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Get-NaPerfData processor value

jeff_spiegel — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:57:38 GMT

Maybe someone can help answer this question - when I run this command in powershell:

Get-NaPerfData processor | select -expandproperty counters

I get this value (among others):

Name                                                                                  Value
----                                                                                  -----
processor_busy                                                                        133031424901

What is the math involved here? I don't understand that number. I know the processor busy is around 2-3% - what does that value above represent?

Thanks a lot,

Jeff

Re: Get-NaPerfData processor value

cknight — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:07:35 GMT

Hi, Jeff. Some perf counter values require companion base counter values and must be averaged over two successive readings.

PS C:\> Get-NaPerfCounter processor

BaseCounter    : processor_elapsed_time
Desc           : Percentage of elapsed time that the processor is executing non-idle processes
Labels         :
Name           : processor_busy
PrivilegeLevel : basic
Properties     : percent
Type           :
Unit           : percent

So to get the processor busy percentage, get the values twice with an interval of a few seconds in between. Then do:

CPU % = (value_t2 - value_t1) / (base_t2 - base_t1) * 100

See 'Get-Help Get-NaPerfObject' for more details on working with the Data ONTAP performance APIs.

Re: Get-NaPerfData processor value

jeff_spiegel — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:26:57 GMT

Got it. Thank you very much!