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Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine
Object	Counter	Instance	Definition
Hyper-V Dynamic Memory VM	% Memory Pressure	_Total	The amount of memory the VM requires compared to the amount of memory currently allocated to the VM.
Hyper-V Dynamic Memory VM	Guest Visible Physical Memory MB	_Total	The amount of memory visible to a guest OS running inside the VM.
Hyper-V Dynamic Memory VM	Physical Memory MB	_Total	Current amount of memory in the VM.
Hyper-V Dynamic Memory VM	% Guest Run Time	_Total	Percentage of physical processor time consumed by the VM.
Hyper-V Hypervisor Virtual Processor	% Hypervisor Run Time	_Total	Percentage of physical processor time consumed by the Hyper-V host to run the VM.
Hyper-V Hypervisor Virtual Processor	% Total Run Time	_Total	Percentage of physical processor time consumed by the Hyper-V host to run the VM and processor time consumed by the VM itself.
Hyper-V Hypervisor Virtual Processor	Usage MHz	_Total	The current CPU usage for the virtual processor (in MHz).
Hyper-V Virtual Network Adapter	Total Network KB/sec	_Total	Rate at which bytes have been sent and received per second to the network.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Total Disk KB/sec	_Total	Rate at which bytes have been read and written per second on the virtual device.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Highest Latency	_Total	The highest latency for completing read and write requests on the virtual machine.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Highest Latency	[instance per-disk]	The highest latency for completing read and write requests on the virtual device.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Highest Latency	_Checkpoint Disks	The highest latency for completing read and write requests on checkpoint disks.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	KB Total/sec	[instance per-disk]	Rate at which bytes have been read and written per second on the virtual device.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	KB Total/sec	_Checkpoint Disks	Rate at which bytes have been read and written per second on checkpoint disks.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Error Count	_Checkpoint Disks	Total number of errors that have occurred on checkpoint disks.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Flush Count	_Checkpoint Disks	Total number of flush operations that have occurred on checkpoint disks.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Commands per second	_Checkpoint Disks	Number of input/output operations per second, calculated as total of reads and writes and divided by the collection interval.
Hyper-V Virtual Processor	% Avg Dispatch Wait Time	_Total	The average time (in percentage) that a vCPU of a VM was ready, but could not get scheduled to run on the physical CPU.
Hyper-V Virtual Processor	% Max Dispatch Wait Time	_Total	The maximum time (in percentage) that a vCPU of a VM was ready, but could not get scheduled to run on the physical CPU.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Error Count	_Total	Total number of errors that have occurred on the virtual machine.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Error Count	InstanceName	Total number of errors that have occurred on the virtual device.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Flush Count	_Total	Total number of flush operations that have occurred on the virtual machine.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Flush Count	InstanceName	Total number of flush operations that have occurred on the virtual device.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Commands per second	_Total	Number of input/output operations per second, calculated as total of reads and writes and divided by the collection interval.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Used Storage GB	_Total	Total storage space (in GB) committed to the virtual machine across all virtual devices.
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device	Used Storage GB	InstanceName	Storage space (in GB) committed to the virtual machine on the virtual device.
Hyper-V VM Checkpoints	Checkpoint Size MB	_Total	Total size of snapshot files for the VM.
Hyper-V VM Checkpoints	Checkpoint Age Hours	_Total	The age of the oldest snapshot.

Host NET

Host NET
Object	Counter	Instance	Definition
Hyper-V Network Adapter	Output Queue Length	AdapterName	Length of the output queue (in packets). If the Output Queue Length is longer than 2, there are delays and the bottleneck should be found and eliminated, if possible.