Edit Autonomous Container Database Backup Settings

If automatic backups were disabled while provisioning an Autonomous Container Database (ACD), you can enable them later from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) console.

Note:

Once enabled, automatic backups can not be disabled for an ACD.

Required IAM Policies

use autonomous-container-databases

Procedure

  1. Go to the Details page of the Autonomous Container Database whose backup settings you want to change.

    For instructions, see View Details of an Autonomous Container Database.

  2. Under Actions, click Edit backup settings on Oracle Public Cloud and Backup settings on Exadata Cloud@Customer.

  3. If automatic backups are disabled for this ACD, enable them by selecting the Enable automatic backups check-box, and choose appropriate values for the following settings:

    Setting Description Notes

    Backup destination type

    Select a backup destination type and then specify options based on the selected type.

    See Backup destination for more details on the supported backup destination types.

    APPLIES TO: Applicable Exadata Cloud@Customer only

    At any given point in time, there can only be a maximum of two backup destinations associated with an ACD. See Change Backup Destinations for the allowed switches from one backup destination type to another.

    Backup retention period (in days)

    		 Specify a Backup retention period value to meet your needs. You can choose any value between 7 to 95 days.

    On Oracle Public Cloud and Multicloud deployments, the backup retention policy value defaults to 15 days.

    On Exadata Cloud@Customer deployments, the backup retention policy value is as follows:
    • If the backup destination type is local, then the backup retention period is 7 days.
    • If the backup destination type is NFS or Object Storage, then the backup retention period is between 7 days and 95 days as set by the customer.
    • If the backup destination type is a Recovery Appliance, then the backup retention period is controlled by a policy set by the customer on the appliance.

    All the backups are automatically deleted after the backup retention period.

    Enable cross-region backup copy

    Select Enable cross-region backup copy and specify a region for the backup copies.

    		APPLIES TO: Applicable Oracle Public Cloud only

    After creating a remote backup, you can see the Remote backup region from the ACD Details page. You can click this link to open the list of remote backups.

    When you change the region for cross-region backups, a new backup will be taken. The backup from the previously selected region will be retained for 7 days and deleted after.

    Whenever you disable cross-region backups on an ACD, the existing backup in the remote region will be retained for 7 days & deleted after.

  4. When finished, save your changes.

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