Database Backup Destinations

Oracle Base Database Cloud@Customer provides a backup facility that you can configure for each database.

If you want to store backups on an Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance or a network file system (NFS) location that you manage, you must first create a backup destination.

About Managing Backup Destinations

For backups, you can use the built-in backup facility or configure a backup location that you manage. Each backup destination defines the properties required to connect to a Recovery Appliance or NFS location. Backup destinations must be accessible from the VM Cluster nodes within the data center.

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Prerequisites for Backup Destinations

Review the following prerequisites before configuring a Recovery Appliance or NFS backup destination.

Starting with dbaascli release 25.3.1.0.0, Data Guard Broker is required when configuring a Recovery Appliance backup destination for Data Guard-enabled databases.

Recovery Appliance Backup Destinations

• The Recovery Appliance must be configured with a virtual private catalog (VPC) user that is used for backups.
• The Recovery Appliance must be configured with the unique database name of the database being backed up and mapped to the VPC user.
• The Recovery Appliance must be accessible from the Data Infrastructure using the Oracle Net Services connection string provided by the Recovery Appliance administrator.

NFS Backup Destinations

• Mount the NFS server location to a local mount point directory on each node in the VM Cluster.
• Use the same local mount point directory and NFS server configuration on all nodes in the cluster.
• Ensure that the NFS mount remains continuously available on all VM Cluster nodes.
• Ensure that the NFS-mounted file system is readable and writable by the oracle operating system user on all VM Cluster nodes.