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Public preview: Azure NetApp Files application volume group for SAP HANA
With Azure NetApp Files application volume group (AVG) for SAP HANA, you are able to deploy all volumes required to install and operate an SAP HANA system according to best practices.
Private preview: Root cause analysis, new telemetry, & alerts for SAP NetWeaver in AMS
View root cause analysis (RCA) for SAP system unavailability caused by virtual machine or host outage and new telemetry for SAP NetWeaver in Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions (AMS).
Public preview: New SAP HANA telemetry in AMS
SAP HANA license status, delta merges, and more telemetry now available in Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions.
Azure Scheduler will be retired on 31 January 2022
Target retirement date: January 31, 2022
Transition to Azure Log Apps before 31 January 2022.
General availability: NFSv4.1 support on Azure Files
With NFS (Network File Share) on Azure Files, you can now deploy fully managed, POSIX compliant, distributed NFS file shares in your production environments for a wide variety of workloads.
Public preview: Metrics and Metric alerts for Azure Backup
Azure Backup now provides built-in metrics to enable you to monitor the health of your backups and write custom alert rules on these metrics.
October 2021
General availability: Azure Backup now supports Archive Tier through Azure Portal
Azure Backup support to move backups for SQL and SAP HANA databases running in Azure VMs into the Archive tier, via Azure portal and Azure CLI, is also generally available.
General availability: Cross region replication for Azure NetApp Files
Azure NetApp Files supports cross region replication for disaster-recovery (DR) purposes and provides frequent, efficient and cost-effective volume and snapshot replication between Azure standard and non-standard region pairs.
September 2021
Public preview: At-scale management of Azure Monitor alerts in Backup center
You can now manage your Azure Monitor alerts via Backup center.
Zone redundant storage (ZRS) for Azure Disk Storage now generally available
Now generally available in West Europe, North Europe, West US 2, and France Central, Zone-redundant storage (ZRS) for Azure Disk Storage protects disks from zonal failures which may occur due to natural disasters or hardware issues.
July 2021
Public preview: Alerts, Pacemaker cluster (RHEL OS) and data-size for SAP HANA
SAP on Azure customers can now set threshold-based alerts on SAP application, databases and clusters though Azur portal with few clicks.
Private preview: New telemetry for SAP Application (NetWeaver) in Azure portal
SAP on Azure customers can now view SAP Application telemetry like short dumps, SDF/SMON and STO3 in Azure portal.
June 2021
General availability: Cross region Restore of SQL/SAP HANA running in Azure VM
General availability of Cross Region Restore of SQL/SAP HANA databases running in Azure VM allows to restore data in the secondary region for compliance/audit and outage scenarios.
May 2021
Zone redundant storage (ZRS) option for Azure managed disks in public preview
Now available in public preview in West Europe, North Europe, West US 2, and France Central, Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) option for Azure managed disks protect disks from zonal failures which may occur due to natural disasters or hardware issues.
General availability | Azure NetApp Files : Application Consistent Snapshot tool (AzAcSnap)
AzAcSnap is a command-line tool for simplifying data protection for third-party databases in Linux environments
April 2021
Announcing general availability of new M-series Msv2/Mdsv2 Medium Memory VMs for memory-optimized workloads
Azure Msv2/Mdsv2 Medium Memory Series offering up to 192vCPU and 4TB memory configurations and running on Cascade Lake processor are now generally available.
Public preview of SAP NetWeaver, North Europe, and new updates in cluster monitoring
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions (AMS) supports SAP NetWeaver monitoring in public preview, new metrics for high-availability (pacemaker) clusters, and availability in North Europe region.
March 2021
Scan and view lineage of data stored in Teradata, SAP ERP, and Oracle DB using Azure Purview
Azure Purview now provides automated scanning and lineage for SAP ECC, SAP S4/HANA and Oracle DB in public preview.
Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) option for Azure managed disks in limited preview
Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) option for Azure managed disks protect disks from zonal failures which may occur due to natural disasters or hardware issues.
Backup Reports is now generally available
Gain visibility into backup job statistics, consumption trends and optimization opportunities across your Recovery Services vaults.
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