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Need to be notified of processes causing high utilization
I am finding that a server I am responsible for is having utilization problems but by the time I get notified and pop on it remotely the problem is gone. Is there a simple logger/notifier that will record high utilization by processes and store the info so I can see it?
how are you currently getting notified?
there is a small utility ( ResLoad Notifier ) I used before but I don't think it is needed anymore with the tools server 2012 already offers
there is a small utility ( ResLoad Notifier ) I used before but I don't think it is needed anymore with the tools server 2012 already offers
Owner
I have an RMM (Ninja) that will only tell me (via email) if an overall Utilization % is achieved. It won't tell me the offending individual processes.
not familiar with ninja but if you can make it run a script when it is triggered you could use
(Get-Counter '\Process(*)\% Processor Time').CounterSamples | Where-Object {$_.CookedValue -gt 10}
to list the processes with more than 10% utilization at the time it was run, you could then attach the results to your ninja mail notification
(Get-Counter '\Process(*)\% Processor Time').CounterSamples | Where-Object {$_.CookedValue -gt 10}
to list the processes with more than 10% utilization at the time it was run, you could then attach the results to your ninja mail notification
If you need to monitor it just for a few days, I'd go for PRTG which is free for 30 days.
https://www.paessler.com/monitor_server_cpu?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=CZE_EN_DSA_Urls_path:1_&utm_adgroup=/monitor_server_cpu&utm_adnum=expdsa_en_01&utm_campaignid=1072643207&utm_adgroupid=54076795593&utm_targetid=aud-316250648051:dsa-381971869911&utm_customerid=593-765-6892&utm_location=9062812&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIr5jvityP6AIVBOh3Ch3UYgCDEAAYASAAEgKrzfD_BwE
Btw. Why don't you use Performance Monitor?
https://www.paessler.com/monitor_server_cpu?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=CZE_EN_DSA_Urls_path:1_&utm_adgroup=/monitor_server_cpu&utm_adnum=expdsa_en_01&utm_campaignid=1072643207&utm_adgroupid=54076795593&utm_targetid=aud-316250648051:dsa-381971869911&utm_customerid=593-765-6892&utm_location=9062812&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIr5jvityP6AIVBOh3Ch3UYgCDEAAYASAAEgKrzfD_BwE
Btw. Why don't you use Performance Monitor?
Owner
As mentioned I am remote. Having to connect remotely and watching Performance Monitor for hours doesn't sound like a lot of fun :)
Owner
PRTG does nothing more then my RMM. Overall utilization but won't tell you the offending processes.
These tools are capable of what you need.
Performance Monitor (already suggested):
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1078717-history-of-processes-how-to-view-which-process-caused-cpu-spike
Process Monitor (Sysinternals):
https://serverfault.com/questions/730819/windows-application-process-cpu-usage-including-history
https://superuser.com/questions/453909/log-cpu-by-process-over-time
https://superuser.com/questions/609529/history-of-cpu-usage-for-all-processes
Process History
http://processhistory.sourceforge.net/
Performance Monitor (already suggested):
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1078717-history-of-processes-how-to-view-which-process-caused-cpu-spike
Process Monitor (Sysinternals):
https://serverfault.com/questions/730819/windows-application-process-cpu-usage-including-history
https://superuser.com/questions/453909/log-cpu-by-process-over-time
https://superuser.com/questions/609529/history-of-cpu-usage-for-all-processes
Process History
http://processhistory.sourceforge.net/
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