How to capture a process's memory and current CPU usage at specified intervals

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requirement is to capture the following information in a single log file every 5 minutes for 4 processes (7005.exe, 7006.exe, 7007.exe, 7008.exe).

filename, memory used (kb), Cpu%, timestamp 7005.exe, 10240, 75, 10:30 AM 7006.exe, 10240, 75, 10:30 AM 7005.exe, 10242, 75, 10:35 AM 7006.exe, 10000, 75, 10:35 AM

I tried using task list but I am no good at command file scripting.

Please advise,

Thanks.

Can I use typeperf to capture memory used by each executable? — user606093, Oct 09 '12 at 10:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 09 '12 at 08:33

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do you want something like sysinternals psList ?

answered Oct 09 '12 at 08:33

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 09 '12 at 08:35

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Check out Windows Management Instrumentation, and the tasks/process API in particular. There's an example on that page for gathering process CPU info via the Process object.

answered Oct 09 '12 at 08:35

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 28 '13 at 11:38

I have used these commands in a batch file, the only issue I have is to capture time the app name and memory usage. Any words of advise on how to capture date and time in the same line of the process?

echo %Date% %TIME% >> c:\ym\tasklist.log

tasklist /fi "memusage gt 100000" >> c:\tasklist.log

The output:

Image Name                     PID Session Name        Session#    Mem Usage
========================= ======== ================ =========== ============
explorer.exe                   476 Console                    2    189,384 K
Maxthon.exe                   8104 Console                    2    275,540 K
OUTLOOK.EXE                   5320 Console                    2    189,992 K
Tue 10/09/2012 15:17:00.20 

Image Name                     PID Session Name        Session#    Mem Usage
========================= ======== ================ =========== ============
explorer.exe                   476 Console                    2    187,936 K
Maxthon.exe                   8104 Console                    2    275,520 K
OUTLOOK.EXE                   5320 Console                    2    190,076 K
Tue 10/09/2012 15:19:00.35 

Image Name                     PID Session Name        Session#    Mem Usage
========================= ======== ================ =========== ============
explorer.exe                   476 Console                    2    188,044 K
Maxthon.exe                   8104 Console                    2    300,520 K
OUTLOOK.EXE                   5320 Console                    2    190,080 K

The challenge for me is to bring the time-stamp next to each process. Someone advise please.

How to capture a process's memory and current CPU usage at specified intervals

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