Issue description
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On SQL server 2005, while installing the SQL updates there was a failure. When the logs at location: C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOG and found the errors:
12/12/2011 09:28:31.734 Registry: Opened registry key “SoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindowsInstaller”
12/12/2011 09:28:31.734 Registry: Cannot read registry key value “Debug”, error 0
12/12/2011 09:28:43.777 MSP Error: 29528 The setup has encountered an unexpected error while Installing performance counters. The error is: The specified driver is invalid.
Action Plan
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1. Change the path to the BINN directory of the SQL Server instance you desire to correct. (Ex: C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL10.SQL2008MSSQLBinn)
2. Unload the counters:
For a default instance of SQL Server run this command:
unlodctr MSSQLSERVER
For a named instance of SQL server (e.g. called namedInstance) run this command:
unlodctr MSSQL$namedInstance
3. Check the .ini files by running a command on command prompt: – dir *.ini
Execute lodctr <<perf-sql* matching the counters you desire to load>>
e.g. perf-MSSQL$SQL2008sqlctr.ini for sql instance.
Command will be lodctr /T perf-MSSQL$SQL2008sqlctr.ini . Once it’s executed successfully please follow the next step.
4. Restart the machine
5. For SQL server 2008 on windows 2008 – will need to follow the same steps except need to restart the machine.
In this scenario, you restart the remote registry service and the issue will be resolved