Disabling and Re-enabling Scheduled Backups

You can disable and re-enable regularly scheduled backups of a database deployment by manipulating the scheduling information in the system-wide /etc/crontab file.

Note:

Currently, disabling and re-enabling scheduled backups is not supported for Database Classic Cloud Service database deployments that use Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC).

Disabling Scheduled Backups

To disable scheduled backups:

Connect as the opc user to the compute node.

For detailed instructions, see Connecting to a Compute Node Through Secure Shell (SSH).
Start a root-user command shell:
```
$ sudo -s
#
```

Enter this bkup_api command.

# /var/opt/oracle/bkup_api/bkup_api disable backup

Exit the root-user command shell and disconnect from the compute node:
```
# exit
$ exit
```

Re-Enabling Scheduled Backups

To re-enable scheduled backups:

Connect to the compute node as the opc user.

For detailed instructions, see Connecting to a Compute Node Through Secure Shell (SSH).
Start a root-user command shell:
```
$ sudo -s
#
```

Enter this bkup_api command.

# /var/opt/oracle/bkup_api/bkup_api enable backup

Exit the root-user command shell and disconnect from the compute node:
```
# exit
$ exit
```