Use the Console to restore from an existing backup to a new DB system.

1. On the Backups list page, select the backup that you want to work with. If you need help finding the list page or the backup, see Listing Backups - Using the Console.

   The details page opens and displays information about the backup. Under DB system you can find the details of the associated DB system.

2. Select Restore to new DB system at the top of the page.
3. Configure Source: The Always Free toggle switch is enabled when the selected backup is a backup of an Always Free DB system.
   • In a Free Tier tenancy, you can only restore an Always Free backup to an Always Free DB system.
   • In a paid or trial tenancy, you can disable the toggle switch to restore the Always Free backup to a paid DB system.
4. Provide DB system information:
   • Create in compartment: If you want to launch the DB system in a compartment other than the current compartment, select the required compartment from the list. If you do not select a different compartment, the current compartment is used.
   • Name: (Optional) Specify a user-friendly display name for the DB system. The name does not need to be unique. An Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID) uniquely identifies the DB system.
   • Description: (Optional) Specify a user-friendly description of the DB system and its purpose.
5. The type of DB System: Select Standalone for a single-instance DB system, and select High availability for a three-instance DB system.
   Note
   
   High availability is not supported when restoring an Always Free backup to an Always Free DB system.
6. Configure networking:
   • Virtual cloud network: Select the VCN in which to launch the DB system.
   • Subnet: Select the required subnet of the selected VCN.
   • Show advanced options: (Optional) Select to configure network security groups.
     • Compartment: Select a compartment in which the network security group is configured.
     • Network security group: Select a network security group that you want to use.
     • To add multiple network security groups, select the Another network security group button to add another row.
       Note
       
       You can add up to a maximum of 5 network security groups.
7. Configure placement:
   • Availability domain: You can change the availability domain, but not the region.
     Note
     
     The availability domain is not changeable when restoring an Always Free backup to an Always Free DB system.
   • Choose a fault domain: Select this option to enable you to choose a fault domain. If you do not choose a fault domain, Oracle chooses one for you. See Fault Domains.
8. Configure hardware:
   • Enable HeatWave cluster: The default depends to the state of the DB system during the backup. You can change this option based on your requirements.
     Note
     
     When restoring a DB system combined with HeatWave cluster, you cannot upgrade to a newer version. If needed, you can upgrade the DB system and HeatWave cluster after the restore has completed.
   • Select a shape: Select Change shape. In the Browse all shapes panel, do the following:
     1. Select the compute model.
        • ECPU: Based on an architecture-agnostic of ECPU with an abstracted measure of CPU cores, memory, and other resources.
        • OCPU: Based on physical core of a processor with hyper-threading enabled. Filter the shapes by selecting the machine type:
          • All types: Displays all available shapes.
          • Virtual machine: Displays the Virtual Machine-based shapes only.
          • Bare metal: Displays the Bare Metal-based shapes only.
          Note
          
          All OCPU shapes are deprecated and are not available to new users created after Sept 5, 2024; existing users can still use them until Sept 5, 2025.
     2. Select the checkbox to choose a shape. See Supported Shapes.
     3. Select Select a shape.
     Note
     
     The shape is not changeable when restoring an Always Free backup to an Always Free DB system.
   • HeatWave cluster configuration: This option is shown when Enable HeatWave cluster is selected. If you want to change the default configuration, select Configure HeatWave cluster and do the following in the Configure HeatWave cluster panel:
     Note
     
     The shape and number of nodes are not changeable when restoring an Always Free backup to an Always Free DB system.
     1. Shape details: The shape for the HeatWave nodes. If you want to change the shape, select Change shape to select a shape for the HeatWave nodes. See Supported Shapes.
     2. Node: Specify the number of HeatWave nodes to create. The minimum is 1 node and the maximum depends to the following:
        • HeatWave.Free shape: 1 node
        • HeatWave.32GB shape: 16 nodes
        • HeatWave.512GB or MySQL.HeatWave.VM.Standard shape: 64 nodes
        • HeatWave.512GB or MySQL.HeatWave.VM.Standard shape with Lakehouse enabled: 512 nodes
     3. HeatWave Lakehouse: Enable query processing on the data residing in Object Storage. Prior to MySQL 8.4.0-u3, HeatWave Lakehouse is supported on the MySQL.HeatWave.VM.Standard and HeatWave.512GB shapes only. See HeatWave Lakehouse.
        Note
        
        Prior to MySQL 8.3.0-u2, you must disable point-in-time recovery, high availability, read replicas, and outbound replication in order to enable HeatWave Lakehouse.
     4. Select Save changes.
   • Storage size: Configure the storage size of the DB system. The data storage size is independent of the shape you select.
     • Initial data storage size (GB): Specify the initial data storage size, in GB, to allocate to the DB system. The value should be greater than 50 and less than 131072.

       The initial storage value has an impact on your ability to increase the storage size later and the performance of the increased storage. See DB System Storage. Also, if you are importing data, ensure you specify sufficient data storage.

