Backup and DR Service 11.0.16.253 is now available to update your backup/recovery appliances

## Announcement Backup and DR Service 11.0.16.253 is now available to update your backup/recovery appliances. Refer to these [instructions](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/configuration/update-appliance) to update your appliance. * Guardrails have been defined for each backup/recovery appliance to specify the number of supported job slots, ensuring smooth parallel backup and mount jobs. Introducing notifications and alerts for the following critical events: * Processes not running on a backup/recovery appliance * Expired certificates * No jobs running on a backup/recovery appliance * CPU and memory usage exceeding threshold values * Backup/recovery appliance appliance version out of support * Backup/recovery appliance updates available You can subscribe to these events and configure email alerts.