How is the total memory utilization calculated for a Windows server monitor?
Memory utilization for Windows is calculated using WMI queries.
The
Total,
Free, and
Used Memory is calculated using
Select FreePhysicalMemory,TotalVisibleMemorySize from
Win32_OperatingSystem WMI query.
The
Swap Memory value is calculated using
Select Name,AllocatedBaseSize,CurrentUsage from
Win32_PageFileUsage WMI query.
Open PowerShell and execute the below command to view data,
Get-WmiObject -Query "Select Name,AllocatedBaseSize,CurrentUsage from Win32_PageFileUsage" -ComputerName '.'
From the output, SWAP memory utilization % can be calculated by Current usage/AllocatedBaseSize x 100.
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