Using PowerShell Counters, without languages hardcoding
Performance Counters are named based on the Windows Language Version you have. But not the categories:
So to have the counter “\Processor(*)\% Processor Time”, you can call (Get-Counter -ListSet Processor).Paths[0]
Hence, replace this
$cpuTime = (Get-Counter '\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time').CounterSamples.CookedValue
By this:
# Get Counter "\Processor(*)\% Processor Time"
$cname = (Get-Counter -ListSet Processor).Paths[0]
# Get Last Processor (total)
$cpuTime = (Get-Counter $cname).CounterSamples.CookedValue | select -Last 1
and (memory)
$availMem = (Get-Counter '\Memory\Available MBytes').CounterSamples.CookedValue
To this
# Get Counter "\Memory\Available MBytes"
$cname = (Get-Counter -ListSet Memory).Paths[28]
$availMem = (Get-Counter $cname).CounterSamples.CookedValue
Example Functions
function Get-NumberOfLogicalProcessors {
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)]
param()
Write-Verbose "Get-NumberOfLogicalProcessors $($PSVersionTable.PSEdition)"
$NumProcessors = 0
try{
$NumProcessors = Get-Variable -Name 'NumberOfLogicalProcessors' -Scope Global -ValueOnly -ErrorAction stop
Write-Verbose "Get-Variable NumberOfLogicalProcessors SUCCESS $NumProcessors"
}catch{
Write-Verbose "Get-Variable NumberOfLogicalProcessors FAILED"
if($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Core'){
$NumProcessors = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName 'Win32_Processor').NumberOfLogicalProcessors
}else{
$NumProcessors = (Get-WmiObject 'Win32_Processor').NumberOfLogicalProcessors
}
Write-Verbose "Set-Variable NumberOfLogicalProcessors $NumProcessors"
Set-Variable -Name 'NumberOfLogicalProcessors' -Scope Global -Option AllScope -Visibility Public -Force -Value $NumProcessors
}
$NumProcessors
}
function Get-AvailableMBytes {
$cname = (Get-Counter -ListSet Memory).Paths[28]
$availMem = (Get-Counter $cname).CounterSamples.CookedValue
return $availMem
}
function Get-CPUTime {
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)]
param(
[ValidateScript({
$n = Get-NumberOfLogicalProcessors
if($_ -gt $n){
throw "Id ($_) out of range (0-$n)"
}
return $true
})]
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=0)]
[uint32]$Id
)
$cname = (Get-Counter -ListSet Processor).Paths[0]
if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Id')){
$cpuTime = (Get-Counter $cname).CounterSamples.CookedValue[$Id]
}else{
$cpuTime = (Get-Counter $cname).CounterSamples.CookedValue | select -Last 1
}
return $cpuTime
}
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