error in getting performance monitor counters

• bobchung

  Old Hand

  Points: 372

  November 14, 2001 at 10:42 am

  #104580

  I keep getting an error that windows performance monitor could not obtain counters (none of them) when I setup a performance monitor counter log file (capturing data of counters in a log file)using a windows 2000 professional client.

  Basically, the job that obtains the counters into a log file cannot start, and error message in the application error log is that it could not obtain the counter.

  The environment is as follows:

  - windows performance monitor run in a windows 2000 professional client, LOGGED IN with an account that belongs to the ADMINISTRATORS group of the sql server (described below).

  - the sql server that is the source of the performance monitor counters is a CLUSTERED sql server 7.0 SP3 with an OS of NT 4.0 SP6

  I believe the problem is on NT security.

  Can anyone please help?

  Thank you.

• Paul Ibison

  SSCertifiable

  Points: 5303

  November 14, 2001 at 1:38 pm

  #420101

  Bob,

  could you list some of the counters you're using - it may be that the ones you need aren't enabled by default eg Network Segment:Network Utilisation requires the installation of Network Monitor Agent.

  Paul Ibison

  Paul.Ibison@btinternet.com

  
  Paul Ibison
  Paul.Ibison@replicationanswers.com

• bobchung

  Old Hand

  Points: 372

  November 14, 2001 at 4:05 pm

  #420104

  Paul,

  The counters are basic counters like Processor %, buffer cache hit ratio, processor queue length, etc.

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  Bob,

  could you list some of the counters you're using - it may be that the ones you need aren't enabled by default eg Network Segment:Network Utilisation requires the installation of Network Monitor Agent.

  Paul Ibison

  Paul.Ibison@btinternet.com

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