Backing Up and Restoring an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Instance

Backing up and restoring Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic instances consist of two steps: backing up/restoring the DBaaS instance linked to the API Platform instance and the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic itself. The back up and restore topics provide the proper order for these steps.

Topics

• Backing Up an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Instance

• Restoring an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Instance from Backup

• Deleting a Backup

• Disabling Backups

Backing Up an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Instance

You can create a backup immediately without having to wait for the next scheduled backup.

Create a backup when making major changes to your service instance, for example, in these situations:

• Before any configuration changes that you may need to undo

• Before deploying an application

• After deploying an application

Note:

Do not to attempt to start the administration server while a backup is in progress.

Note that some configuration details, like access rules, security lists, and security applications, may not be backed up and may need to be restored manually after you restore an instance from a backup.

To initiate an on-demand backup of an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic instance:

1. Navigate to the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Backup page.
   1. From the Services page, click the name of the service instance for which you want to initiate an on-demand backup.
      The Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Overview page is displayed with the Overview tile in focus, displaying detailed information about the service instance.
   2. Click the Administration tile.
      The Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Overview page is refreshed with the Administration tile in focus. The Backup page is displayed.
2. Click Back Up Now.
   The Back Up Now dialog box opens.
3. (Optional) In the Back Up Now dialog box, enter notes about the backup into the Notes field.

   You can enter up to 255 characters of free-form text to provide additional information about the backup. This text is displayed in the Notes field for the backup in the list of available backups.

4. Click Back Up.
   The Backup page is updated to show that the backup is in progress.

   While the backup is in progress, you cannot start any other management operation on the service instance.

   When the backup is complete, it is added to the list of available backups on the Backup page.

5. Back up the DBaaS instance associated with your Oracle API Platform Cloud Service instance. See Creating an On-Demand Backup in Using Oracle Database Cloud Service.

Restoring an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Instance from Backup

You can restore an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic instance from a backup to return the service instance to a particular state or recover the service instance after a loss of data.

Note:

You can’t restore an instance from a backup if backups are disabled. Re-enable backups before attempting to restore from a backup.

Note that some configuration details, like access rules, security lists, and security applications, may not be backed up and may need to be restored manually after you restore an instance from a backup.

To restore an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic instance from a backup:

1. Restore the DBaaS instance associated with your Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic instance. See Restoring from a Specific Backup in Using Oracle Database Cloud Service.
2. Navigate to the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Backup page.
   1. From the Services page, click the name of the service instance that you want to restore from a backup.
      The Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Overview page is displayed with the Overview tile in focus, displaying detailed information about the service instance.
   2. Click the Administration tile.
      The Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Overview page is refreshed with the Administration tile in focus.
   3. Click the Backup tab.
      The Backup page is displayed.
3. From the menu for the backup in the list of available backups, choose Restore.
   A dialog box in which to set options for restoring from the backup opens.
4. In the dialog box, enter notes about the restore operation, and then click Restore.

   Note:

   You cannot use Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic to restore the database. To restore the database, you must use Oracle Database Cloud Service to restore from the associated database backup as identified by its RMAN tag. For instructions, see Restoring from a Specific Backup in Using Oracle Database Cloud Service.

   The Backup page is updated to show that the restoration is in progress. While the restoration is in progress, you cannot start any other management operation on the service instance.

   When the restoration is complete, it is added to the restoration history in the Activity log.

Deleting a Backup

You can delete a backup that you no longer require to release storage or prevent an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic instance from being restored from the backup.

To delete a backup:

1. Navigate to the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Backup page.
   1. From the Services page, click the name of the service instance for which you want to delete a backup.
      The Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Overview page is displayed with the Overview tile in focus, displaying detailed information about the service instance.
   2. Click the Administration tile.
      The Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Overview page is refreshed with the Administration tile in focus.
   3. Click the Backup tab.
      The Backup page is displayed.
2. From the menu for the backup in the list of available backups, choose Delete.
3. When prompted, confirm that you want to delete the backup.

Disabling Backups

You can disable backups from the My Services Console.

Note:

You can’t restore instances from previous backups when backups are disabled. Re-enable backups before attempting to restore from a backup.

To disable backups:

1. Navigate to the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Backup page.
   1. From the Services page, click the name of the service instance for which you want to delete a backup.
      The Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Overview page is displayed with the Overview tile in focus, displaying detailed information about the service instance.
   2. Click the Administration tile.
      The Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Overview page is refreshed with the Administration tile in focus.
   3. Click the Backup tab.
      The Backup page is displayed.
2. Click Disable Backups.
3. Click Disable Backups on the dialog to confirm.

Backups are disabled for this service instance.

To re-enable backups, click Enable Backups, and then click Enable Backups on the dialog.