Google Cloud Platform (GCP) metrics

The following table lists and describes the metrics that are gathered by the acc_grp_metrics_list.json configuration data file. The file is uploaded to a check definition or check instance, and the metrics in the file are monitored by the check for its agent.

Tableau 1. GCP metrics

Metric name	Metric type	Service	Description
CPU utilization	appengine.googleapis.com/flex/cpu/utilization	app engine	Fractional utilization of allocated CPU across an App Engine flexible environment version.
Response count	appengine.googleapis.com/http/server/response_count		Delta HTTP response count
Free disk space percent	file.googleapis.com/nfs/server/free_bytes_percent	file	Free disk space as a percentage of the total space.
Circuit Operational Status	interconnect.googleapis.com/network/interconnect/link/operational	interconnect	Whether the operational status of the circuit is 'up'. This metric is specific to individual physical circuits
Operational Status	interconnect.googleapis.com/network/interconnect/operational		Whether the operational status of the interconnect is 'up'. This metric is specific to the aggregate LACP bundle.
Instance group size	compute.googleapis.com/instance_group/size	compute	The number of VMs in the instance group.
CPU utilization	compute.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/utilization		Fractional utilization of allocated CPU on this instance. Values are typically numbers between 0.0 and 1.0 (but can exceed 1.0). Charts display the values as a percentage between 0% and 100% (or more).
CPU usage time	compute.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/usage_time		Delta CPU usage time in seconds. Cumulative CPU usage time since instance start.
CPU scheduler wait time	compute.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/scheduler_wait_time		Wait time is the time a vCPU is runnable but not scheduled to run by the hypervisor.
CPU reserved cores	compute.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/reserved_cores		Number of cores reserved for the instance.
Disk queue length	compute.googleapis.com/guest/disk/queue_length		Number of requests waiting to be handled by the disk.
Uptime	compute.googleapis.com/instance/uptime		Delta of how long the VM has been running, measured in seconds. For availability monitoring, use uptime checks instead.
Disk read bytes	compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/read_bytes_count		Delta count of bytes read from disk.
Disk max read operations	compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/max_read_ops_count		Maximum number of read operations that can be performed per second.
Disk write bytes	compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/write_bytes_count		Delta count of bytes written to disk.
Disk max write operations	compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/max_write_ops_count		Maximum number of write operations that can be performed per second.
Disk read operations	compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/read_ops_count		Delta count of disk read IO operations.
Disk write operations	compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/write_ops_count		Delta count of disk write IO operations.
Memory balloon RAM size	compute.googleapis.com/instance/memory/balloon/ram_size		The total amount of memory allocated to the guest's balloon driver in bytes. Memory ballooning enables the hypervisor to reclaim memory from the guest VM.
Memory balloon RAM used	compute.googleapis.com/instance/memory/balloon/ram_used		Memory currently used by the guest RAM, excluding memory used by the balloon itself, measured in bytes.
Memory swap in	compute.googleapis.com/instance/memory/balloon/swap_in_bytes_count		The amount of memory (in bytes) swapped in from disk to memory.
Memory swap out	compute.googleapis.com/instance/memory/balloon/swap_out_bytes_count		The amount of memory (in bytes) swapped out from memory to disk.
Network received bytes	compute.googleapis.com/instance/network/received_bytes_count		Delta count of bytes received from the network.
Network sent bytes	compute.googleapis.com/instance/network/sent_bytes_count		Delta count of bytes sent over the network.
Network received packets	compute.googleapis.com/instance/network/received_packets_count		Delta count of packets received from the network.
Network sent packets	compute.googleapis.com/instance/network/sent_packets_count		Delta count of packets sent over the network.
Anonymous memory used	compute.googleapis.com/guest/memory/anonymous_used		Anonymous memory usage in bytes. Anonymous memory represents memory that is not backed by a file.
Memory bytes used	compute.googleapis.com/guest/memory/bytes_used		Total memory usage in bytes.
Dirty memory used	compute.googleapis.com/guest/memory/dirty_used		Dirty memory usage in bytes. Dirty pages are pages in memory that have been modified but not yet written to disk.
