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if you dont need it dont use it, but if you want you can start the service no biggi
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hi

if you dont need it dont use it, but if you want you can start the service no biggi

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While looking at performance statistics on our 2008 SQL Server Cluster, I noticed some stats were showing as Zero. &nbsp;I then noticed the WMI Service is not running.<br />
Is there any reason we can NOT run this service? &nbsp;If it is ok to run, should we turn it on?<br />

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While looking at performance statistics on our 2008 SQL Server Cluster, I noticed some stats were showing as Zero.  I then noticed the WMI Service is not running.
Is there any reason we can NOT run this service?  If it is ok to run, should we turn it on?


Can and should the WMI service run on a SQL 2008 Clustered Instance?

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.