4 Backing Up to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service

After you install the required backup module and configure Recovery Manager (RMAN) settings, you can create backups using familiar RMAN commands.

Information about your cloud backups is maintained in the database control file, and in the recovery catalog if you use one.

Encryption is required to back up to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service. You can use password encryption, Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), or dual-mode encryption, which is a combination of password and TDE.

Note:

Use RMAN parallelism, compression, and other best practices to speed up cloud backups and restores. For more information about optimizing performance, see the guidelines listed in Best Practices to Optimize Cloud Backup Rates.

For information about performing various types of backup and restore operations, see Backing Up and Archiving Data in Oracle Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide.

For information about RMAN commands, see About RMAN Commands in Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Reference.

Topics

• Best Practices to Optimize Cloud Backup Rates

• Prerequisites for Backups and Restores with Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service

• Backing Up to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service Using Password Encryption

• Backing Up to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service Using Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

• Backing Up to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service Using Dual-Mode Encryption

• Using the Weekly Full and Daily Incremental Backup Strategy

• Backing Up from the Fast Recovery Area (FRA) to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service

• Monitoring Your Storage Capacity

• Extracting Backup Metadata from OCI Object Storage

• Best Practices to Optimize Cloud Backup Rates
  Because cloud backups are sent over the public internet, backup performance is affected by network bandwidth limitations. Use RMAN parallelism and compression to speed up cloud backups and restores.
• Prerequisites for Backups and Restores with Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service
  Certain prerequisite steps must be completed before you can back up to or restore from Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service.
• Backing Up to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service Using Password Encryption
  You can use password encryption to back up to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service. The password must be specified each time you back up and restore.
• Backing Up to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service Using Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
  You can use Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to back up to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service. With TDE you don’t need to provide a password every time you create or restore a backup.
• Backing Up to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service Using Dual-Mode Encryption
  You can use dual-mode encryption to back up to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service. Dual-mode encryption is a combination of password encryption and Transparent Data Encryption (TDE).
• Backing Up from the Fast Recovery Area (FRA) to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service
  You can back up image copies and backup sets from the fast recovery area (FRA) to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service.
• Using the Weekly Full and Daily Incremental Backup Strategy
  The weekly full and daily incremental backup strategy is set up once. Backups continue to be created forever and they can be used to perform restore or recovery operations when required.
• Monitoring Your Storage Capacity
  When you subscribe to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service you purchase the amount of storage capacity you want for your backups. If you reach your storage capacity limit and try to back up your database, your backup will fail.
• Extracting Backup Metadata from OCI Object Storage
  Use this procedure to extract the backup metadata from OCI Object Storage and store the information in an XML file.