Re: How do I find top CPU consumers on a windows machine running Oracle 9i (9.2.0.4 Enterprise Edition)?

1. Download the free Sysinternals Process Explorer (there might also be other utilities, I just know how to do it with this one)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx

2. double-click the oracle.exe binary in process explorer

3. click the "threads" tab

4. select the thread that has 100% CPU utilization, get the "thread ID" from the bottom pane

5. in SQL*Plus query the V$PROCESS table where SPID = "thread ID"

6. query V$SESSION where PADDR = V$PROCESS.ADDR

-Jeremy

On 7/3/07, Johnson, William L (TEIS) <WLJohnson_at_tycoelectronics.com> wrote:
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> HP Unix is simple – use a top command.
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> Solaris is not as friendly – but you can use prstat.
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> When I use task manager in Windows XP, I can only see CPU being consumed
> by the Oracle.exe process. I can then perform a "tlist" on the process
> number to find out which instance of Oracle is consuming the cpu.
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> I tried a utility called procexp.exe, but it doesn't tie back to any
> sessions in the database.
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> Does anyone have a utility to find the top CPU consumers on a windows
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> I am desperate and just about ready to stop both production instances
> since I can not find the offenders and a 4-way, dual core machine has been
> running 100% cpu for a while…
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> Thanks!
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Jeremy Schneider
Chicago, IL
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