Backing Up and Restoring an Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Instance
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:
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Before any configuration changes that you may need to undo
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Before deploying an application
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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.
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.
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.
- Navigate to the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Backup page.
- From the menu for the backup in the list of available backups, choose Delete.
- 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.
- Navigate to the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service - Classic Backup page.
- Click Disable Backups.
- Click Disable Backups on the dialog to confirm.