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// * virt/monitoring/virt-using-downward-metrics.adoc

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= Viewing downward metrics

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You can view downward metrics by using either the command-line interface (CLI), or the `vm-dump-metrics` tool.

[NOTE]
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On Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9, use the command line to view downward metrics. The vm-dump-metrics tool is not supported on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 platform.
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