Page cache used	compute.googleapis.com/guest/memory/page_cache_used		Page cache memory usage in bytes. Page cache is used to cache file data.
Unevictable memory used	compute.googleapis.com/guest/memory/unevictable_used		Unevictable memory usage in bytes. Unevictable memory is memory that cannot be swapped out.
Disk operation bytes	compute.googleapis.com/guest/disk/operation_bytes_count		Delta count of bytes transferred in disk operations.
System problem state	compute.googleapis.com/guest/system/problem_state		Indicates whether the system is experiencing problems. 1 means there is a problem, 0 means no problem.
System uptime	compute.googleapis.com/guest/system/uptime		Delta of system uptime in seconds.
System problem count	compute.googleapis.com/guest/system/problem_count		Delta count of system problems detected.
CPU limit utilization	kubernetes.io/anthos/container/cpu/limit_utilization	anthos	The fraction of the CPU limit that is currently in use on the instance.
Memory limit utilization	kubernetes.io/anthos/container/memory/limit_utilization		The fraction of the memory limit that is currently in use on the instance.
Executions	cloudfunctions.googleapis.com/function/execution_count	cloudfunctions	Count of function executions broken down by status.
Tunnel established	n.googleapis.com/tunnel_established	vpn	Indicates successful tunnel establishment if > 0.
RTT latencies per internal TCP/UDP load balancer	loadbalancing.googleapis.com/l3/internal/rtt_latencies	loadbalancing	A distribution of RTT measured over TCP connections for internal TCP/UDP load balancer flows.
Unacked messages by region	pubsub.googleapis.com/subscription/num_unacked_messages_by_region	pubsub	Number of unacknowledged messages in a subscription, broken down by Cloud region.
Disabled for network	firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/network/disabled_for_overages	firebasedatabase	Indicates if the Firebase database has been disabled for network overages.
Disabled for storage	firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/storage/disabled_for_overages		Indicates if the Firebase database has been disabled for storage overages.
Database load	firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/io/database_load		Fraction of database load, grouped by type.
CPU utilization	cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/cpu/utilization	cloudsql	Current CPU utilization represented as a percentage of the reserved CPU that is currently in use.
Disk utilization	cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/disk/utilization		The fraction of the disk quota that is currently in use.
Instance state	cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/instance_state		The current serving state of the Cloud SQL instance.
Memory utilization	cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/memory/utilization		The fraction of the memory quota that is currently in use.
Server up	cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/up		Indicates if the server is up.
CPU utilization by priority	spanner.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/utilization_by_priority	spanner	Percent utilization of provisioned CPU, by priority.
Smoothed CPU utilization	spanner.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/smoothed_utilization		24-hour smoothed utilization of provisioned CPU.
Storage used	spanner.googleapis.com/instance/storage/used_bytes		Storage used in bytes. Sampled every 60 seconds.
CPU usage percent	memcache.googleapis.com/node/cpu/utilization	memcache	CPU usage percent by Memcached node.
Cache memory usage	memcache.googleapis.com/node/cachememory		Bytes allotted for the Memcached cache in this node, grouped by whether that memory is used.
Used memory	redis.googleapis.com/redis.googleapis.com/stats/memory/usage_ratio	redis	Total number of bytes allocated by Redis.
Memory usage ratio	redis.googleapis.com/stats/memory/usage_ratio		Memory usage as a ratio of maximum memory.
CPU load	bigtable.googleapis.com/cluster_cpu_load	bigtable	CPU load of a cluster.
Disk load	bigtable.googleapis.com/cluster_disk_load		Utilization of HDD disks in a cluster.
Storage utilization	bigtable.googleapis.com/cluster_storage_utilization		Storage used as a fraction of total storage capacity.
HDFS storage utilization	dataproc.googleapis.com/cluster/hdfs/storage_utilization	dataproc	The percentage of HDFS storage currently used.
Unhealthy HDFS blocks by status	dataproc.googleapis.com/hdfs/unhealthy_blocks		Indicates the number of unhealthy blocks inside the cluster.
Processes	agent.googleapis.com/processes/count_by_state	processes	Count of processes in the given state. Relevant for Linux only.
Process CPU	agent.googleapis.com/processes/cpu_time		Time taken by CPU to complete a given process.
TCP connections	agent.googleapis.com/processes/network	network	Current count of TCP connections.