Problem
You might encounter EventId 106 errors on Exchange 2013/2016 servers.
There are some article available on how to fix this issue on servers having a full installationof Exchange Server 2013/2016.
But you might encounter this error on servers having the Exchange 2013/2016 Management Tools installed only as well. In this case the solutions described will not work as expected.
Running the New-PerfCounters cmdlet requires the Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Setup PowerShell snapin. This PowerShell snapin cannot be loaded on servers having the Exchange Management Tools installed.
Add-PsSnapin : The Windows PowerShell snap-in 'Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Setup' is not installed onthis computer.At line:1 char:1+ Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Setup+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Excha...owerShell.Setup:String) [Add-PSSnapin], PSArgumentEx ception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AddPSSnapInRead,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddPSSnapinCommand
Solution
The required code library is available on servers having the Exchange Management Tools installed. But the library is not added to the registry by default.
Registry of a server running Exchange Management Tools only:
Registry of a fully installed Exchange Server:
Just export the registry key Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Setup from an Exchange Server, fix Exchange file paths (if required) and import the regiytry file on the server having the Exchange Management Tools installed.
Example registry file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\PowerShellSnapIns\Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Setup]"CustomPSSnapInType"="Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.SetupPSSnapIn""ApplicationBase"="D:\\Program Files\\Microsoft\\Exchange Server\\V15\\bin""AssemblyName"="Microsoft.Exchange.PowerShell.Configuration, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35""Description"="Setup Tasks for the Exchange Server""ModuleName"="D:\\Program Files\\Microsoft\\Exchange Server\\V15\\bin\\Microsoft.Exchange.PowerShell.configuration.dll""PowerShellVersion"="1.0""Vendor"="Microsoft""Version"="15.0.0.0"
After adding the registry key, you can successfully fix the performance counter issue.
Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Setup New-PerfCounters -DefinitionFileName "$exinstall\setup\perf\WorkerTaskFrameworkPerfCounters.xml”
Links
- Jetze Mellema Post: Fix those silly “106” Performance Counter events on Exchange 2013 servers
