Reference record for OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.236.1.7.1.18

vmStorageWriteLatency

Status in source: current.

Names: vmStorageWriteLatency

{
  "smi_kind": "OBJECT-TYPE",
  "definition": [
    "vmStorageWriteLatency",
    "OBJECT-TYPE",
    "SYNTAX",
    "Counter64",
    "MAX-ACCESS",
    "read-only",
    "STATUS",
    "current",
    "DESCRIPTION",
    "\"The total number of microseconds write requests have been queued for this device. This would typically be implemented by storing the high precision system timestamp of when the request is received from the virtual machine with the request; the difference between this initial timestamp and the time at which the requested operation has completed SHOULD be converted to microseconds and accumulated. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the hypervisor and administrative state (vmAdminState) changes of the virtual machine.\"",
    "::=",
    "{",
    "vmStorageEntry",
    "18",
    "}"
  ],
  "syntax_tree": [
    [
      "ApplicationSyntax",
      "Counter64"
    ],
    null,
    [
      "MaxAccessPart",
      "read-only"
    ],
    [
      "Status",
      "current"
    ],
    [
      "DESCRIPTION",
      "The total number of microseconds write requests have been queued for this device. This would typically be implemented by storing the high precision system timestamp of when the request is received from the virtual machine with the request; the difference between this initial timestamp and the time at which the requested operation has completed SHOULD be converted to microseconds and accumulated. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the hypervisor and administrative state (vmAdminState) changes of the virtual machine."
    ],
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
  ]
}

• RFC Editor · RFC 7666 · RFC errata · Publisher's source file: Management Information Base for Virtual Machines Controlled by a Hypervisor

  Module: VM-MIB

  Published definition

  vmStorageWriteLatency OBJECT-TYPE
         SYNTAX       Counter64
         MAX-ACCESS   read-only
         STATUS       current
         DESCRIPTION
                 "The total number of microseconds write requests have
                 been queued for this device.
  
                 This would typically be implemented by storing the high
                 precision system timestamp of when the request is
                 received from the virtual machine with the request; the
                 difference between this initial timestamp and the time
                 at which the requested operation has completed SHOULD be
                 converted to microseconds and accumulated.
  
                 Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
                 at re-initialization of the hypervisor and
                 administrative state (vmAdminState) changes of the
                 virtual machine."
         ::= { vmStorageEntry 18 }

  Module imports

  {'IF-MIB': ['InterfaceIndexOrZero'], 'SNMPv2-TC': ['TEXTUAL-CONVENTION', 'PhysAddress', 'TruthValue'], 'SNMPv2-SMI': ['MODULE-IDENTITY', 'OBJECT-TYPE', 'NOTIFICATION-TYPE', 'TimeTicks', 'Counter64', 'Integer32', 'mib-2'], 'SNMPv2-CONF': ['OBJECT-GROUP', 'MODULE-COMPLIANCE', 'NOTIFICATION-GROUP'], 'UUID-TC-MIB': ['UUIDorZero'], 'SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB': ['SnmpAdminString'], 'IANA-STORAGE-MEDIA-TYPE-MIB': ['IANAStorageMediaType']}

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  Source location: VM-MIB::vmStorageWriteLatency.
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• Multiple manufacturers; see the original MIB MIB copies (LibreNMS/Observium Community) · Publisher's source file: Source package: observium-community-latest.tar.gz

  Vendor MIB copy from the Observium Community archive.

  Module: VM-MIB

  Published definition

  vmStorageWriteLatency OBJECT-TYPE
      SYNTAX       Counter64
      MAX-ACCESS   read-only
      STATUS       current
      DESCRIPTION
              "The total number of microseconds write requests have
              been queued for this device.
  
              This would typically be implemented by storing the high
              precision system timestamp of when the request is
              received from the virtual machine with the request; the
              difference between this initial timestamp and the time
              at which the requested operation has completed SHOULD be
              converted to microseconds and accumulated.
  
              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the hypervisor and
              administrative state (vmAdminState) changes of the
              virtual machine."
      ::= { vmStorageEntry 18 }

  Module imports

  {'IF-MIB': ['InterfaceIndexOrZero'], 'SNMPv2-TC': ['TEXTUAL-CONVENTION', 'PhysAddress', 'TruthValue'], 'SNMPv2-SMI': ['MODULE-IDENTITY', 'OBJECT-TYPE', 'NOTIFICATION-TYPE', 'TimeTicks', 'Counter64', 'Integer32', 'mib-2'], 'SNMPv2-CONF': ['OBJECT-GROUP', 'MODULE-COMPLIANCE', 'NOTIFICATION-GROUP'], 'UUID-TC-MIB': ['UUIDorZero'], 'SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB': ['SnmpAdminString'], 'IANA-STORAGE-MEDIA-TYPE-MIB': ['IANAStorageMediaType']}

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  • Observium Community original distribution archivePublisher Last-Modified: Tue, 05 May 2026 13:47:48 GMT; 127.4 MiB
  
  Source location: VM-MIB::vmStorageWriteLatency.
  Source version and references

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• Netdisco MIB archive copies · Publisher's source file: VM-MIB.txt

  Vendor MIB copy from the Netdisco archive.

  Module: VM-MIB

  Published definition

  vmStorageWriteLatency OBJECT-TYPE
      SYNTAX       Counter64
      MAX-ACCESS   read-only
      STATUS       current
      DESCRIPTION
              "The total number of microseconds write requests have
              been queued for this device.
  
              This would typically be implemented by storing the high
              precision system timestamp of when the request is
              received from the virtual machine with the request; the
              difference between this initial timestamp and the time
              at which the requested operation has completed SHOULD be
              converted to microseconds and accumulated.
  
              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the hypervisor and
              administrative state (vmAdminState) changes of the
              virtual machine."
      ::= { vmStorageEntry 18 }

  Module imports

  {'IF-MIB': ['InterfaceIndexOrZero'], 'SNMPv2-TC': ['TEXTUAL-CONVENTION', 'PhysAddress', 'TruthValue'], 'SNMPv2-SMI': ['MODULE-IDENTITY', 'OBJECT-TYPE', 'NOTIFICATION-TYPE', 'TimeTicks', 'Counter64', 'Integer32', 'mib-2'], 'SNMPv2-CONF': ['OBJECT-GROUP', 'MODULE-COMPLIANCE', 'NOTIFICATION-GROUP'], 'UUID-TC-MIB': ['UUIDorZero'], 'SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB': ['SnmpAdminString'], 'IANA-STORAGE-MEDIA-TYPE-MIB': ['IANAStorageMediaType']}

  · Download VM-MIB.txt

  Related source files and packages:

  • Netdisco archive revision metadata (not a manufacturer release date)File: repos/netdisco/netdisco-mibs/commits/master; 15,422 bytes
  • Netdisco MIB distribution at the selected archive revision38.9 MiB
  
  Source location: VM-MIB::vmStorageWriteLatency.
  Source version and references

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