Symptoms
You have a Master Data Services (MDS) model that contains a large amount of data (such as millions of records) in Microsoft SQL Server 2014. When you run the MDS stored procedure [mdm].[udpVersionCopy] to make a version copy of the model, slow performance of the stored procedure may cause the procedure to run for hours.
Resolution
This problem was first fixed in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:
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Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
References
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