Windows Remote Management (WS-Management) service is taking more memory on windows 2012 R2 server

Sivakumar Thayumanavan 0 Reputation points
2024-04-29T10:38:22.1+00:00

The Windows Remote Management (WS-Management) service, running under svchost, is consuming excessive memory on a Windows 2012 server, causing the server to become unresponsive. Could you please advise why the WinRM service is consuming more memory?

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
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  1. Wesley Li 6,190 Reputation points
    2024-05-23T10:16:17.7666667+00:00

    Hello

    1. Isolate the svchost to its own svchost.

    Sc config winrm start= disabled

    Net stop winrm

    Sc config winrm type= own

    Sc config winrm start= auto

    Net start winrm

    1. Use the vmmap to check the memory usage.

    VMMap - Sysinternals | Microsoft Learn

    1. Based on the memory usage then collect the log.

    The following link may be useful.

    WMI: High Memory Usage by WMI Service or Wmiprvse.exe - Microsoft Community Hub