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

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

In this description the program is anaman (this may need to be anarun or jeecmd or dotnetcmd if that is where the issue is)

Open CAST-MS, but do not launch the job
Start PerfMon by choosing Start->Run and typing “perfmon”.
Right click on Performance Monitor » New » Data Collector set [ in case it is disabled for you, you may need to admin privilege]
Add name for Data Collector set
Add path to save the log
Select the Run as
Keep selected “Save and close”
Click on Finish
Now Expand the Data Collector Set » User Defined
Here you will find the above added data collector set
Right click on it and go for new
Add name and select the “Performance counter data collector”
Click next
Click on the Add
select the computers
Expand “process” and select “virtual bytes” as counter
Select ANAMAN in Instances of selected object (again this may need to be anarun or jeecmd or dotnetcmd if that is where the issue is) - Most likely you may need to start the CAST-MS analysis and wait for the analysis step to keep going here
Click on Add and then click on OK
Click next
Click on Finish
Now right click on the newly created data collector in the right panel
select properties
Change the log format from binary to Tab Separated
Click on Apply and then on OK
Now right click on the collector set and go for start
Now run the job in CAST-MS to reproduce the issue
Once it is reproduced, provide us the perfmon log

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