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Adds a warning about manually mounting snapshots managed by ILM #111883

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Adds a warning about manually mounting snapshots managed by ILM
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Shortens text and moves the warning to Searchable snapshots chapter
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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions docs/reference/searchable-snapshots/apis/mount-snapshot.asciidoc
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Mount a snapshot as a searchable snapshot index.

WARNING: Manual Snapshot Mounting
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When manually mounting a snapshot that was captured by an Index Lifecycle Management (ILM) policy, be aware of the following:

@shainaraskas shainaraskas Aug 14, 2024

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I don't think you can set the title this way. it ends up just putting this sentence in the note block:

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I think what you want is this

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WARNING: Manual Snapshot Mounting
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When manually mounting a snapshot that was captured by an Index Lifecycle Management (ILM) policy, be aware of the following:
[WARNING]
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**Manual snapshot mounting**


* **ILM Managed Snapshots:** Snapshots taken by ILM policies are handled automatically by ILM. If you manually mount these snapshots, it can interfere with ILM's automated processes, such as managing or deleting snapshots.

* **Potential Issues:** Manually mounting a snapshot can disrupt ILM actions, like deletions or phase transitions. This can lead to data loss or complications in managing your snapshots.

* **Best Practice:** It's best to let ILM manage your snapshots. If you must manually mount a snapshot, make sure you understand how this affects ILM and manage the snapshot lifecycle separately.

Always review the documentation and consider the impact on your data management before manually handling snapshots managed by ILM.

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I'd like to see this formatted as prose rather than broken down like this. there also seems to be overlap between all of the paragraph content so you could slim this down. it will have an added benefit of making the warning much less scary looking.

consider also shrinking this to "don't use this for snapshots taken by ILM policies. [Learn more]" and linking out to the docs around how ILM snapshots are managed (and maybe adding these considerations there).

finally, we prefer sentence case headings over title case headings. see style guide :)

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Thank you for the feedback!
I’ve shortened the warning to make it clearer and fixed the formatting issues. I encountered some difficulties with the local build but have resolved those issues now thanks to @szabosteve :)
Based on Dave's feedback, I’ve moved the warning to the section about Searchable Snapshots, where it complements the existing information. In the Mount API description, I’ve added a brief note that links to the warning for further details.

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[[searchable-snapshots-api-mount-request]]
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