many wsmprovhost.exe processes

on of our windows server 2012 (not r2) servers, finding wsmprovhost.exe processes getting launched , never terminating. to determine why being launched and/or why not terminating, because unless go in , manually terminate them, these servers run out of memory.

here have observed:

• the full command line is: c:\windows\system32\wsmprovhost.exe -embedding
• a new process launched every hour.
• the start time same minute , second after hour every process on same server. each server has different start time, servers within minute of each other. example, on 1 server, every process started @ 6 minutes , 43 seconds after hour; on server start time 7 minutes , 7 seconds after each hour.
• this seems affect servers running iis.
• the parent process is: c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe -k dcomlaunch

can troubleshoot why happening?

thanks,
cam

hi,

wsmprovhost.exe windows remote powershell session,when enter remote session ,you create on server process called wsmprovhost.exe.when start process in remote session,the  new process will be a child of wsmprovhost.exe.

according description,may process running scripts , remote powershell sessions not getting closed.please check child process of wsmprovhost.exe,try find out happened there,or check user if working on powershell sessions.

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best regards,
cartman
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