Exploring the Backup Page

You can use the Backup page to back up and restore an Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance, and to manage backups for the service instance.

What You Can Do from the Backup Page

You can perform these tasks from the Backup page:

What You See on the Backup Page

The following table describes the key information shown on the Backup page.

Element	Description
Instances buton	Follow this link to return to the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console.
(adjacent to the service instance name)	Menu icon provides the following options: Open WebLogic Server Console—Open the WebLogic Console to administer your application environment. Open Fusion Middleware Control Console—Open Fusion Middleware Control to administer your application environment. Open Load Balancer Console—Open the console to administer the load balancer, if the load balancer has been configured for the service instance.
WebLogic Server Version	Version of Oracle WebLogic Server configured for the Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance. For example: 12.1.3.0.
Description	Description of the Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance.
Topology	Shows the node configuration.
Incremental backup	Indicates the schedule for running incremental backups. See Configuring Automated Backups for an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance.
Full backup	Indicates the schedule for running full backups. See Configuring Automated Backups for an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance.
Most Recent Backup	Indicates that the most recent backup failed and the time of its failure. Click the icon for information about why the backup attempt was unsuccessful.
Last Successful Backup	Indicates the time of the last successful backup.
	Click to refresh the page. The date and time the page was last refreshed is displayed adjacent to this button.
Configure Backups	Click Configure Backups to set when scheduled backups should occur and to specify how backups are stored. See Configuring Automated Backups for an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance.
Back Up Now	Click Back Up Now to create an on-demand backup of the Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance. See Initiate an On-Demand Backup of an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance.
Storage Cloud Container Used	The total amount of space, in MBytes or GBytes, that backups are occupying in the Oracle Storage Cloud Service container for storing backups that are more than seven days old. This amount includes space that is occupied by backups that have been manually uploaded to the container, if any, in addition to the space occupied by backups that Oracle SOA Cloud Service has moved there. This information is omitted for an service instance that is configured to store backups only on block storage.
Available Backups	List of available backups. By default, only backups for the last 7 days are listed.
	In-progress backup for the Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance. The backup will not be available for use in restoring the service instance until it is completed. The backup is identified by the date and time when the backup was created, which is displayed adjacent to icon that represents the backup. Click the icon to see additional information about the backup.
	Completed backup for the Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance. The backup is available for use in restoring the service instance. The backup is identified by the date and time when the backup was created, which is displayed adjacent to icon that represents the backup. Click the icon to see additional information about the backup.
	Completed scheduled backup after which Oracle SOA Cloud Service tried but failed to move or delete one or more older backups. For information about when and why Oracle SOA Cloud Service moves or deletes older backups, see Where Backups Are Stored. The backup is still available for use in restoring the service instance. To find out why Oracle SOA Cloud Service could not move or remove the older backup, place the cursor over the icon. The presence of the older backup may cause future backups to fail because of insufficient space. For information about how to prevent future backups from failing in this way see Problems with Backup and Restoration. The backup is identified by the date and time when the backup was created, which is displayed adjacent to icon that represents the backup. Click the icon to see additional information about the backup.
Type	A comma-separated pair of words that describes the type of the backup. The first word in the pair describes the extent of the backup: Incremental—The backup contains only the runtime artifacts of each managed virtual machine in the service instance. Full—The backup contains runtime artifacts and files that change infrequently or do not change. See Contents of a Backup. The second word in the pair indicates how the backup was initiated: If the backup was initiated automatically at the scheduled time, the text “scheduled" is displayed. If the backup was initiated by a user, the user name of the user who initiated the backup is displayed. If the backup was initiated in response to another management operation by a user, the name of the user is displayed. See How Backups Are Initiated.
Available Until	The date and time until which the backup will be retained.
Location	The location where the backup is stored: Disk—The backup is stored on the block storage of the virtual machine where the Administration Server is running. Oracle Storage Cloud Service—The backup is stored in the Oracle Storage Cloud Service container for storing the service instance's backups that are more than seven days old. See Where Backups Are Stored.
Contains	A row of up to three icons that indicates the content of the backup: —Indicates that the backup contains binary files. —Indicates that the backup contains configuration files. —Indicates that the backup contains database files.
Notes	Click the text Notes to display the notes that were provided when the backup was created or the restoration was performed.
	Menu icon provides the following options: Restore—Restore the Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance from the backup. See Restoring an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance from a Backup. Delete—Delete the backup. See Delete a Backup.