diff --git a/prometheus/adapter.yaml b/prometheus/adapter.yaml
index e954f7e55..fa374f3d9 100644
--- a/prometheus/adapter.yaml
+++ b/prometheus/adapter.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,39 @@ rules:
         matches: "^(.*)_total$"
         as: "${1}_rate_per_second"
       metricsQuery: 'sum(increase(vertica_query_requests_attempted_total[5m])) by (namespace, pod)'
+    # Aggregate CPU usage, expressed as a percentage of total CPU capacity. Type: gauge
+    - seriesQuery: 'vertica_cpu_aggregate_usage_percentage{namespace!="", pod!=""}'
+      resources:
+        overrides:
+          namespace:
+            resource: namespace
+          pod:
+            resource: pod
+      metricsQuery: 'avg_over_time(vertica_cpu_aggregate_usage_percentage[60m])'
+    # Total Vertica process memory usage, expressed as a percentage of total usable RAM. Type: gauge
+    - seriesQuery: 'vertica_process_memory_usage_percent{namespace!="", pod!=""}'
+      resources:
+        overrides:
+          namespace:
+            resource: namespace
+          pod:
+            resource: pod
+      metricsQuery: 'avg_over_time(vertica_process_memory_usage_percent[60m])'
+    # # Number of active sessions. Type: guage
+    # - seriesQuery: 'vertica_sessions_running_counter{namespace!="", pod!=""}'
+    #   resources:
+    #     overrides:
+    #       namespace:
+    #         resource: namespace
+    #       pod:
+    #         resource: pod
+    #   metricsQuery: 'sum(increase(vertica_sessions_running_counter[1m])) by (namespace, pod)'
+    # # Number of requests that are queued in the resource pool. Type: guage
+    # - seriesQuery: 'vertica_queued_requests_total{namespace!="", pod!=""}'
+    #   resources:
+    #     overrides:
+    #       namespace:
+    #         resource: namespace
+    #       pod:
+    #         resource: pod
+    #   metricsQuery: 'sum(increase(vertica_queued_requests_total[1m])) by (namespace, pod)'
diff --git a/tests/e2e-leg-12/prometheus-sanity/35-verify-custom-metrics.yaml b/tests/e2e-leg-12/prometheus-sanity/35-verify-custom-metrics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2ddd0648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e-leg-12/prometheus-sanity/35-verify-custom-metrics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021-2024] Open Text.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - script: |
+      NAMESPACE=$(kubectl get pod v-prometheus-pri1-0 -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.namespace}')
+      RESULT=$(kubectl get --raw /apis/custom.metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1/namespaces/$NAMESPACE/pods/v-prometheus-pri1-0/vertica_cpu_aggregate_usage_percentage)
+      OUTPUT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r '.items[0].value')
+      # verify the metrics result
+      if [[ "$OUTPUT" == "" ]]; then
+        echo "empty custom metrics result on vertica_cpu_aggregate_usage_percentage. Result: $RESULT"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+  - script: |
+      NAMESPACE=$(kubectl get pod v-prometheus-pri1-0 -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.namespace}')
+      RESULT=$(kubectl get --raw /apis/custom.metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1/namespaces/$NAMESPACE/pods/v-prometheus-pri1-0/vertica_process_memory_usage_percent)
+      OUTPUT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r '.items[0].value')
+      # verify the metrics result
+      if [[ "$OUTPUT" == "" ]]; then
+        echo "empty custom metrics result on vertica_process_memory_usage_percent. Result: $RESULT"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+  # - script: |
+  #     NAMESPACE=$(kubectl get pod v-prometheus-pri1-0 -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.namespace}')
+  #     RESULT=$(kubectl get --raw /apis/custom.metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1/namespaces/$NAMESPACE/pods/v-prometheus-pri1-0/vertica_sessions_running_counter)
+  #     OUTPUT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r '.items[0].value')
+  #     # verify the metrics result
+  #     if [[ "$OUTPUT" == "" ]]; then
+  #       echo "empty custom metrics result on vertica_sessions_running_counter. Result: $RESULT"
+  #       exit 1
+  #     fi
+  # - script: |
+  #     NAMESPACE=$(kubectl get pod v-prometheus-pri1-0 -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.namespace}')
+  #     RESULT=$(kubectl get --raw /apis/custom.metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1/namespaces/$NAMESPACE/pods/v-prometheus-pri1-0/vertica_queued_requests_total)
+  #     OUTPUT=$(echo $RESULT | jq -r '.items[0].value')
+  #     # verify the metrics result
+  #     if [[ "$OUTPUT" == "" ]]; then
+  #       echo "empty custom metrics result on vertica_queued_requests_total. Result: $RESULT"
+  #       exit 1
+  #     fi