def vmstats():
    '''
    Return information about the virtual memory on the machine

    Returns:
        dict: A dictionary of virtual memory stats

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt * status.vmstats
    '''
    # Setup the SPI Structure
    spi = SYSTEM_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION()
    retlen = ctypes.c_ulong()

    # 2 means to query System Performance Information and return it in a
    # SYSTEM_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION Structure
    ctypes.windll.ntdll.NtQuerySystemInformation(
        2, ctypes.byref(spi), ctypes.sizeof(spi), ctypes.byref(retlen))

    # Return each defined field in a dict
    ret = {}
    for field in spi._fields_:
        ret.update({field[0]: getattr(spi, field[0])})

    return ret