Symptoms
Assume that you have a database that has many objects backed up in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2, and you are trying to restore the backup to SQL Server 2016 or 2017. In this scenario, you notice that restoration takes a long time to finish.
More Information
When it restores the SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2 database backup to SQL Server 2016 or 2017, SQL Server has to upgrade the internal version of the databases. One of the version upgrade steps was optimized to shorten the upgrade time.
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
Resolution
Cumulative update for SQL Server:
The issue is fixed in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:
About cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Hotfix for SQL Server 2016 SP2:
This issue is fixed in the following on-demand hotfix for SQL Server:
References
Learn about the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.
