1. Migrating Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service Backups to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  2. Prepare to Migrate Database Backups
  3. Set Up Your Target Environment
  4. Install the Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module for OCI
  5. Before You Begin Installing Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module for OCI

Before You Begin Installing Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module for OCI

Before you install the Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module for OCI, make sure you have what you need:

  • A supported Oracle Database version and operating system

    See Supported Databases and Operating Systems.

  • An Oracle Technology Network (OTN) account or Oracle.com account

    If you don’t have an OTN account, create one by registering at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/index.html.

  • An Oracle Cloud account with access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage

    See Object Storage in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation.

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure API signing keys, tenant OCID, and user OCID

    You may specify a compartment ID. However, if the compartment ID is not specified, the tenant ID is used as the compartment ID.

    See Required Keys and OCIDs.

  • JDK 1.7 or later

    You must have JDK 1.7 or later on the system on which you plan to install the Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module for OCI. Use the following command to check your JDK version:

    java -version

  • The required patch if you’re using the Standard Edition of Oracle Database

    See My Oracle Support Doc ID 1640149.1 at http://support.oracle.com.

  • Values for the parameters required to run the installer for Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module for OCI

    It’s best to compile this information before you run the installer. See Parameters to Run the Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module for OCI.

Note:

If your database server has multiple Oracle homes, the Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module for OCI must be installed into each ORACLE_HOME. Alternatively, you can copy the library file (libopc.so or oraopc.dll, depending on your operating system) to other Oracle home library locations, along with the opcSID.ora configuration file (assuming you're using the same cloud credentials for backing up all databases in the database server).

Copy and rename the opcSID.ora file for each database instance you are backing up to the cloud, where SID matches the SID for the database instance.