Profile Windows Service

Run dotMemory as a standalone application. The dotMemory Home window will open.

Add a run configuration – the configuration that tells dotMemory how to run the profiled application:

1. Under Choose what you want to profile, New Process Run, click Add run configuration.

2. In the New Run Configuration wizard, choose Windows Service and click Next.

3. Specify service options:

   • Service: a name of the service you are going to profile. dotMemory scans the installed services automatically.

   • Arguments: optional arguments passed to the service.

   • Start dependent services: select this checkbox if the service requires other services to be started.

   • Set environment variables: lets you run the profiled application with specific environment variables. Each variable must be specified on a new line.

4. Click Save.

Make sure the created run configuration is selected in the New Process Run list.

Under Choose how you want to profile it, specify profiling options:

• Collect allocation data: choose between Sampled (approximate data on object size) and Full (accurate data on object count and size). Learn more about data collection

• If required, specify other profiling options.

Click Start. This will start the profiling session.

Go through a particular workflow in your application (if you want to check it on potential memory issues) or reproduce a particular memory issue. Collect memory snapshots using the Get Snapshot button. Learn more about how to control the profiling session

After you collect the data, either close the profiled application or detach the profiler using the Detach button.

Analyze the collected snapshots.