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