Key Metrics for the Server Performance Domain Category

Adapters extract and transform data from various data sources to report on several server performance metrics. Measuring server performance includes performance areas such as CPU, memory, I/O, paging and swapping, cache, and network time.
The following table shows the key metrics that are relevant to server performance and the adapter domain categories that support each metric. An X indicates that the key metric listed in the row is supported by the adapter domain category in the corresponding column.
Note: For the SAR, BMC Perf Mgr UNIX, and HP Perf Agent and HP Reporter UNIX domain categories, an X indicates that the corresponding metric is present for at least one of the supported environments (HP, Sun, AIX, Linux) that can run on the platform. The X does not necessarily mean that the metric is available in all environments for the domain category. For example, CpuWaitIoBusyPct is found in AIX and Sun environments on UNIX, but it is not available in HP and Linux environments.
In the following table, the abbreviated column headings stand for the following adapters:
  • DT: Demand Technology Performance Sentry
  • RMF: IBM Resource Management Facility
  • SAR: System Activity Reporter
  • BMCU: BMC Performance Manager for Servers - UNIX
  • BMCW: BMC Performance Manager for Servers - Windows
  • HPU: HP Perf Agent Server and HP Reporter Server for UNIX systems.
  • HPW: HP Perf Agent Server and HP Reporter Server for Windows systems.
  • SC: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
  • VMC: VMware vCenter Server
Key Metrics for Server Performance Adapters
Metric Category
Column Label Root
DT
RMF
SAR
BMCU
BMCW
HPU
HPW
SC
VMC
CPU
AllEngCpuHardwareMipsUsage
X
CPU
AllEngCpuHardwareMsuUsage
X
CPU
CpuBusyPct
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
CPU
CpuContextSwitchRate
X
CPU
CpuIoInterruptRate
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
CPU
CpuLoadAvg
X
X
X
CPU
CpuReadyPct
X
CPU
CpuSystemBusyPct
X
X
X
X
X
X
CPU
CpuUsedMSec
X
CPU
CpuUserBusyPct
X
X
X
X
X
X
CPU
CpuWaitIoBusyPct
X
X
X
CPU
FourHourMsuRollingAvg
X
CPU
IfaEngCpuBusyPct
X
CPU
IfaEngCpuHardwareMipsUsage
X
CPU
IfaEngCpuHardwareMsuUsage
X
CPU
IflEngCpuBusyPct
X
CPU
LogicalSystemCpuBusyPct
X
CPU
LogicalSystemEntitledCpu
X
CPU
LogicalSystemEntitledCpuBusyPct
X
CPU
LogicalSystemHypervisorBusyPct
X
CPU
LogicalSystemPhysicalCpuBusyPct
X
CPU
LogicalSystemPhysicalCpusUsage
X
X
CPU
LogicalSystemRunQueueLength
X
CPU
LparCpuBusyPct
X
CPU
LparMsuHourlyRate
X
CPU
MsuHourlyRate
X
CPU
ReadyTasksWaitingPct
X
CPU
RunQueueLength
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
CPU
StandardEngCpuBusyPct
X
CPU
StandardEngCpuHardwareMipsUsage
X
CPU
StandardEngCpuHardwareMsuUsage
X
CPU
StandardEngCpuSoftwareMsuUsage
X
CPU
ZipEngCpuBusyPct
X
CPU
ZipEngCpuHardwareMipsUsage
X
CPU
ZipEngCpuHardwareMsuUsage
X
Device
DeviceActivePct
X
Device
DeviceBusyPct
X
Device
DeviceIoRate
X
Device
DeviceQueueAvgLength
X
Device
DeviceResponseAvgMSec
X
Disk
DiskBusyPct
X
X
X
X
X
X
Disk
DiskPhysicalIoRateKB
X
X
Disk
DiskPhysicalReadRate
X
X
Disk
DiskPhysicalReadRateKB
X
X
Disk
DiskPhysicalWriteRate
X
X
Disk
DiskPhysicalWriteRateKB
X
X
Disk
DiskQueueAvgLength
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Disk
DiskReadCount
X
Disk
DiskReadRateKB
X
Disk
DiskReadTransferRateBytes
X
Disk
DiskReadTransferRateKB
X
Disk
DiskResponseAvgMSec
X
X
X
X
X
X
Disk
DiskSpaceAvailableGB
X
Disk
DiskSpaceAvailablePct
X
X
X
Disk
DiskTotalCount
X
Disk
DiskTransferLatencySec
X
Disk
DiskTransferRate
X
X
X
X
X
Disk
DiskTransferRateBytes
X
Disk
DiskTransferRateKB
X
X
X
X
X
X
Disk
DiskTransferReadRate
X
Disk
DiskTransferTotalRate
X
Disk
DiskTransferWriteRate
X
Disk
DiskUsageRateKB
X
Disk
DiskWriteCount
X
Disk
DiskWriteRateKB
X
Disk
DiskWriteTransferRateBytes
X
Disk
DiskWriteTransferRateKB
X
Disk
DiskPhysicalIoRate
X
X
X
Memory
AvailableCapacityPct
X
Memory
AvailableHostMemoryGB
X
Memory
CacheReadHitPct
X
Memory
LogicalSystemPhysicalMemoryUsageMB
X
X
Memory
LogicalSystemMemoryUsagePct
X
Memory
MemoryActiveGB
X
Memory
MemoryAvailable
X
Memory
MemoryAvailableMB
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Memory
MemoryAvailablePct
X
X
Memory
MemoryBallooningGB
X
Memory
MemoryCacheUsagePct
X
Memory
MemoryCommittedPct
X
Memory
MemoryConsumedGB
X
Memory
MemoryGrantedGB
X
Memory
MemoryOverheadGB
X
Memory
MemoryPagesAvailableAix
X
Memory
MemoryPagesAvailableSunSco
X
Memory
MemorySharedGB
X
Memory
MemorySwapInGB
X
Memory
MemorySwapOutGB
X
Memory
MemorySystemCacheUsagePct
X
X
Memory
MemorySystemUsagePct
X
X
Memory
MemoryTotalUsage
X
Memory
MemoryUsagePct
X
X
X
X
X
X
Memory
MemoryUserUsagePct
X
X
Memory
MemoryVirtualUsagePct
X
Memory
MemoryZeroGB
X
Memory
PagingBlockRate
X
Memory
PagingFileUsagePct
X
X
Memory
PagingInputRate
X
X
X
X
X
Memory
PagingOutputRate
X
X
X
X
X
Memory
PagingRate
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Memory
PagingReadRate
X
Memory
PagingWriteRate
X
Memory
ReadyTasksWaitingPct
X
Memory
RemainingFreeMemoryGB
X
Memory
SwapRate
X
Memory
SwapSpaceUsagePct
X
X
X
X
Memory
TotalMemoryLiabilityGB
X
Memory
TpsRecoveryPct
X
Network
InterfaceUsagePct
X
X
X
X
Network
NetworkPacketsReceivedCount
X
Network
NetworkPacketsSentCount
X
Network
NetworkPacketsTotalCount
X
Network
NetworkReceivedRateKB
X
X
Network
NetworkSentRateKB
X
X
Network
PacketsTotalRate
X
X
X
X
X
X
Network
ReceivedRateKB
X
X
Network
SentRateKB
X
X
Network
ThroughputRateKB
X
X
X
X
Network
TotalRateKB
X
Network
NetworkUsageRateKB
X
System Logical Memory
LogicalSystemPhysicalMemoryUsagePct
X