Pre-requisite commands to view performance graphs for a resource

Last published : Jul 06, 2026
Table: Pre-requisite commands for a host lists the pre-requisite commands that are required to view performance graphs for a host.

Table: Pre-requisite commands for a host

Chart name Pre-requisite commands
Available Memory Solaris/Linux: vmstat
AIX: svmon
Swap in Rate VMware Guest/ESX: SWPR/S
Solaris: sar
AIX: vmstat
Linux: sar
Used Swap Solaris/AIX: swap
Linux: cat /proc/swaps
VMware: vSphere APIs
Size/Used vxlist
To view the performance graphs for enclosure, multipathing path, and initiator for an ESX server running VxDMP, the user account that is used to configure the vCenter discovery must have the following privileges:
Host\CIM\CIM Interaction
To view the Available Memory, CPU Utilization, Swap in Rate, and the Used Swap performance graphs for VMware ESX servers and virtual machines, the user account that is used to configure the vCenter discovery must have the following privileges:
Host\Configuration\Change Settings
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