Server 2012 R2 perfmon cannot add counters

Hi,
when I try to add performance counters to the perfmon mmc, I receive an error message from de.dll: "no resources present, aborting". When I click ok, I get a "mmc has stopped working".
No difference whether I try this locally or from remote. Services are running. Tries lodctr.exe/r with no success.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Best,
Tim

Hi Tim,
When you open the Performance console have detected a problem with installed counters and have disabled the counters automatically to prevent them from slowing the system.
You could enable the disabled counters or turn off the automatic testing feature for the counter DLL or adjust the level of testing.
For more detailed information, please see:
Troubleshooting Performance monitoring
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779303%28v=ws.10%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
If the issue still exist, please refer to the thread below to see if it could resolve the issue.
Problem running Performance Monitor
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/81e4bfe1-6031-4759-88e1-df7c634852e4/problem-running-performance-monitor
Best Regards,
Mandy
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Hallo Lawrence!
Thankyou for youre reply, some comments to help you and others who read this thread:
First of all, we use Windows Server 2012 and the VHDX as I wrote in the headline and in the text in my post. We have not had this problem in similar setups with Windows Server 2008 R2, so the problem seem to be introduced in Windows Server 2012.
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The post about Dynamic Disks:
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The post "What's the deal with the System Volume Information folder"
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Comment that might help us:
So according to “System Volume Information” definition, the operation you mentioned is Volume Shadow Copy. Check event viewer to find Volume Shadow Copy related event logs and post them.
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   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 320 MB (3%)
Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{e3ad7fec-178b-11e2-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{e3ad7fec-178b-11e2-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 320 MB (0%)
C:\>cd \ClusterStorage\Volume1
Secondary host:
C:\>vssadmin list shadowstorage
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2012 Microsoft Corp.
Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (\\?\Volume{b2951138-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\)\\?\Volume{b2951138-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (\\?\Volume{b2951138-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\)\\?\Volume{b2951138-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 35,0 MB (10%)
Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{5228437e-9a01-4690-bc40-1df85a0e6736}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{5228437e-9a01-4690-bc40-1df85a0e6736}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 27,3 GB (10%)
Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{b2951139-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{b2951139-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 6,80 GB (10%)
C:\>
There is something strange about the limits on the Secondary host!
I have not in any way changed the settings on the Secondary host and as you can see, the Secondary host has a maximum limit of only 35 MB storage on the CSV, but it also shows that this is 10% of the Volume. This is clearly not the case since 10% if 600
GB = 60 GB!
The question is, why does it by default set a too small limit (i.e. < 320 MB) on the CSV and is this the cause of the problem? I.e. is the limit ignored since it is smaller than the smallest amount you can provide using the GUI?
Is the default 35 MB maximum Shadow Copy limit a bug, or is there any logical reason for setting a limit that according to the GUI is too small?

Windows Explorer View, Server 2012 and WebDAV

I am using SharePoint Server 2013 on Windows Server 2012. I cannot get Windows Explorer View working from client machines on this server. These machines are Windows 8, running IE 10 (I am also having problems on my Windows 7 / IE 9 machine).
I have done everything on the client that I have read about (Trusted Site, the WebClient services, the patch mentioned in a Kb article), but to no avail.
The client machines CAN open Windows Explorer View on a SharePoint Foundation site that I have hosted on the internet, although in this instance they access the internet directly, rather than through the company network.
Therefore, I take it that my problem lies either on our SharePoint server, or somewhere in the network. The Proxy does not seem to be a problem as this is bypassed for local sites.
Somedody said for an earlier version of SharePoint that the WebDAV server role should be
disabled (which seems counter-intuitive). Does this make sense, or what else should I be looking at on either my server or in the network environment?

Thanks for the reply.
I get the standard message ("We're having a problem opening this location in File Explorer. Add this web site to your Trusted Sites list and try again"). I am not using HTTPS.
I do not think that the WebDAV is irrelevant on the server, as there are two separate things there:
Desktop Experience Feature, which installs the WebClient service to allow the server to use WebDAV, and
WebDAV Publiching Role under Common HTTP functions
Curiously, after removign the WebDAV Publishign Role, my Win7/IE9 pc (which is not logged on to my client's domain (although I access their network and use SharePoint in my browser) DOES allow Windows Explorer View.
The domain PCs do not allow it, still. They get challnged for a user name and password three times before they get the standard message. But, I did test a machine of their connecting to an internet-hosted website, and it could use Explorer View.

