Occurs when the SQLOS scheduler switches to preemptive mode to close backup media. Information from Microsoft®
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PREEMPTIVE_CLOSEBACKUPMEDIA
Category: Other
SQL Server versions: 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
What is PREEMPTIVE_CLOSEBACKUPMEDIA?
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answered 3348 days ago
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This wait has never occurred recently
PREEMPTIVE_CLOSEBACKUPMEDIA has not occurred recently on 4207 instances checked.