi.virtualDisk.writeLoadMetric.latest`Storage DRS virtual disk metric for the write workload model	gauge	-
`esxi.virtualDisk.writeOIO.latest`Average number of outstanding write requests to the virtual disk	gauge	request
`esxi.vm.count`Timeseries with value 1 for each VM. Make 'sum by {X}' queries to count all the VMs with the tag X.	gauge	-

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