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.
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Metric name |
Metric type |
Service |
Description |
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CPU utilization |
appengine.googleapis.com/flex/cpu/utilization |
app engine |
Fractional utilization of allocated CPU across an App Engine flexible environment version. |
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Response count |
appengine.googleapis.com/http/server/response_count |
Delta HTTP response count | |
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Free disk space percent |
file.googleapis.com/nfs/server/free_bytes_percent |
file |
Free disk space as a percentage of the total space. |
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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 |
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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. | |
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Instance group size |
compute.googleapis.com/instance_group/size |
compute |
The number of VMs in the instance group. |
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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). | |
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CPU usage time |
compute.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/usage_time |
Delta CPU usage time in seconds. Cumulative CPU usage time since instance start. | |
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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. | |
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CPU reserved cores |
compute.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/reserved_cores |
Number of cores reserved for the instance. | |
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Disk queue length |
compute.googleapis.com/guest/disk/queue_length |
Number of requests waiting to be handled by the disk. | |
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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. | |
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Disk read bytes |
compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/read_bytes_count |
Delta count of bytes read from disk. | |
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Disk max read operations |
compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/max_read_ops_count |
Maximum number of read operations that can be performed per second. | |
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Disk write bytes |
compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/write_bytes_count |
Delta count of bytes written to disk. | |
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Disk max write operations |
compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/max_write_ops_count |
Maximum number of write operations that can be performed per second. | |
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Disk read operations |
compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/read_ops_count |
Delta count of disk read IO operations. | |
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Disk write operations |
compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/write_ops_count |
Delta count of disk write IO operations. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Network received bytes |
compute.googleapis.com/instance/network/received_bytes_count |
Delta count of bytes received from the network. | |
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Network sent bytes |
compute.googleapis.com/instance/network/sent_bytes_count |
Delta count of bytes sent over the network. | |
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Network received packets |
compute.googleapis.com/instance/network/received_packets_count |
Delta count of packets received from the network. | |
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Network sent packets |
compute.googleapis.com/instance/network/sent_packets_count |
Delta count of packets sent over the network. | |
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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. | |
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Memory bytes used |
compute.googleapis.com/guest/memory/bytes_used |
Total memory usage in bytes. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Unevictable memory used |
compute.googleapis.com/guest/memory/unevictable_used |
Unevictable memory usage in bytes. Unevictable memory is memory that cannot be swapped out. | |
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Disk operation bytes |
compute.googleapis.com/guest/disk/operation_bytes_count |
Delta count of bytes transferred in disk operations. | |
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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. | |
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System uptime |
compute.googleapis.com/guest/system/uptime |
Delta of system uptime in seconds. | |
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System problem count |
compute.googleapis.com/guest/system/problem_count |
Delta count of system problems detected. | |
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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. |
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Memory limit utilization |
kubernetes.io/anthos/container/memory/limit_utilization |
The fraction of the memory limit that is currently in use on the instance. | |
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Executions |
cloudfunctions.googleapis.com/function/execution_count |
cloudfunctions |
Count of function executions broken down by status. |
