7 Managing Backups

This chapter explains how to manage backup images and backup image instances.

This chapter contains the following sections:

7.1 Managing Backup Images

A backup image, created as a product of a backup operation, stores metadata related to the backup. As a part of managing backup images, you can view their properties and rename them.

See Also:

"Backup Images" for more information about backup images

This section contains the following topics:

7.1.1 Displaying Backup Images

The Web tool enables you display existing backup images in the administrative domain. You must have the list any backup, regardless of its owner or list any backups owned by user class right to display backup images.

To display the existing backup images:

  1. Follow the steps in "Displaying the Oracle Secure Backup Web Tool Home Page".
  2. In the Web tool, click Manage.
  3. In the Management section, click Backup Images.

    The Manage: Backup Images page is displayed.

  4. Use the View Options section to specify criteria that filter the backup images displayed on this page. You can specify one or more criteria.

    The View Options section contains the following fields:

    • Backup Image Attributes

      Select File system to display only backup images of file-system backup operations. Select Database to display only backup images of Oracle Database backup operations. Select both options to display all backup images.

    • Container Type

      Select Disk Pool to display backup images stored on disk pools. Select Tape to display backup images stored on tape devices. Select both options to display backup images stored on all storage media.

    • Container Name

      Specify the name the backup container. Only backup images stored on this container are displayed.

    • Barcode

      Specify the barcode of the tape library. Only backup images stored on the library with the specified barcode reader are displayed.

    • Filters

      Use the Hosts field to select the host that stores the backup images.

      Select Today to display backup images that were created today. Select From and then select that to display backup images created after this date. Select To and specify a date to specify a date range, along with From, so that backup images created during the specified date range are displayed.

  5. Click Apply.

    Oracle Secure Backup displays backup images that satisfy the specified criteria.

7.1.2 Renaming Backup Images

You must have the modify any backup, regardless of its owner or modify any backups owned by user class right to rename backup images.

When you rename a backup image, Oracle Secure Backup renames all the backup image instances that are associated with this backup image to reflect the new name.

To rename backup images:

  1. Display the required backup image as described in "Displaying Backup Images".
  2. Select the backup image that to want to rename by clicking Select to the left of the backup image.
  3. Click Rename.
  4. In the Rename backup_image_name to field, enter the new name of the backup image and click Yes.

7.2 Managing Backup Image Instances

Backup image instances contain the backup data. Managing backup image instances includes creating, editing, deleting, and moving backup image instances.

See Also:

"Overview of Backup Images and Backup Image Instances" for more information about backup image instances

This section contains the following topics:

7.2.1 Creating Backup Image Instances

You can create a backup image instance, for a specific backup image, on a different backup container. You must have the modify any backup, regardless of its owner or modify any backups owned by user class right to create backup image instances.

To create a backup image instance:

  1. Display the backup image for which you want to create a backup image instance as described in "Displaying Backup Images".
  2. Click Select to the left of the backup image for which you want to create a backup image instance.
  3. Select Copy.

    The Manage: Backup Images > Copy page is displayed.

  4. Provide details required to create the backup image instance.

    The backup image instance details are specified using the following fields:

    • Media Family: Select the media family for this backup image instance.

    • Restrictions: Select the backup containers in which the backup image instance can be created. If you do not select a backup container, Oracle Secure Backup creates the backup image instance on any available backup container.

    • Encryption: Specify the type of encryption to be used for the backup image instance. Select one of the following options:

      • yes: Specifies that the backup image instance must be encrypted.

      • no: Specifies that the backup image instance must not be encrypted. This is the default.

      • forcedoff: Specifies that backup image instances must not be encrypted regardless of global or client policy settings.

      • transient: Specifies that the backup image instance must be encrypted using a transient passphrase using the --passphrase or --querypassphrase option.

        Also specify the following additional options:

        Select disable hardware encryption to use hardware encryption while creating the backup image instance. This is applicable only for tape devices that support hardware encryption.

        Select Store key to store the transient passphrase for this backup in the appropriate key stores.

    • Migrate: Select this option to delete the existing backup image instance that is associated with the backup image after the new backup image instance is created.

    • Priority: Specify the priority for this copy instance job.

    • Create Now: Specifies that the backup image instance must be created immediately.

    • Create at: Specifies that the backup image instance must be created at the specified date and time.

  5. Click OK.

7.2.2 Displaying Backup Image Instances

You can use filters to specify the criteria that must be applied for displaying backup image instances. You must have the list any backup, regardless of its owner or list any backups owned by user class right to display backup image instances.

To display backup image instances:

  1. Follow the steps in "Displaying the Oracle Secure Backup Web Tool Home Page".
  2. In the Web tool, click Manage.
  3. In the Advanced section, click Backup Image Instances.

    The Manage: Backup Image Instances page is displayed.

  4. In the View Options section, specify the criteria that will be used to filter and display the backup image instances.

    The options in this section have the same meaning as those specified for backup images in Step 4 of "Displaying Backup Images".

  5. Click Apply to display backup image instances that satisfy the specified criteria.

7.2.3 Editing Backup Image Instances

You must have the modify any backup, regardless of its owner or modify any backups owned by user class right to edit the properties of a backup image instance. You can modify the expiry date or retention time of backup image instances that are stored on disk pools only.

To edit a backup image instance:

  1. Display the required backup image instance as described in "Displaying Backup Image Instances".
  2. From the list of backup image instances, click Select to the left of the backup image instance that you want to edit.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. Use one of the following options to modify when the selected backup image instance expires.

    • Expire time: Specifies the date and time at which the backup image instance expires.

    • Retain time: Enter a value and choose the unit of time to specify the amount of the time that the backup image instance must be retained.

  5. Click OK.

7.2.4 Copying or Moving Backup Image Instances

Backup instances can be copied or moved (migrated) from a source container (such as a disk pool, tape volume, or cloud container) to a target container.

Keep the following in mind with regard to containers in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure:

  • Only encrypted backup instances that are contained in a disk pool can be copied or moved to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure container.

  • Backup instances contained in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic containers can be copied or moved to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Archive Storage Classic containers.

  • Backup instances contained in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Archive Storage Classic containers cannot be moved to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic containers.

  • Backup instances contained in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure cannot be moved out of the cloud.

Backup instances can be copied or moved using a scheduled automatic process or an on-demand manual process. Backup instances that are contained in a disk pool can be automatically copied or moved by using the copyinstance or stagescan staging commands.

See Also:

7.2.5 Removing Backup Image Instances

You must have the modify any backup, regardless of its owner or modify any backups owned by user class right to remove backup image instances. Removing a backup image instance from a particular backup container does not impact backup image instances of the same backup that may be stored in other backup containers. The other instances will continue to exist.

To remove a backup image instance:

  1. Display the required backup image instance as described in "Displaying Backup Image Instances".

    Use the filters to limit the number of backup image instances that are displayed. For example, to display expired backups, select Expired in the Filters section of the Manage: Backup Image Instances page.

  2. From the list of backup image instances displayed, click Select to the left of the backup image instance that you want to remove.
  3. Click Remove to remove the backup image instance.

    A confirmation message is displayed asking you to confirm the delete operation.

  4. Click Yes to confirm the deletion of the backup image instance.