     • Automatic storage expansion: Enable automatic data storage expansion when space usage grows near to the database instance Health Monitor read-only limits for any instance in the DB system.
       Note
       
       Automatic storage expansion is enabled by default when high availability is enabled, and it cannot be disabled.
     • Maximum data storage size (GB): Specify the maximum data storage size, in GB, to which the storage size can be expanded. The value must be greater than the initial data storage size.
       Note
       
       Whenever the storage size is expanded, the billing for storage usage will increase accordingly. Use the maximum storage size to prevent cost overrun.
9. Configure backup plan: Select the option to enable automatic backups. If you do not select automatic backups, manage your backups manually. It is recommended to enable automatic backups.
   Note
   
   When restoring an Always Free backup to an Always Free DB system, automatic backup is enabled with 1-day retention period, point-in-time recovery is not supported, and the backup window is not changeable.

   Backup plan:
   • Backup retention period: (Optional) Specify how many days you want to retain the backup. By default, the DB system retains the backup for 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 the option to enable you to select the backup window start time. If you do not enable this option, a default window start time will be chosen based on your region.
     • Window start time: Specify the time (in UTC timezone) when you want to start the backup of your DB system. Your backup starts within 30 minutes of the window start time.
       Note
       
       Do not set the backup window start time too near to the maintenance window start time. The automatic backup cannot start if a conflicting operation such as maintenance or upgrade is currently running. It has to wait until the conflicting operation completes. If the conflicting operation does not complete within two hours of the backup window start time, the automatic backup will be skipped and it will try again in the next backup window in the following day.
     • Show backup windows per region: Select the option to see the default window start time of your region.
   • Soft delete: Select this option to retain the backup to be deleted due to the retention policy in DELETE_SCHEDULED state for 7 additional days before permanently deleting it. This is enabled by default.
   Cross-region copy: Select the option to schedule cross-region copy. If enabled, each automatic backup is copied to selected destination region.

   • Destination region: Select a destination region to which the backup is copied.
   • Backup retention period: (Optional) Specify how many days you want to retain the backup in the destination region. If not defined, the default value is the same as the retention period of the source backup.

   Note
   
   You must have the MYSQL_BACKUP_COPY permission in order to enable cross-region copy. The MYSQL_BACKUP_COPY permission is not included in the mysql-family aggregate resource type. The tenancy must also subscribe to the destination region.
10. Provide contacts for operational notifications and announcements: (Optional) Enter one or more contact emails to receive operational notices and announcements as well as unplanned maintenance notifications. Select Add contact to add more contacts. You can add up to a maximum of 10 contacts. Duplicate and invalid email addresses are not allowed.
11. Show advanced options: Select to open a group of tabs that enable you to further configure the DB system. See Advanced Options.
12. Select Restore.

Use the command-line interface to restore from a backup to a new DB system.

1. Open a command prompt and run the following:

   oci mysql db-system clone 
   --compartment-id <CompartmentOCID> 
   --availability-domain <AvailabilityDomain> 
   --admin-username <Username> 
   --admin-password <Password> 
   --shape-name <ShapeName>  
   --source-backup-id <SourceBackupOCID>
   --subnet-id <SubnetOCID> 
   --data-storage-size-in-gbs <Number> 
   --display-name <Displayname>

   • admin-username: Specify the administrator username for the parent DB system of the backup.
   • admin-password: Specify the administrator password for the parent DB system of the backup.
   • compartment-id: Specify the OCID of the compartment in which the DB system is created.
   • availability-domain: Specify the name of the availability domain in which the DB system is created.
   • configuration-id: (Optional) Specify the OCID of the configuration to apply to the DB system. If you do not define a configuration OCID, the default configuration associated with the selected shape is used. If you define a custom configuration, it must use the same shape as defined in the request.
   • shape-name: Specify a shape greater than the shape used by the parent DB system of the backup. For example, MySQL.VM.Standard.E3.2.32GB.
   • source-backup-id: Specify the OCID of the backup.
   • subnet-id: Specify the OCID of the VCN subnet the DB system should use.
   • data-storage-size-in-gbs: (Optional) Specify the amount of data storage, in GBs, for the DB system. The value should be greater than the amount of storage defined on the DB system of the backup, and smaller than 131,072. The data storage size is independent of the shape you select. If you do not define a value, the storage defined on the DB system of the backup is used.
   • display-name: (Optional) Specify the display name of the DB system. If you do not define a display name, one is generated for you in the format mysqldbsystemYYYYMMDDHHMMSS.

HeatWave Service supports restoring a backup of a standalone or high availability DB system to a new DB system.

When you restore from standalone DB system to a high availability DB system, ensure the following:

• Primary keys exist on every table in the DB system.
• MySQL version is 8.0.24 or higher. You cannot enable high availability on earlier versions of MySQL.