Host metrics

This is a reference list of the metrics used for hosts, with details of their availability on Windows, Linux, and AIX operating systems.

You can also check if the metrics are available in the Discovery monitoring mode. For more details, refer to Discovery mode.

CPU and Memory metrics

Metrics representing the usage of CPU and RAM.

CPU

Metric name
Metrics classic key
Metrics on Grail key
Windows
Linux
AIX
Discovery mode
Idle
builtin:host.cpu.idle
dt.host.cpu.idle
User
builtin:host.cpu.user
dt.host.cpu.user
IO wait
builtin:host.cpu.iowait
dt.host.cpu.iowait
Other
builtin:host.cpu.other
dt.host.cpu.other
Steal
builtin:host.cpu.steal
dt.host.cpu.steal
System
builtin:host.cpu.system
dt.host.cpu.system
System Load
builtin:host.cpu.load
dt.host.cpu.load
System load 5 minutes
builtin:host.cpu.load5m
dt.host.cpu.load5m
System load 15 minutes
builtin:host.cpu.load15m
dt.host.cpu.load15m
CPU Usage %
builtin:host.cpu.usage
dt.host.cpu.usage
Logical / Physical CPU cores
entc
builtin:host.cpu.entc
dt.host.cpu.entc
physc
builtin:host.cpu.physc
dt.host.cpu.physc
entConfigured
builtin:host.cpu.entConfig
dt.host.cpu.ent_config
AIX Kernel threads running
builtin:host.kernelThreads.running
dt.host.kernel_threads.running
AIX Kernel threads blocked
builtin:host.kernelThreads.blocked
dt.host.kernel_threads.blocked
AIX Kernel threads blocked I/O message wait
builtin:host.kernelThreads.ioMessageWait
dt.host.kernel_threads.io_message_wait
AIX Kernel threads blocked I/O event wait
builtin:host.kernelThreads.ioEventWait
dt.host.kernel_threads.io_event_wait

Memory

Metric name
Metrics classic key
Metrics on Grail key
Windows
Linux
AIX
Discovery mode
Total
builtin:host.mem.total
Unsupported
Used
builtin:host.mem.used
dt.host.memory.used
Available
builtin:host.mem.avail.bytes
dt.host.memory.avail.bytes
Memory available %
builtin:host.mem.avail.pct
dt.host.memory.avail.percent
Memory used %
builtin:host.mem.usage
dt.host.memory.usage
Kernel
builtin:host.mem.kernel
dt.host.memory.kernel
memoryReclaimable
builtin:host.mem.recl
dt.host.memory.recl
Page Faults
builtin:host.mem.avail.pfps
dt.host.memory.avail.pfps
Swap Used
builtin:host.mem.swap.used
dt.host.memory.swap.used
Swap Total
builtin:host.mem.swap.total
dt.host.memory.swap.total
Swap Available
builtin:host.mem.swap.avail
dt.host.memory.swap.avail

File descriptors/handles

Metric name
Metrics classic key
Metrics on Grail key
Windows
Linux
AIX
Discovery mode
File descriptors used
builtin:host.handles.fileDescriptorsUsed
dt.host.handles.file_descriptors_used
File descriptors max
builtin:host.handles.fileDescriptorsMax
dt.host.handles.file_descriptors_max

Disk metrics

Metrics representing the disk usage. Note that there's a separation between network and local drives on Linux.

Metric name
Metrics classic key
Metrics on Grail key
Windows
Linux
AIX
Discovery mode
Total
Disk used
builtin:host.disk.used
dt.host.disk.used
Disk used %
builtin:host.disk.usedPct
dt.host.disk.used.percent
Disk available
builtin:host.disk.avail
dt.host.disk.avail
Disk available %
builtin:host.disk.free
dt.host.disk.free
Inodes total
builtin:host.disk.inodesTotal
dt.host.disk.inodes_total
Inodes available %
builtin:host.disk.inodesAvail
dt.host.disk.inodes_avail
Reads (IOPS)
builtin:host.disk.readOps
dt.host.disk.read_ops
Writes (IOPS)
builtin:host.disk.writeOps
dt.host.disk.write_ops
Read (Bytes/s)
builtin:host.disk.bytesRead
dt.host.disk.bytes_read
Write (Bytes/s)
builtin:host.disk.bytesWritten
dt.host.disk.bytes_written
Disk read time
builtin:host.disk.readTime
dt.host.disk.read_time
Disk write time
builtin:host.disk.writeTime
dt.host.disk.write_time
Disk utilization time
builtin:host.disk.utilTime
dt.host.disk.util_time
Disk average queue length
builtin:host.disk.queueLength
dt.host.disk.queue_length
1

Local only

2

Excluding CIFS

3

Excluding GPFS

4

Excluding CIFS/GPFS

5

Excluding NFS/CIFS/GPFS

6

GPFS only

Network metrics per network interface controller (NIC)

Metrics representing the usage of network interface controllers on the host. They're collected by OneAgent network module.

Metric name
Metrics classic key
Metrics on Grail key
Windows
Linux
AIX
Discovery mode
Bytes Received / s
builtin:host.net.nic.bytesRx
dt.host.net.nic.bytes_rx
Bytes Sent / s
builtin:host.net.nic.bytesTx
dt.host.net.nic.bytes_tx
Packets Received / s
builtin:host.net.nic.packets.rx
dt.host.net.nic.packets.rx
Packets Sent / s
builtin:host.net.nic.packets.tx
dt.host.net.nic.packets.tx
Dropped Packets Out / s
builtin:host.net.nic.packets.droppedTx
dt.host.net.nic.packets.dropped_tx
Dropped Packets In / s
builtin:host.net.nic.packets.droppedRx
dt.host.net.nic.packets.dropped_rx
Errors Out / s
builtin:host.net.nic.packets.errorsTx
dt.host.net.nic.packets.errors_tx
Errors In / s
builtin:host.net.nic.packets.errorsRx
dt.host.net.nic.packets.errors_rx
Send Utilization
builtin:host.net.nic.linkUtilTx
dt.host.net.nic.link_util_tx
Received Utilization
builtin:host.net.nic.linkUtilRx
dt.host.net.nic.link_util_rx

Availability

Metric name
Metrics classic key
Metrics on Grail key
Windows
Linux
AIX
Discovery mode
Host availability
builtin:host.availability.state
dt.host.availability
Host uptime
builtin:host.uptime
builtin:host.uptime

Other

Metric name
Metrics classic key
Metrics on Grail key
Host Time Offset
builtin:host.la.to
unsupported