Merge pull request #293035 from Phil-Jensen/main

Add link for AzAcSnap 5

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/azure-netapp-files/azacsnap-release-notes.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services: azure-netapp-files
 author: Phil-Jensen
 ms.service: azure-netapp-files
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 10/31/2024
+ms.date: 01/14/2025
 ms.author: phjensen
 ---
 
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ For specific information on Preview features, refer to the [AzAcSnap Preview](az
 AzAcSnap 10a is being released with the following fixes and improvements:
 
 - Fixes and Improvements:
-  - Allow configurable wait timeout for Microsoft SQL Server. This will help you increase timeout for slow responding systems (default and minimum value is 30 seconds).
-    - Added a global override variable `MSSQL_CMD_TIMEOUT_SECS` to be used in either the `.azacsnaprc` file or as an environment variable set to the required wait timeout in seconds. For details on configuration refer to the [global override settings to control AzAcSnap behavior](azacsnap-tips.md#global-override-settings-to-control-azacsnap-behavior).
+  - Allow configurable wait time-out for Microsoft SQL Server. This option helps you increase time-out for slow responding systems (default and minimum value is 30 seconds).
+    - Added a global override variable `MSSQL_CMD_TIMEOUT_SECS` to be used in either the `.azacsnaprc` file or as an environment variable set to the required wait time-out in seconds. For details on configuration refer to the [global override settings to control AzAcSnap behavior](azacsnap-tips.md#global-override-settings-to-control-azacsnap-behavior).
 
 Download the binary of [AzAcSnap 10a for Linux](https://aka.ms/azacsnap-10a-linux)([signature file](https://aka.ms/azacsnap-10a-linux-signature)) or [AzAcSnap 10a for Windows](https://aka.ms/azacsnap-10a-windows).
 
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ AzAcSnap 10 is being released with the following fixes and improvements:
   - New configuration file layout.
     - To upgrade pre-AzAcSnap 10 configurations use the `azacsnap -c configure --configuration new` command to create a new configuration file and use the values in your existing configuration file.
   - Azure Large Instance storage management via REST API over HTTPS.
-    - This allows the use of Consistency Group snapshots on supported Azure Large Instance storage.
+    - This change to the REST API allows the use of Consistency Group snapshots on supported Azure Large Instance storage.
 - Fixes and Improvements:
-  - New `--flush` option which will flush in memory file buffers for local storage, useful for Azure Large Instance and Azure Managed Disk when connected as block storage.
+  - New `--flush` option which flushes in memory file buffers for local storage, useful for Azure Large Instance and Azure Managed Disk when connected as block storage.
   - Logging improvements.
 - Features removed:
   - AzAcSnap installer for Linux.
-    - AzAcSnap is now downloadable as a binary for supported versions of Linux and Windows.  This simplifies access to the AzAcSnap program allowing you to get started quickly.
+    - AzAcSnap is now downloadable as a binary for supported versions of Linux and Windows to simplify access to the AzAcSnap program allowing you to get started quickly.
   - Azure Large Instance storage management via CLI over SSH.
     - CLI over SSH replaced with the REST API over HTTPS.
 
@@ -123,15 +123,15 @@ AzAcSnap 8 is being released with the following fixes and improvements:
   - Restore (`-c restore`) changes:
     - New ability to use `-c restore` to `--restore revertvolume` for Azure NetApp Files.
   - Backup (`-c backup`) changes:
-    - Fix for incorrect error output when using `-c backup` and the database has ‘backint’ configured.
+    - Fix for incorrect error output when using `-c backup` and the database has "backint" configured.
     - Remove lower-case conversion for anfBackup rename-only option using `-c backup` so the snapshot name maintains case of Volume name.
     - Fix for when a snapshot is created even though SAP HANA wasn't put into backup-mode. Now if SAP HANA can't be put into backup-mode, AzAcSnap immediately exits with an error.
   - Details (`-c details`) changes:
     - Fix for listing snapshot details with `-c details` when using Azure Large Instance storage.
   - Logging enhancements:
     - Extra logging output to syslog (for example, `/var/log/messages`) on failure.
-    - New “mainlog” (`azacsnap.log`) to provide a more parse-able high-level log of commands run with success or failure result.
-  - New global settings file (`.azacsnaprc`) to control behavior of azacsnap, including location of “mainlog” file.
+    - New "mainlog" (`azacsnap.log`) to provide a more parse-able high-level log of commands run with success or failure result.
+  - New global settings file (`.azacsnaprc`) to control behavior of azacsnap, including location of "mainlog" file.
 
 Download the [AzAcSnap 8](https://aka.ms/azacsnap-8) installer.
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ AzAcSnap 7 is being released with the following fixes and improvements:
   - Backup (`-c backup`) changes:
     - Shorten suffix added to the snapshot name. The previous 26 character suffix of "YYYY-MM-DDThhhhss-nnnnnnnZ" was too long. The suffix is now an 11 character hex-decimal based on the ten-thousandths of a second since the Unix epoch to avoid naming collisions, for example, F2D212540D5.
     - Increased validation when creating snapshots to avoid failures on snapshot creation retry.
-    - Time out when executing AzAcSnap mechanism to disable/enable backint (`autoDisableEnableBackint=true`) now aligns with other SAP HANA related operation timeout values.
+    - Time out when executing AzAcSnap mechanism to disable/enable backint (`autoDisableEnableBackint=true`) now aligns with other SAP HANA related operation time-out values.
     - Azure Backup now allows third party snapshot-based backups without impact to streaming backups (also known as "backint"). Therefore, AzAcSnap "backint" detection logic is reordered to allow for future deprecation of this feature. By default this setting is disabled (`autoDisableEnableBackint=false`). For customers who relied on this feature to take snapshots with AzAcSnap and use Azure Backup, keeping this value as true means AzAcSnap 7 continues to disable/enable backint. As this setting is no longer necessary for Azure Backup, we recommend testing AzAcSnap backups with the value of `autoDisableEnableBackint=false`, and then if successful make the same change in your production deployment.
   - Restore (`-c restore`) changes:
     - Ability to create a custom suffix for Volume clones created when using `-c restore --restore snaptovol` either:
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ AzAcSnap v5.0.3 (Build: 20220524.14204) is provided as a patch update to the v5.
 
 - Fix for handling delimited identifiers when querying SAP HANA. This issue only impacted SAP HANA in HSR-HA node when there's a Secondary node configured with "logreplay_readaccss" and is resolved.
 
+Download the [AzAcSnap 5.0.3](https://aka.ms/azacsnap-5) installer.
+
 ### AzAcSnap v5.1 Preview (Build: 20220524.15550)
 
 AzAcSnap v5.1 Preview (Build: 20220524.15550) is an updated build to extend the preview expiry date for 90 days. This update contains the fix for handling delimited identifiers when querying SAP HANA as provided in v5.0.3.
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ AzAcSnap v5.0.1 (Build: 20210524.14837) is provided as a patch update to the v5.
 
 AzAcSnap v5.0 (Build: 20210421.6349) is now Generally Available and for this build had the following fixes and improvements:
 
-- The hdbsql retry timeout (to wait for a response from SAP HANA) is automatically set to half of the "savePointAbortWaitSeconds" to avoid race conditions. The setting for "savePointAbortWaitSeconds" can be modified directly in the JSON configuration file and must be a minimum of 600 seconds.
+- The hdbsql retry time-out (to wait for a response from SAP HANA) is automatically set to half of the "savePointAbortWaitSeconds" to avoid race conditions. The setting for "savePointAbortWaitSeconds" can be modified directly in the JSON configuration file and must be a minimum of 600 seconds.
 
 ## March-2021