Generally Available: AzAcSnap 10 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool updates

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Published

Jul 25, 2024

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • July 2024
    General Availability

Product

Azure Disk Storage
Azure NetApp Files

Tag

Features
SDK and Tools

Category

Storage

Description

Version 10 of the AzAcSnap tool is now generally available. Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool (AzAcSnap) is a command-line tool that enables you to simplify data protection for third-party databases in Windows and Linux environments.

AzAcSnap 10 introduces the following new capabilities and improvements:

  • Features added to Preview:
    • Microsoft SQL Server application consistent snapshot backup support.
  • Features moved to GA (generally available):
    • Windows support: AzAcSnap is now able to be run on supported Linux distributions and Windows.
    • New configuration file layout to simplify use.
  • Azure Large Instance
    • Consistency Group snapshots on supported Azure Large Instance storage
    • Storage management via REST API over HTTPS
  • Other fixes and improvements
    • Logging improvements & simplification of usage

Download the binary of AzAcSnap 10 for Linux or AzAcSnap 10 for Windows.

Learn more.