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Get-DbaCpuUsage

Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:29 am

NAME Get-DbaCpuUsage



SYNOPSIS

Provides detailed CPU usage information about a SQL Server's process





SYNTAX

Get-DbaCpuUsage [-SqlInstance] <Sqlcollaborative.Dbatools.Parameter.DbaInstanceParameter[]> [[-SqlCredential]

<Pscredential>] [[-Credential] <Pscredential>] [[-Threshold] <Int>] [-EnableException <Switch>]

[<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

"If there are a lot of processes running on your instance and the CPU is very high,



then it's hard to find the exact process eating up your CPU using just the SQL Server



tools. One way to correlate the data between what is running within SQL Server and at



the Windows level is to use SPID and KPID values to get the exact process."



This command automates that process.



References:

https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/ ... lly-using/



Note: This command returns results from all SQL instances on the destination server but the process



column is specific to -SqlInstance passed.





PARAMETERS

-Credential [<Pscredential>]

Allows you to login to the Windows Server using alternative credentials.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-EnableException [<Switch>]

By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.

This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables

advanced scripting.

Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own

try/catch.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-SqlCredential [<Pscredential>]

Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).



Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory -

Integrated are all supported.



For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-SqlInstance [<Sqlcollaborative.Dbatools.Parameter.DbaInstanceParameter[]>]

The target SQL Server instance or instances.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Threshold [<Int>]

CPU threshold.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS



NOTES





Tags: CPU

Author: Chrissy LeMaire (@cl), netnerds.net



Website: https://dbatools.io

Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT

License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT



-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-DbaCpuUsage -SqlInstance sql2017



Logs into the SQL Server instance "sql2017" and also the Computer itself (via WMI) to gather information

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



PS C:\\>$usage = Get-DbaCpuUsage -SqlInstance sql2017



PS C:\\> $usage.Process



Explores the processes (from Get-DbaProcess) associated with the usage results

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-DbaCpuUsage -SqlInstance sql2017 -SqlCredential sqladmin -Credential ad\\sqldba



Logs into the SQL instance using the SQL Login 'sqladmin' and then Windows instance as 'ad\\sqldba'



RELATED LINKS

https://dbatools.io/Get-DbaCpuUsage