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HADR_NOTIFICATION_WORKER_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS

Category: Idle
SQL Server versions: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017

This is an idle wait and so it can be safely ignored.

What is HADR_NOTIFICATION_WORKER_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS?

1 Answer

 

The AlwaysOn availability replica manager is waiting for serialized access to the runtime state of a background task that processes Windows Server Failover Clustering notifications. Internal use only. Information from Microsoft®

Never

This wait has never occurred recently

HADR_NOTIFICATION_WORKER_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS has not occurred recently on 4207 instances checked.

Prevalence of HADR_NOTIFICATION_WORKER_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS across the Spotlight Population