Backup and DR Service 11.0.9.429 is now available to update your backup/recovery appliance

## Announcement Backup and DR Service 11.0.9.429 is now available to update your backup/recovery appliance. Refer to these [instructions](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/configuration/update-appliance) to update your appliance. ## Announcement The upcoming 11.0.10 release includes an important OS change. If your backup appliance was originally installed as version 11.0.5 or older (before July 2023), then the 11.0.9 upgrade includes an additional automated procedure to prepare for the coming upgrade by making some adjustments to the backup appliance's boot disk partitions. This additional procedure takes about 30 minutes. If the upgrade is disrupted, there is a chance that the backup/recovery appliance might become non-functional. To prepare for this risk, it is highly recommended that you take a snapshot of the backup appliance boot disk before upgrading the appliance to 11.0.9\. If the backup appliance is not back online after the upgrade, contact the Backup and DR support team. Here is a brief guide for how to take the snapshot: 1. In the Backup and DR management console, click **Manage** \> **Appliances** and write down or screen-capture the appliance names. 2. In the Google Cloud console of your workload project, click **Compute Engine** \> **VM instances**. 3. Identify the backup appliance VM instance with the same name as that shown in the Backup and DR management console. 4. [Take a snapshot of the backup appliance boot disk](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/create-snapshots). If you need assistance taking the snapshot, [contact the Backup and DR support team](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/support). 5. [Contact the Backup and DR support team](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/support) if the appliance becomes non-functional after the upgrade. The support team will determine the best way to mitigate the problem. Caution: Do NOT try to restore the bootdisk from the snapshot without assistance from Support. Doing so may damage the appliance and make it unrecoverable. 6. Delete the snapshot once you confirm that the appliance is online using version 11.0.9. ## Feature SAP HANA databases running in Compute Engine instances can now be backed up as Persistent Disk snapshots of the Compute Engine instance. For more information, see [protect and recover an SAP HANA database running in a Compute Engine instance](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/quickstarts/sap-hana-on-gce-backup-recovery). ## Feature Backup and DR Service is now integrated with Cloud Monitoring. You can analyze metrics and set custom email alerts. [Learn more](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/monitor-reports/metrics). ## Feature Backup and DR Service now supports Google Cloud VMware Engine Storage only nodes. [Learn more](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/pricing). ## Feature Backup and DR Service has added a new reporting system based on the built-in Google Cloud services: Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, and BigQuery. [Learn more](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/monitor-reports/reports-overview). ## Feature You can now view prebuilt reports in BigQuery. [Learn more](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/monitor-reports/logs-route-bigquery). ## Feature You can now view comprehensive job related reporting data through backup and recovery job logs in Cloud Logging. [Learn more](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/monitor-reports/job-logs). ## Feature Added basic connector support for the following OSes. See [Support matrix](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/supportmatrix-backupdr). * RHEL 8.9 * RHEL 9.3 * Rocky Linux 8.9 * Rocky Linux 9.3 * Rocky Linux Optimized for Google Cloud 8.9 * Rocky Linux Optimized for Google Cloud 9.3 ## Feature Added Change Block Tracking (CBT) support for the following OSes. See [Support matrix](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/supportmatrix-backupdr). * SLES 15 SP5 * SLES for SAP 15 SP5