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VB script to show/log processor utilization by process.

Greetings all,

I am looking to get a script that will report back processor utilization per process. It would also be ideal if I can run the script from a remote machine instead of the actual machine I want to report against.

I'd like something like this as the output that would be sent and appended into a log file:
Date/Time, Computer Name: x-server, Total CPU Usage: ##%
current CPU usage, Process Name

Sample:
6/20/2005 10:30:00AM, X-Server, 3%
02, explorer.exe
01, firefox.exe
00, notepad.exe
6/20/2005 10:35:00AM, X-Server, 5%
03, explorer.exe
02, firefox.exe
00, notepad.exe

If any more information is needed, please let me know.

Thanks in advance!
chris.

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cciesliga

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Thanks for the response sj_hicks.

One other question...

What exactly is Percent Processor Time supposed to be returning? On my test box, I've got quite a few of the processes that are showing 0. Then, I have some that are showing 100 (explorer), 1 (inetinfo), 100 (notepad), etc. How is this supposed to translate into CPU Usage as would be reported in Task Manager?

Thanks again!

sj_hicks

Hmm, it appears that I misunderstood the description of "Percent Processor Time". You're right, it isn't a snapshot of current CPU % utilisation by that process. Unfortunately I don't know how to get it then. A few newsgroups I read through indicated that it isn't easy, but none of them had a solution. Sorry.

Anyone else got any ideas?

cciesliga

ASKER

So, it's looking like current CPU% by process isn't going to happen. sj_hicks, thanks for the link with the variables! That will help with some other things we're trying to do.