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Monitor an application process launched from a specific path

Our organization uses an application that runs multiple instances of the same executable file for specific data needs. Each executable process is launched from a different folder, and the catch is that these applications are running on the same server.

For example:

Data application 1 is located in C:\DataApp1\APP.EXE
Data application 2 is located in C:\DataApp2\APP.EXE
Data application 3 is located in C:\DataApp3\APP.EXE

I can set up a Process Monitor (WMI) and SolarWinds SAM will display each process ID (PID) in the dashboard. However, I need to monitor and report off of each separate application that has been launched from each folder. So in SolarWinds, what I need to be able to do is set up an application template to monitor Data Application 1 that resides in C:\DataApp1\APP.EXE, then set up another template for data applicaiton 2, and so on.

How can I monitor an application that has been launched from each specific folder\path?

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lukas.belza

Hello,

You can use "Command Line" filter to get information about concrete instance(s). Please check the command line using Task Manager (it is hidden by default) and if command line contains full path, you can use it as filter.

Note: We use the CONTAINS operator for filtering so you can specify only substring.

Lukas Belza (SolarWinds development)

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lukas.belza

Hello,

Note: We use the CONTAINS operator for filtering so you can specify only substring.

Lukas Belza (SolarWinds development)

joedissmeyer

That did it

Thank you Lukas! I was able to set up a new application template, add in the "Process Monitor - WMI" component, then define the process and type in the command line filter as shown in the Windows task manager.

I couldn't type in the full path as shown though. For example, the path was shown as "C:\DataApp1\APP.EXE" (without quotes). When I tried to type in the full path the monitor would error out. But when I just typed in "DataApp1" (without quotes) it worked just fine. So maybe that was the trick.

Thanks again for your help!

- Joe

lukas.belza

I tried it and you are right. Using backslash character causes "Invalid query" error. The trick is to use two backslash characters, for example: c:\\windows\\system32

So this WMI query fails:

select ProcessId,Name,PageFileUsage from Win32_Process where ((Name = 'dwm.exe' AND CommandLine LIKE '%c:\windows\system32%'))

But this WMI query works fine:

select ProcessId,Name,PageFileUsage from Win32_Process where ((Name = 'dwm.exe' AND CommandLine LIKE '%c:\\windows\\system32%'))

Thanks,

Lukas