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Tunnel established |
n.googleapis.com/tunnel_established |
vpn |
Indicates successful tunnel establishment if > 0. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Disabled for network |
firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/network/disabled_for_overages |
firebasedatabase |
Indicates if the Firebase database has been disabled for network overages. |
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Disabled for storage |
firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/storage/disabled_for_overages |
Indicates if the Firebase database has been disabled for storage overages. | |
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Database load |
firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/io/database_load |
Fraction of database load, grouped by type. | |
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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. |
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Disk utilization |
cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/disk/utilization |
The fraction of the disk quota that is currently in use. | |
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Instance state |
cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/instance_state |
The current serving state of the Cloud SQL instance. | |
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Memory utilization |
cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/memory/utilization |
The fraction of the memory quota that is currently in use. | |
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Server up |
cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/up |
Indicates if the server is up. | |
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CPU utilization by priority |
spanner.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/utilization_by_priority |
spanner |
Percent utilization of provisioned CPU, by priority. |
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Smoothed CPU utilization |
spanner.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/smoothed_utilization |
24-hour smoothed utilization of provisioned CPU. | |
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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. |
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Cache memory usage |
memcache.googleapis.com/node/cachememory |
Bytes allotted for the Memcached cache in this node, grouped by whether that memory is used. | |
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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. |
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Unhealthy HDFS blocks by status |
dataproc.googleapis.com/hdfs/unhealthy_blocks |
Indicates the number of unhealthy blocks inside the cluster. | |
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Processes |
agent.googleapis.com/processes/count_by_state |
processes |
Count of processes in the given state. Relevant for Linux only. |
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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. |
--- title: Google Cloud Platform \(GCP\) metrics description: 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. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/gcp-metrics.html release: australia product: Agent Client Collector classification: agent-client-collector topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-09-10" reading_time_minutes: 5 breadcrumb: [ACC-M default checks and policies, ACC-M reference, Agent Client Collector reference, Agent Client Collector, IT Operations Management] --- # 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. <table id="table_ofv_4jy_khc"><thead><tr><th> Metric name </th><th> Metric type </th><th> Service </th><th> Description </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> CPU utilization </td><td> appengine.googleapis.com/flex/cpu/utilization </td><td rowspan="2" align="center"> app engine </td><td> Fractional utilization of allocated CPU across an App Engine flexible environment version. </td></tr><tr><td> Response count </td><td> appengine.googleapis.com/http/server/response\_count </td><td> Delta HTTP response count </td></tr><tr><td> Free disk space percent </td><td> file.googleapis.com/nfs/server/free\_bytes\_percent </td><td align="center"> file </td><td> Free disk space as a percentage of the total space. </td></tr><tr><td> Circuit Operational Status </td><td> interconnect.googleapis.com/network/interconnect/link/operational </td><td rowspan="2" align="center"> interconnect </td><td> Whether the operational status of the circuit is 'up'. This metric is specific to individual physical circuits </td></tr><tr><td> Operational Status </td><td> interconnect.googleapis.com/network/interconnect/operational </td><td> Whether the operational status of the interconnect is 'up'. This metric is specific to the aggregate LACP bundle. </td></tr><tr><td> Instance group size </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance\_group/size </td><td rowspan="30" align="center"> compute </td><td> The number of VMs in the instance group. </td></tr><tr><td> CPU utilization </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/utilization </td><td> 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% \(or more\). </td></tr><tr><td> CPU usage time </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/usage\_time </td><td> Delta CPU usage time in seconds. Cumulative CPU usage time since instance start. </td></tr><tr><td> CPU scheduler wait time </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/scheduler\_wait\_time </td><td> Wait time is the time