Troubleshooting: SQL Server (2005, 2008) Performance Counter Collection Problems
I was asked by our support team to help outline performance counter troubleshooting when the counters don’t appear, are missing or don’t seem to be working as expected. I agreed to look into it and as you can see from the information below it turned into a much larger effort than I originally planned

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Troubleshooting: SQL Server (2005, 2008) Performance Counter Collection Problems


