How to log CPU usage by processes

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On one of our servers I used Perfmon to log CPU usage. It showed me several spikeat 100% but don't know what process(s) caused that. So, how can I log CPU usage for process which used more than 40%?

Thanks.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '10 at 19:32

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With Perfmon, use the "Process" counter container. You can then examine individual processes. To dig deeper use SysInternals (now MS) ProcessExplorer.

answered Oct 25 '10 at 19:32

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '10 at 13:58

If you monitor your servers with SNMP, and store the recordings in something like Solarwinds Orion or MRTG or several other systems, you can keep a graph of CPU usage by process. You'll have to be able to keep the data by process name; I don't know if MRTG will do that OOTB or at all. I know that Orion will track named processes.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 16 '11 at 17:49

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How about the "tasklist" command? it's actually really useful, try it with the '/v' option.

Oh and HERE's a guide to it.

Hope it helps.

answered Jan 16 '11 at 17:49

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 11 '11 at 21:39

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You can also deploy nagios for monitoring

answered Mar 11 '11 at 21:39

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How to log CPU usage by processes

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