a vCPU is runnable but not scheduled to run by the hypervisor. </td></tr><tr><td> CPU reserved cores </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/reserved\_cores </td><td> Number of cores reserved for the instance. </td></tr><tr><td> Disk queue length </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/guest/disk/queue\_length </td><td> Number of requests waiting to be handled by the disk. </td></tr><tr><td> Uptime </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/uptime </td><td> Delta of how long the VM has been running, measured in seconds.For availability monitoring, use uptime checks instead. </td></tr><tr><td> Disk read bytes </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/read\_bytes\_count </td><td> Delta count of bytes read from disk. </td></tr><tr><td> Disk max read operations </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/max\_read\_ops\_count </td><td> Maximum number of read operations that can be performed per second. </td></tr><tr><td> Disk write bytes </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/write\_bytes\_count </td><td> Delta count of bytes written to disk. </td></tr><tr><td> Disk max write operations </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/max\_write\_ops\_count </td><td> Maximum number of write operations that can be performed per second. </td></tr><tr><td> Disk read operations </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/read\_ops\_count </td><td> Delta count of disk read IO operations. </td></tr><tr><td> Disk write operations </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/disk/write\_ops\_count </td><td> Delta count of disk write IO operations. </td></tr><tr><td> Memory balloon RAM size </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/memory/balloon/ram\_size </td><td> 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. </td></tr><tr><td> Memory balloon RAM used </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/memory/balloon/ram\_used </td><td> Memory currently used by the guest RAM, excluding memory used by the balloon itself, measured in bytes. </td></tr><tr><td> Memory swap in </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/memory/balloon/swap\_in\_bytes\_count </td><td> The amount of memory \(in bytes\) swapped in from disk to memory. </td></tr><tr><td> Memory swap out </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/memory/balloon/swap\_out\_bytes\_count </td><td> The amount of memory \(in bytes\) swapped out from memory to disk. </td></tr><tr><td> Network received bytes </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/network/received\_bytes\_count </td><td> Delta count of bytes received from the network. </td></tr><tr><td> Network sent bytes </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/network/sent\_bytes\_count </td><td> Delta count of bytes sent over the network. </td></tr><tr><td> Network received packets </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/network/received\_packets\_count </td><td> Delta count of packets received from the network. </td></tr><tr><td> Network sent packets </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/instance/network/sent\_packets\_count </td><td> Delta count of packets sent over the network. </td></tr><tr><td> Anonymous memory used </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/guest/memory/anonymous\_used </td><td> Anonymous memory usage in bytes. Anonymous memory represents memory that is not backed by a file. </td></tr><tr><td> Memory bytes used </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/guest/memory/bytes\_used </td><td> Total memory usage in bytes. </td></tr><tr><td> Dirty memory used </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/guest/memory/dirty\_used </td><td> Dirty memory usage in bytes. Dirty pages are pages in memory that have been modified but not yet written to disk. </td></tr><tr><td> Page cache used </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/guest/memory/page\_cache\_used </td><td> Page cache memory usage in bytes. Page cache is used to cache file data. </td></tr><tr><td> Unevictable memory used </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/guest/memory/unevictable\_used </td><td> Unevictable memory usage in bytes. Unevictable memory is memory that cannot be swapped out. </td></tr><tr><td> Disk operation bytes </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/guest/disk/operation\_bytes\_count </td><td> Delta count of bytes transferred in disk operations. </td></tr><tr><td> System problem state </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/guest/system/problem\_state </td><td> Indicates whether the system is experiencing problems. 1 means there is a problem, 0 means no problem. </td></tr><tr><td> System uptime </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/guest/system/uptime </td><td> Delta of system uptime in seconds. </td></tr><tr><td> System problem count </td><td> compute.googleapis.com/guest/system/problem\_count </td><td> Delta count of system problems detected. </td></tr><tr><td> CPU limit utilization </td><td> kubernetes.io/anthos/container/cpu/limit\_utilization </td><td rowspan="2" align="center"> anthos </td><td> The fraction of the CPU limit that is currently in use on the instance. </td></tr><tr><td> Memory limit utilization </td><td> kubernetes.io/anthos/container/memory/limit\_utilization </td><td> The fraction of the memory limit that is currently in use on the instance. </td></tr><tr><td> Executions </td><td> cloudfunctions.googleapis.com/function/execution\_count </td><td align="center"> cloudfunctions </td><td> Count of function executions broken down by status. </td></tr><tr><td> Tunnel