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PREEMPTIVE_VSS_CREATESNAPSHOT

Category: Other
SQL Server versions: 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017

What is PREEMPTIVE_VSS_CREATESNAPSHOT?

Never

This wait has never occurred recently

PREEMPTIVE_VSS_CREATESNAPSHOT has not occurred recently on 4207 instances checked.

Prevalence of PREEMPTIVE_VSS_CREATESNAPSHOT across the Spotlight Population