Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Creating a Volume Group Backup

Learn how to create an automatic, point-in-time-consistent backups of all the volumes in a volume group.

    1. On the Volume Groups list page, find the volume group that you want to back up. If you need help finding the list page or the volume group, see Listing Volume Groups.
    2. From the Actions menu (three dots), select Create volume group backup.
    3. On the Create volume group backup page, enter the following information.
      • Volume Group Backup Name: Enter a name for the volume group backup.
      • Backup type: Select full or incremental backup type.
    4. Select Create.

  • Use the oci bv volume-group-backup create command and specify the --volume-group-id parameter to create a volume group backup of the specified volume group:

    oci bv volume-group-backup create --volume-group-id <volume_group_ID>

    For example:

    oci bv volume-group-backup create --volume-group-id ocid1.volumegroup.oc1.phx.<unique_ID>

    For a complete list of parameters and values for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.

  • Run the CreateVolumeGroupBackup operation to create a volume group backup.