1. Administering Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service (OCI-C)
  2. Oracle Cloud Pages for Administering Exadata Cloud Service
  3. Snapshots Page

Snapshots Page

You use the Snapshots page to create Exadata snapshot masters, which are read-only copies of an existing database. You can then use these Exadata snapshot masters to quickly and easily create space-efficient clone databases, which are useful for development, testing, or other purposes that require a transient database.

What You See on the Oracle Database Cloud Service Snapshots Page

The following table describes the key information shown on the Oracle Database Cloud Service Snapshots page.

Element Description
Create Snapshot Master Click to create an Exadata snapshot master, which can be used to create clone database deployments.

Menu icon (for each available snapshot master)

Menu that provides the following options:

  • Create Database Clone — Create a clone deployment.

  • Delete — Delete a snapshot master.