Depending on the other services installed, you may also have access to a variety of performance counters for that service, including SQL Server and SQL Server Analysis Services.

Server has SQL SP3a installed (Win2K3). I restarted the SQL server service (and agent) last night and now I've lost all my sql performance counters.How can I get them back w/o a registry rebuild?

Unfortunately, you can sometimes capture SQL Server Tracing data and dozens of PerfMon Counters and still feel like you're just guessing at what the problem is.

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Tracking down performance problems in your application can be a frustrating experience. Reduce your stress levels with custom counters.

Some of the more popular performance counters are for processor and memory usage, simultaneous connections, throughput and response time, SQL Server performance, and Active Server Pages (ASP) and ...

Some of the more popular performance counters are for processor and memory usage, simultaneous connections, throughput and response time, SQL Server performance, and Active Server Pages (ASP) and ...

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