Managing a Backup
Use the Console or the command-line interface to edit, delete, or move a backup.
Editing a Backup
Use the Console or the command-line interface to edit the display name, description, and retention period of a DB system backup.
Using the Console
Use the Console to edit the display name, description, and retention period of your backup.
The Edit backup panel is different from the Edit backup plan panel. The Edit backup plan panel enables you to enable automatic backups, edit the retention period and window start time of an existing DB system. See Editing a Backup Plan.
- Open the navigation menu and select Databases. Under MySQL HeatWave, click Backups.
- Do one of the following:
- Click Edit from the Actions menu on the same line as your DB system.
- Click the name of the backup to open the Backup details page and click Edit.
- On the Edit backup panel, provide the following details:
- Display name: Specify the new name of the backup. If you do not modify the name, the existing name is retained.
- Description: Specify the new description of the backup. If you do not modify the description, the existing description is retained.
- Retention period: Specify the new retention period of the backup. If you do not modify the retention period, the existing value is retained.
Note
You cannot change the retention period of automatic backups.
- Click Save changes.
Using the CLI
Use the command-line interface to update the display name, description, and retention period of your backup.
- A backup OCID.
- A policy that permits you to update backups in the compartment or tenancy.
- A properly configured CLI installation and the requisite SSH keys. See Command Line Interface.
Editing a Backup Plan
Edit the backup plan of an existing DB system to enable automatic backups and point in time recovery, and edit the retention period and window start time.
Using the Console
Use the Console to edit the backup plan of an existing DB system.
The Edit backup plan panel is different from the Edit backup panel. The Edit backup panel enables you to edit the display name and description of the backup. See Editing a Backup.
- Navigate to the DB system details page of the DB system.
- From the More actions menu, select Edit backup plan.
- On the Edit backup plan panel, provide the following details:
- Enable automatic backups: Select to enable automatic
backups, and to configure the backup retention period, enable point-in-time
recovery, and select the backup window. If you do not enable automatic
backups, create a manual backup. It is recommended to enable automatic
backups.
- Backup retention period: (Optional) Specify how long to retain the backups, in days. The default retention period is seven days.
- Enable point-in-time recovery: Select the option to enable you to restore a DB system at a point-in-time to a new DB system.
- Select backup window: Select to enable you to define the starting time of backup of your DB system in the Window start time field. Your backup starts at some point in the 30 minutes following the Window start time. Click Show backup windows per region to view the default backup window specific to your region.
Note
There is no impact on the DB system or the database connections when the automatic backup is created.
- Enable automatic backups: Select to enable automatic
backups, and to configure the backup retention period, enable point-in-time
recovery, and select the backup window. If you do not enable automatic
backups, create a manual backup. It is recommended to enable automatic
backups.
- Click Save changes.
Moving a Backup
You can move an active backup to a different compartment. You can not move a backup that is in any other state.
Use the Console or the command-line interface to move a backup to a different compartment.
Using the Console
Use the Console to move your backup to a different compartment.
- The access permission,
MYSQL_BACKUP_MOVE
, on the compartment to which you want to move your backup. See mysql-backups. - An active backup. You can not move a backup that is in any other state.
Using the CLI
Use the command-line interface to move a backup to a different compartment.
- A backup OCID.
- A policy that permits you to move backups in the compartment or tenancy.
- A properly configured CLI installation and the requisite SSH keys. See Command Line Interface.
Deleting a Backup
Use the Console or the command-line interface to delete a backup of the DB system.
Using the Console
Use the Console to delete a backup of your DB system.
- Open the navigation menu and select Databases. Under MySQL HeatWave, click Backups.
- Do one of the following:
- Choose Delete from the Actions menu on the same line as your DB system.
- Click the name of the DB system to open the Backup details page. Click the More actions button and select Delete.
- On the Delete backup dialog box, click Delete backup.
Using the CLI
Use the command-line interface to delete a backup.
- A backup OCID.
- A policy that permits you to delete backups in the compartment or tenancy.
- A properly configured CLI installation and the requisite SSH keys. See Command Line Interface.