Unable to Connect to SQL 2000 Instance from Windows Server 2012 environment

We have a windows server (TEST) 2012 environment , where our test SQL Server 2012 instance is hosted.
We have a different (DEV) Server (windows 2000) where a SQL Server 2000 instance is present.
When I RDP to our Windows Server 2012 box, I cannot connect to the SQL 2000 server instance from SQL Management Studio. (whereas I can connect to
the same server from my local machine which has windows 7 and SQL 2012 installed).
This is the error i see -
"A transport-level error has occurred when receiving results from the server. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 - The specified network name
is no longer available.) (.Net SqlClient Data Provider)"
When run from SQL Agent Service from TEST (A Job which tries to connect to that SQL 2000 instance to read some data using SSIS) , we get the following
error -
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "[DBNETLIB][ConnectionRead
(recv()).]General network error. Check your network documentation.".
The same SSIS package runs successfully from my local machine.
Please, could someone advice how to resolve this situation?

Thanks Olaf.
Its just that we have legacy systems here in our company, who, for some reason haven't upgraded their older infrastructure, whereas they have set up new Windows 2012/SQL 2012 environments for the newer sql instances where they want to transition to !
Not sure what the solution is honestly. It is affecting our timelines now. The infrastructure team needs to take a decision now, as to what to do.
I do have to add, we were able to connect to these "older" servers from our Windows 7 client machines which have SQL 2012 - both from SQL management studio & SSIS (using OLE-DB Provider for SQL Server).

Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Evaluation?

Can Microsoft please provide evaluation of Storage Server 2012 R2. Currently cannot find any links or info RE this but can 2012 non R2. Obviously partners and potential customers need to test the software before purchasing an appliance running it.

That's the official link:
(LOL THERE IS NO TEXT THIS SIZE ANYWHERE, ALL I DID WAS DELETE ABOVE THIS IN THE QUOTE, HOW DO MS NOT GET HOW BAD THEY ARE AT EVEN A TEXT BOX?)
Windows Storage Server 2012 Evaluation
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34592
If you're MSFT partner you need to talk to your MSFT responsible staff about licensing, evaluation etc.
That's for non R2.
Sorry can't quote inline, this is by far the worst ever text box I've ever used online. It adds and uses formatting but has no formatting options. Whoever thought that is OK should be fired.
I don't know what imaginary world people other than us live in but yes we are an MS partner, we deal with a distributor for licensing and MS products. Maybe things are different in USA or whatever but here in Aus the buck stops at us. Some imaginary "MSFT
responsible staff" doesn't exist. There is no such thing for us, we are the support, licensing experts, product experts etc etc. I wish so badly people would stop assuming on here.

SQL Server 2012- Memory Leak Issue

Team,
We are running a Mission Critical Application on SQL Server 2012 SP2(11.0.5058) which is configured on Always ON Synchronous mode. Offlate due to heavy development work, Application team have come up with stating memory issues. I have analysed all the areas
and everything looks normal. Please suggest if we have to patch the latest CU4 for SQL Server 2012 SP2.
The checks were performed on the below areas:
- Errorlog, System Logs - No errors reported.
- There are close to 8 Databases hosted on the instances which are all configured for AlwaysON. SQL Server is running on VM Infrastructure and the total physical memory allocated is 96GB out of which SQL is capped for 92GB.
-The Page Life Expectancy is healthy and is showing a greater number. There are no Signal waits either or pending memory grants.
- The writes are more than reads for one of the databases which is flagged with application team. There are no blockings & Deadlocks.
Please suggest me the future course of action and your inputs are much appreciated.
Best Regards,
Sharath

Actual issue is- Application team have reported a memory leak and their builds have significantly slowed down. They suspect that its Database memory leak. However I have verified from database end and gave the above inputs.
The AOAGs are good. I was looking for any pointers whether there are any bugs which is related to memory leaks in SQL Server 2012. I know all of them are addressed with SQL Server 2012 SP2.
Application team has NO idea about SQL Server do they ? And to say SQL Server has memory leak you have to actually prove it did they showed any proof. Its common for application team to say SQL Server is leaking memory because they are unaware about fact
by default SQL Server would take as much memory as possible and would release when SQLOS asks it to do so. This might give sign that it is leaking memory BUT IT IS NOT.
As you already said AOAG is working fine so I am presuming there is nothing much to worry. To monitor memory usage in SQL Server 2012 you can use below counters
SQL Server: Memory Manager-- Target Server Memory (KB)
SQL Server: Memory Manager--Total Server Memory (KB)
SQL Server: Memory Manager- Free Memory (KB)
SQL Server: Memory Manager--Database Cache Memory (KB)
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Trying to setup a redundant server for server 2012

have some questions regarding creating a backup for an all in one server. The server has active directory, DNS, the file server and everything on it. I'm trying to create a redundancy setup in case of failure. So I was reading about failover clusters
and this seem to be what I need to do. I'm just a little bit confused. What is the difference between using hyper V and using clusters?
When I create a cluster and add servers to it, what exactly happens? For instance simplest case I have the main server with all the data. Now I bring in another machine with nothing on it. I install windows server 2012 on it and add it and the other computer
to a cluster. Does the data from the main server automatically get copied onto all the servers that are part of this cluster? At this point if one server fails will the other one take over?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
-FlipFlop

