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EXTERNAL_RG_UPDATE

Category: Other
SQL Server versions: 2016, 2017

What is EXTERNAL_RG_UPDATE?

Never

This wait has never occurred recently

EXTERNAL_RG_UPDATE has not occurred recently on 4207 instances checked.

Prevalence of EXTERNAL_RG_UPDATE across the Spotlight Population