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The charts are based on 2.1 TB of data collected from 4207 instances uploaded by 323 Spotlight users over an 8 week period.

SLEEP_MSDBSTARTUP

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

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

What is SLEEP_MSDBSTARTUP?

1 Answer

 

Occurs when SQL Trace waits for the msdb database to complete startup. Information from Microsoft®

Never

This wait has never occurred recently

SLEEP_MSDBSTARTUP has not occurred recently on 4207 instances checked.

Prevalence of SLEEP_MSDBSTARTUP across the Spotlight Population