Scheduling backups

To configure a backup, specify the automated backup frequency as backup policy. Also specify how long you want to retain the backup data and the location of your backup storage.

You can either schedule backups to run automatically, or back up you instance at any time on demand.

You can run a backup on both a running BDDCS instance and on the instance that is stopped.

When the backup operation runs, it does not change the state of the instance. That is, if backup starts when the instance is running, it won't stop the instance, and if backup starts when the instance is down, the instance remains down when backup completes.

While a backup runs, you cannot access BDDCS Studio, or perform any other operations on your instance.

If you don't change any settings in the Backup Configuration, the system uses a default backup policy. It uses these settings:
  • The default backup of BDDCS is created automatically each Monday, at 2 a.m. UTC.
  • The default backup retention period is 30 days.
  • The default backup location is the Cloud Storage Container you specified when provisioning your BDDCS instance.

To schedule backups:

  1. In the BDDCS console, go to Administration > Backups > Backup Configuration.
    The Backup Configuration screen opens.
  2. Enter or select information in the fields as follows:
    Field Description
    Backup Policy Select the Daily, or Weekly policy, and then select the day of the week and time of the day. This configures the frequency of your service backups. If you don't change this setting, the default backup is created each Monday at 2 a.m. UTC time.
    Time Zone Select country and then time zone. After you select the time zone, the time abbreviation in the field above automatically changes to reflect it.
    Data Retention Select the number of days, weeks, or months to retain your BDDCS backup files. If you don't specify a custom retention period (or don't configure a backup policy), the default retention period of 30 days is used.
    The name of the Storage Instance, the Storage Container name, and the user credentials for the Oracle Cloud Storage user are already filled in from your previous configuration.
  3. Click Save. The Administration page displays. It indicates that automated backup is configured and lists the details. When the automated backup runs, it is added to the list of backups on the page.

Now you can let Oracle Cloud run backups for you. Alternatively, you can also run a manual backup at any time, by using Back up Now.