established </td><td> n.googleapis.com/tunnel\_established </td><td align="center"> vpn </td><td> Indicates successful tunnel establishment if > 0. </td></tr><tr><td> RTT latencies per internal TCP/UDP load balancer </td><td> loadbalancing.googleapis.com/l3/internal/rtt\_latencies </td><td align="center"> loadbalancing </td><td> A distribution of RTT measured over TCP connections for internal TCP/UDP load balancer flows. </td></tr><tr><td> Unacked messages by region </td><td> pubsub.googleapis.com/subscription/num\_unacked\_messages\_by\_region </td><td align="center"> pubsub </td><td> Number of unacknowledged messages in a subscription, broken down by Cloud region. </td></tr><tr><td> Disabled for network </td><td> firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/network/disabled\_for\_overages </td><td rowspan="3" align="center"> firebasedatabase </td><td> Indicates if the Firebase database has been disabled for network overages. </td></tr><tr><td> Disabled for storage </td><td> firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/storage/disabled\_for\_overages </td><td> Indicates if the Firebase database has been disabled for storage overages. </td></tr><tr><td> Database load </td><td> firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/io/database\_load </td><td> Fraction of database load, grouped by type. </td></tr><tr><td> CPU utilization </td><td> cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/cpu/utilization </td><td rowspan="5" align="center"> cloudsql </td><td> Current CPU utilization represented as a percentage of the reserved CPU that is currently in use. </td></tr><tr><td> Disk utilization </td><td> cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/disk/utilization </td><td> The fraction of the disk quota that is currently in use. </td></tr><tr><td> Instance state </td><td> cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/instance\_state </td><td> The current serving state of the Cloud SQL instance. </td></tr><tr><td> Memory utilization </td><td> cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/memory/utilization </td><td> The fraction of the memory quota that is currently in use. </td></tr><tr><td> Server up </td><td> cloudsql.googleapis.com/database/up </td><td> Indicates if the server is up. </td></tr><tr><td> CPU utilization by priority </td><td> spanner.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/utilization\_by\_priority </td><td rowspan="3" align="center"> spanner </td><td> Percent utilization of provisioned CPU, by priority. </td></tr><tr><td> Smoothed CPU utilization </td><td> spanner.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/smoothed\_utilization </td><td> 24-hour smoothed utilization of provisioned CPU. </td></tr><tr><td> Storage used </td><td> spanner.googleapis.com/instance/storage/used\_bytes </td><td> Storage used in bytes. Sampled every 60 seconds. </td></tr><tr><td> CPU usage percent </td><td> memcache.googleapis.com/node/cpu/utilization </td><td rowspan="2" align="center"> memcache </td><td> CPU usage percent by Memcached node. </td></tr><tr><td> Cache memory usage </td><td> memcache.googleapis.com/node/cachememory </td><td> Bytes allotted for the Memcached cache in this node, grouped by whether that memory is used. </td></tr><tr><td> Used memory </td><td> redis.googleapis.com/redis.googleapis.com/stats/memory/usage\_ratio </td><td rowspan="2" align="center"> redis </td><td> Total number of bytes allocated by Redis. </td></tr><tr><td> Memory usage ratio </td><td> redis.googleapis.com/stats/memory/usage\_ratio </td><td> Memory usage as a ratio of maximum memory. </td></tr><tr><td> CPU load </td><td> bigtable.googleapis.com/cluster\_cpu\_load </td><td rowspan="3" align="center"> bigtable </td><td> CPU load of a cluster. </td></tr><tr><td> Disk load </td><td> bigtable.googleapis.com/cluster\_disk\_load </td><td> Utilization of HDD disks in a cluster. </td></tr><tr><td> Storage utilization </td><td> bigtable.googleapis.com/cluster\_storage\_utilization </td><td> Storage used as a fraction of total storage capacity. </td></tr><tr><td> HDFS storage utilization </td><td> dataproc.googleapis.com/cluster/hdfs/storage\_utilization </td><td rowspan="2" align="center"> dataproc </td><td> The percentage of HDFS storage currently used. </td></tr><tr><td> Unhealthy HDFS blocks by status </td><td> dataproc.googleapis.com/hdfs/unhealthy\_blocks </td><td> Indicates the number of unhealthy blocks inside the cluster. </td></tr><tr><td> Processes </td><td> agent.googleapis.com/processes/count\_by\_state </td><td rowspan="2" align="center"> processes </td><td> Count of processes in the given state. Relevant for Linux only. </td></tr><tr><td> Process CPU </td><td> agent.googleapis.com/processes/cpu\_time </td><td> Time taken by CPU to complete a given process. </td></tr><tr><td> TCP connections </td><td> agent.googleapis.com/processes/network </td><td align="center"> network </td><td> Current count of TCP connections. </td></tr></tbody> </table>**Parent Topic:**[Agent Client Collector Monitoring default checks and policies](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/agent-policies-checks.md)
| title | Google Cloud Platform \(GCP\) metrics |
| description | 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. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/gcp-metrics.html |
| release | australia |
| product | Agent Client Collector |
| classification | agent-client-collector |
| topic_type | reference |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 5 |
| breadcrumb | ACC-M default checks and policiesACC-M referenceAgent Client Collector referenceAgent Client CollectorIT Operations Management |