Error "Event ID 4096" in Windows Event Viewer Logs

Issue

When you review the Windows Event Viewer log files, you might see an error similar to the following:

The description for Event ID 4096 from source Tableau Server (<process>) cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

Environment

Tableau Server

Resolution

Event ID 4096 in the Windows Event Viewer logs is usually benign, and can be ignored as long as Tableau Server is running as expected.

Take the following troubleshooting steps to verify that Tableau Server is running as expected.

Step 1: Confirm that Tableau Server is running

For Tableau Server 2018.1 and earlier

On the computer running Tableau Server, open the Command Prompt window as an administrator and navigate to the Tableau Server bin folder:
- cd "C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\[version]\bin"
At the command prompt, run the following command:

tabadmin status -v

For Tableau Server 2018.2 and later

On the computer running Tableau Server, open the Command Prompt window as an administrator.
At the command prompt, run the following command:

tsm status -v

Step 2: Check the Tableau Server administrative views

Use the Tableau Server administrative views to verify that Tableau Server is behaving as expected. For more information, see Administrative Views in Tableau Help.

Additional Information

The error above might be followed by a second error. If Tableau Server is not running as expected, the second error should be investigated.
Microsoft Support: Event ID 4096 (Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Integration-KvpExchange) is logged in Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012
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