have some questions regarding creating a backup for an all in one server. The server has active directory, DNS, the file server and everything on it. I'm trying to create a redundancy setup in case of failure. So I was reading about failover clusters
and this seem to be what I need to do. I'm just a little bit confused. What is the difference between using hyper V and using clusters?
When I create a cluster and add servers to it, what exactly happens? For instance simplest case I have the main server with all the data. Now I bring in another machine with nothing on it. I install windows server 2012 on it and add it and the other computer
to a cluster. Does the data from the main server automatically get copied onto all the servers that are part of this cluster? At this point if one server fails will the other one take over?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
-FlipFlop
You can think about Hyper-V cluster Vs. generic cluster like Hyper-V is a beehive of an independent clusters :)
You need to install Windows Server 2012 R2, enable Hyper-V role, virtualize all workload (keep all tasks inside separate set of VMs, don't run anything inside parent partition and don't use multiple roles either) and configure guest VM cluster (make sure
you use shared VHDX for that).
Data is not copied, you use shared storage and control gets passed to another VM running on another physical host. That would provide you smallest amount of downtime (if any). From the other point of view VM HA *would* have some downtime (VM reboots on another
physical host).
Some links for your interest (guest VM cluster, file server cluster, shared VHDX, shared storage for Hyper-V etc):
Deploy an Active Directory-Detached Cluster
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn265970.aspx
Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring Accounts in Active Directory
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731002(v=ws.10).aspx
Cluster Nodes as a DCs
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281662
How
To Setup Redundant DNS Servers 2012
http://www.techstaty.com/how-to-setup-redundant-dns-servers-2012/
Working
with File Shares in Windows Server 2008 (R2) Failover Clusters
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2010/08/19/working-with-file-shares-in-windows-server-2008-r2-failover-clusters.aspx
Failover
Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring a Two-Node File Server Failover Cluster
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731844(v=ws.10).aspx
Using
Guest Clustering for High Availability
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn440540.aspx
Deploy
a Guest Cluster Using a Shared Virtual Hard Disk
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn265980.aspx
How
to Configure Storage on a Hyper-V Host Cluster in VMM
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg610692.aspxHope
this helped a bit :)
StarWind VSAN [Virtual SAN] clusters Hyper-V without SAS, Fibre Channel, SMB 3.0 or iSCSI, uses Ethernet to mirror internally mounted SATA disks between hosts.

SCOM 2012 Install problems - SQL Server 2012

I am trying to install SCOM 2012 R2 on Server 2012. I cannot connect to sql the log file shows below. I have SQL 2012 installed and patched. Has anyone seen this before?
[15:18:16]: Always:
:DatabaseConfigurationPage: Attempting to connect to database using server\instance itp-operations\mssqlserver. If we need it, the port is 1433
[15:18:16]: Debug:
:MSSQLSERVER on server itp-operations is in a running state
[15:18:16]: Info:
:Info:Opening/Testing Sql Connection on itp-operations, port:
[15:18:16]: Debug:
:Connection was not open. We will try to open it.
[15:18:16]: Debug:
:SqlConnectionReady returned True.
[15:18:16]: Debug:
:MSSQLSERVER on server itp-operations is in a running state
[15:18:16]: Debug:
:Connection was not open. We will try to open it.
[15:18:16]: Debug:
:SqlConnectionReady returned True.
[15:18:16]: Info:
:Info:Using DB command timeout = 1800 seconds.
[15:18:16]: Info:
:SQL Product Level: RTM
[15:18:16]: Info:
:SQL Edition: Standard Edition (64-bit)
[15:18:16]: Info:
:SQL Version: 11.0.2100.60
[15:18:16]: Always:
:Current Version of SQL=11.0.2100.60 Required Version=10.50.2500.0
[15:18:16]: Always:
:Entering GetRemoteOSVersion.
[15:18:16]: Info:
:Info: remoteOS = 6.3.9600
[15:18:16]: Info:
:Info:Using DB command timeout = 1800 seconds.
[15:18:16]: Info:
:Info:Using DB command timeout = 1800 seconds.
[15:18:16]: Info:
:The SQL Collation is valid.
[15:18:16]: Info:
:Info:Using DB command timeout = 1800 seconds.
[15:18:16]: Info:
:Info:DatabaseConfigurationPage: DB connection attempt completed.
[15:18:16]: Info:
:Info:DatabaseConfigurationPage: DB connection attempt completed.

Hi,
Please turn off firewall and retry it.
In addition, please also follow the below two links when installing SCOM 2012:
Walkthrough: Installing Operations Manager on a Single Server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh457006.aspx
OpsMgr 2012: a quickstart deployment guide
http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2012/04/26/deploying-opsmgr-2012-a-quick-start-guide.aspx
Regards,
Yan Li
Regards, Yan Li

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