Using Powershell to check highest CPU usage on multiple p.c.s

Question

_{Monday, September 18, 2017 9:10 AM}

From my p.c., I want to get the highest 10 cpu processes on multiple remote p.c.s.  I thought I could create a text file listing the remote p.c.s, then using a variable in my code, connect to those remote systems and return the values to my p.c.

Can you suggest some code that I can use?

Thanks!

All replies (4)

_{Monday, September 18, 2017 9:17 AM}

Hi Dirk,

You can use the following commands to good effect:

• Get-Content
  Reads a text file
• Get-CimInstance Win32_Process
  Returns process information
• Get-Help <CommandName> -Detailed
  Returns information on how to use a command, with examples and parameter explanation
• Set-Content
  Writes output to a text-file
• Export-Csv
  Writes Output to a csv-file

Cheers,
Fred

Edit: Alternatively you may be able to find a finished script for this in the gallery.

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_{Tuesday, September 19, 2017 3:03 AM}

Hi Dirk,

I agree with FWN.

Also, you could have a try with the following scripts. Hope it is helpful to you:

Invoke-Command -ComputerName (Get-Content <Path>) -ScriptBlock {Get-Process | Sort-Object CPU -Descending | Select-Object PSComputerName,ProcessName,CPU -First 10} | Export-Csv <Path> -NoTypeInformation

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Best Regards,
Albert Ling

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_{Friday, September 22, 2017 5:59 AM}

Hi,

Just checking in to see if the information provided was helpful. Does the script work?

Please let us know if you would like further assistance.

Best Regards,
Albert Ling

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_{Wednesday, September 27, 2017 8:15 AM}

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