I am currently trying to drop a database (1.5TB in size), currently I am at 30 minutes and still waiting. Before running the drop command I had excluded the database from automatic SQL MI backup, as I had encountered this before. To be fair I excluded it, then ran the drop command only a minute later.

Still, 30 minutes to drop a database? Is the time taken to drop influenced by the size of the database?

Are there processes that mean excluding a database from SQL MI backup is not immediate, and also takes some time?

Thank you.