Identify Script Causing Memory Leak

Question

I have about 100 powershell scripts running on a server and after 9 days without a restart, the memory usage by powershell jumps to 99% of the machine. This occurs regularly. I'm looking for a way to identify which script is the culprit to verify that all of the objects are disposed and cleared correctly.

Some peer review of the script may point to something obvious as well. Perhaps you are loading XML into memory for example, and not cleaning it up? (ie. [xml]$xml = gc some/big/doc.xml) — campbell.rw
– campbell.rw, Commented Feb 18, 2016 at 13:55

Martin · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-18 13:52:39Z

1

Have a look at this script. You can use remove-variable VarName (not $VarName) and [System.GC]::collect() to run the Garbagecollector manually. I often use it for freeing space of big hashtables/Array after foreach loops with it.

answered Feb 18, 2016 at 13:52

Martin

1,9933 gold badges17 silver badges23 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Identify Script Causing Memory Leak

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related