Tools - PerfMon - How to Log memory consumption of a program using Performance Monitor PerfMon in Windows 7 or Windows 2008

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose

The page details out the process of logging memory consumption of a program using Performance Monitor (PerfMon) when the OS is Win 7 or Win 2008.

Details

For CAST AIP versions 7.3 onwards

Steps	Procedure
1	Open Cast-MS, but do not launch the job.
2	Start PerfMon by choosing Start >Run and typing “perfmon”.
3	Right click Performance Monitor » New » Data Collector set [ in case it is disabled for you, you may need to admin privilege]
4	Add name for Data Collector set.
5	Add path to save the log.
6	Select Run as.
7	Keep selected “Save and close”.
8	Click Finish.
9	Now Expand the Data Collector Set » User Defined.
10	Here you will find the above added data collector set.
11	Right click on it and go for new.
12	Add name and select “Performance counter data collector”.
13	Click Next.
14	Click Add.
15	Select Computers.
16	Expand “process” and select “virtual bytes” as counter.
17	Select AnaRun in Instances of selected object. (this may need to be jeecmd or dotnetcmd if that is where the issue is)
18	Click Add and then click OK.
19	Click Next.
20	Click Finish.
21	Now right click on the newly created data collector in the right panel.
22	Select Properties.
23	Change the log format from binary to Tab Separated.
24	Click Apply and then OK.
25	Now right click on the collector set and go for start.
26	Now run the analysis job to reproduce the issue.
27	Once it is reproduced, provide the perfmon log.

For CAST AIP version 7.0

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