Q196727: HOWTO: Process Idle Time and Termination in Performance Monitor
Article: Q196727
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WinNT:3.1,3.5,3.51,4.0
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Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
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SUMMARY
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Sometimes it is desirable or necessary to determine when a process has ended
when charting it in Performance Monitor. Use the Process|Elapsed Time counter to
determine this.
MORE INFORMATION
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When monitoring a process in Chart View in Performance Monitor (from either
current activity or a log file) you might need to determine when a process has
ended. The Processor|%Processor Time counter is not appropriate for such a
determination because it shows only if the process is active or idle.
Performance Monitor shows an idle process at 0 percent processor time; however,
it also shows an ended process at 0 percent processor time (if it was running at
one time during the current charting or logging procedure).
The Process|Elapsed Time counter, on the other hand, increments from zero from
the moment a process is started and continues to increment until the process
ends. After the process ends, this counter returns to zero. This is why this is
the more appropriate counter to use for determining an ended process.
NOTE: If you start a process, end it, and then start it again (in which case it
usually receives a different Process ID, or PID) the Process|Elapsed Time
counter accounts for this as the same process.
TIP: You can use the Process|Elapsed Time counter for the CSRSS (the Win32
subsystem) process instance to determine when a system has trapped or otherwise
shut down while charting or logging it with Performance Monitor, in additional
to the usual methods (that is, bookmark notations in the Time window).
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Version : WinNT:3.1,3.5,3.51,4.0
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