Storage Foundation 4.1 and Performance Counters

[Joshua_Loudy]

After installing VSF 4.1 on Windows 2000 Advanced Server, I receive the errors below in the system log. I am unable to find any information on these errors. Should I be concerned with them?

Source: vmperf
EventID: 11
Unable to open Volume Manager's VMStat.Dll to provide performance data for Volume Manager dynamic disks. The statistic module of Volume manager was not loaded.

Source: perflib
EventID: 1008
The Open Procedure for service "vxio" in DLL "C:\Program Files\VERITAS\VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1\providers\vmperf.dll" failed. Performance data for this service will not be available. Status code returned is data DWORD 0.

Source: vmperf
EventID: 12
Unable to map to shared memory file containing performance data of dynamic disks from Volume Manager. The statistic module of Volume Manager was not loaded.

[Jeffrey_Armor1]

Sounds like the performance counters weren't registered. Try registering them as follows:

1. Open a command prompt and type: net stop vxob

2. Open the registry and browse to the following key:HKLM/SYSTEM/CURRENTCONTROLSET/SERVICES/VXIO/PERFORMANCE (recommend saving the key before proceeding).

3. Delete the following values under the performance subkey:
FirstCounter
FirstHelp
LastCounter
LastHelp

4. Close the registry, and from a command prompt run the following command:
lodctr "c:\program files\veritas\veritas volume manager 4.1\vm5inf\vmperf.ini"

5. From the command prompt type: net start vxob (or reboot)