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splunk-perfmon.exe won't start

rsantoso_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The splunk-perfmon.exe process exits soon after start with no error being logged wither in the splunkd.log or in the windows event log.

There is error message in the event viewer:
Perflib 1008 error
(perfmon doesn’t open)

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rsantoso_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

1) Open a CMD via run as admin

2) Rebuild performance counters, run commands:

C:\Windows\system32\lodctr.exe /R
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\lodctr.exe /R

3) Now re-register the computer´s performance libraries with the following:

C:\Windows\System32\wbem\winmgmt.exe /RESYNCPERF
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\winmgmt.exe /RESYNCPERF

After perform this, the repair the perfmon metrics are now coming in.

Reference:
https://www.admin-enclave.com/en/articles/windows/306-resolved-the-open-procedure-for-service-bits-i...

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rsantoso_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

1) Open a CMD via run as admin

2) Rebuild performance counters, run commands:

C:\Windows\system32\lodctr.exe /R
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\lodctr.exe /R

3) Now re-register the computer´s performance libraries with the following:

C:\Windows\System32\wbem\winmgmt.exe /RESYNCPERF
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\winmgmt.exe /RESYNCPERF

After perform this, the repair the perfmon metrics are now coming in.

Reference:
https://www.admin-enclave.com/en/articles/windows/306-resolved-the-open-procedure-for-service-bits-i...

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