Configure Automated Backups for an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance

Use the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console to configure automated backups to customize when the service instance is backed up and how backups are stored.

You can customize the following properties of the service instance:

• When automated backups are initiated. By default, backups are performed at the following times:

  • Full backups are initiated weekly starting 12 hours after the service instance was created, rounded to the nearest five-minute interval.

    For example, if a service instance is created at 1:01 PM on a Monday, full backups are initiated at 1:00 AM on Tuesdays.

  • Incremental backups are initiated every day except the day of a full backup at the same time that full backups are initiated.

    For example, if a service instance is created at 1:01 PM on a Monday, incremental backups are initiated at 1:00 AM every day except Tuesdays.

    Note:

    You cannot configure how often backups are performed, only when they are performed.

• Where backups are stored.

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Stored in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure bucket that was provided when the service instance was created.

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic: Stored in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic container that was provided when the service instance was created.

  Note:

  • If you change the password for the administrator of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic container, you must specify the new password in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic Account Details section.

  • If you change the swift password for the administrator of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object bucket, you must specify the new password in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Account Details section.

• How long new backups are retained. By default, incremental backups are retained for 30 days.

  Full backups are retained until their last related incremental backup is no longer available. For example, if two consecutive full backups are three days apart, the older full backup is retained two extra days.

  Note:

  The additional retention period for full backups is fixed and you cannot change it.

Because the changes affect only one service instance, you can configure different values for these properties for each of your service instances.

Note:

You cannot configure automated backups for an Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance while the service instance is being backed up.

To configure automated backups for an Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance:

1. In the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console, click the name of the service instance for which you want to configure automated backups.
2. On the Overview page, click the Administration tile.
3. Click adjacent to Available Backups and select Configure Backups.
4. In the Configure Backups dialog box, set the options to configure automated backups for the service instance.
   1. In the Schedule section, set options to configure when automated backups are performed:

      Note:

      All times must be for the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time zone, not your local time zone.

      Option	Description
      Full Backup	From the drop-down lists, select the day of the week and the time of day UTC when you want full backups to be performed.
      Incremental Backup	From the drop-down list, select the time of day UTC when you want incremental backups to be performed.

   2. In the Set new retention to field, enter the number of days that you want new incremental backups to be retained.

      Full backups are retained until their last related incremental backup is no longer available. For example, if two consecutive full backups are three days apart, the older full backup is retained two extra days. The additional retention period for full backups is fixed and you cannot change it.

      The change affects only backups that are created after you save your configuration changes. The number of days that existing backups are retained is not affected.

5. Click Save.