Manage the Service

Describes basic tasks for managing an Autonomous Database instance.

• Lifecycle Operations
  You can start, stop, restart, rename, and terminate an Autonomous Database instance.
• Update Compute and storage limits
  Autonomous Database has the ability to increase its storage or CPU cores. You can also activate auto scaling.
• Update Billing Model, License Type, or Update Instance to a Paid Instance
  Describes how to view and update your license type and Oracle Database Edition for Autonomous Database. Also shows how to update the billing model to the ECPU compute model and shows how to update your instance from free (Always Free) to a paid instance.
• Cloning and Moving an Autonomous Database
  Autonomous Database provides cloning where you can choose to create a full clone, create a metadata clone, or create a refreshable clone. You can also move a database to a different compartment.
• Use Refreshable Clones with Autonomous Database
  Autonomous Database provides cloning where you can choose to create a full clone of the active instance, create a metadata clone, or create a refreshable clone. With a refreshable clone the system creates a clone that can be easily updated with changes from the source database.
• Manage Autonomous Database Built-in Tools
  Autonomous Database includes built-in tools that you can enable and disable when you provision or clone a database, or at any time for an existing database.
• Use Autonomous Database Events
  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Events enable you to create automation based on state changes for your Autonomous Database.
• Manage Time Zone File Updates on Autonomous Database
  Autonomous Database provides several options to automatically update time zone files on an Autonomous Database database instance.
• Monitor Autonomous Database Availability
  Shows you the steps to view availability information for an Autonomous Database instance.
• Monitor Regional Availability of Autonomous Databases
  The regional availability is represented as a list of daily uptime percentages of Autonomous Databases across a set of services in each available region.