Server has SQL SP3a installed (Win2K3). I restarted the SQL server service (and agent) last night and now I've lost all my sql performance counters.How can I get them back w/o a registry rebuild?

Depending on the other services installed, you may also have access to a variety of performance counters for that service, including SQL Server and SQL Server Analysis Services.

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Microsoft's goal for the Query Store was to help DBAs facilitate upgrading to newer releases of SQL Server by providing persistent performance data to could be analyzed over time.

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