The counter layout for the Category specified in invalid when monitoring Windows 2003 servers

  • 7009311
  • 07-Sep-2011
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Applies to Platespin Recon 3.7.1
Applies to Platespin Recon 3.7.2

Situation

This article describes the resolution to a monitoring issue of a 2003 server where we see the following error "The Counter layout for the Category specified is invalid, a counter of the type:"

Resolution

This issue can be resolved by stopping monitoring on the server and then restarting monitoring.