Distribution Service Error

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Restarted the server and the distribution service won't start. Root log file shows:

Error Exception=System.InvalidOperationException: Category does not exist.

at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.CounterExists(String machine, String category, String counter)

at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterCategory.CounterExists(String counterName, String categoryName, String machineName)

at QDSMain.ObjectPool.PerformanceCounterPool.CreateCounterFromNameAndType(CounterCreationDataCollection& counterDataCollection, String name, PerformanceCounterType type)

at QDSMain.ObjectPool.PerformanceCounterPool.createCounterDataCollection()

at QDSMain.ObjectPool.PerformanceCounterPool..ctor()

at QDSMain.ObjectPool.InitObjects(ILogBucket i_LogBucket, eRunLevel i_RunLevel, Func`1 clusterIDListGetFunc)

at QDSMain.MainClass.CheckAndInitializeEnviroment(ILogBucket logBucket, ClusterRegistration clusterReg)

at QDSMain.MainClass.Run()

Any clue what this might be? Thanks in Advance

Running Qlikview Server Version=11.0.11282.0

found this answer http://community.qlik.com/message/20973#20973 seemed to work.

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Distribution Service Error