Requesting an Old Backup Snapshot of an Environment
If you want to
archive the maintenance snapshots for more than 60 days, you can download and store
the Artifact Snapshot(for environments other than Narrative Reporting) or
EPRCS_Backup.tar.gz
(for Narrative Reporting) every day.
You can set up your backup process using EPM Automate. See Back up Application Snapshot to a Computer in Working with EPM
Automate for information on automating the process of backing up the daily
maintenance snapshot.
If you are unable to use EPM Automate to copy the backup snapshot, Oracle can provide you production environment backups from specific dates only from the last sixty days.
How to Request a Backup Snapshot
For the cases previously mentioned, you can request Oracle for a backup snapshot.
To request Oracle for a backup snapshot, create a technical service request. See Submitting a Technical Service Request. In the service request, specify:
- The URL of the environment from which backup snapshot is required.
- The date from which backup snapshot is required.
- The reason why you need the backup snapshot.
If the snapshot from the requested date is available, Oracle copies it to your production environment. You can use EPM Automate commands or equivalent Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management Migration screens to complete these tasks:
- View the backup snapshot (use the listFiles command).
- Download the snapshot to a local computer (use the downloadFile command).
- Recreate the environment and restore it using the backup snapshot.
- Use
epmAutomate recreate -f
to ensure that the snapshot is retained after recreating the environment. Do not use theremoveAll=true
option, which deletes the snapshot. See recreate command for detailed information - For Business Processes other than Narrative Reporting: Use
epmAutomate importSnapshot SNAPSHOT_NAME
to import the snapshot. See importSnapshot command for detailed information. - For Narrative Reporting only:
- Rename the downloaded snapshot as
EPRCS_Backup.tar.gz
. - Upload the snapshot to the
to_be_imported
location of Narrative Reporting.Use
epmAutomate uploadFile EPRCS_Backup.tar.gz to_be_imported
to uploadEPRCS_Backup.tar.gz
. See uploadFile command for detailed information.The uploaded
EPRCS_Backup.tar.gz
will be imported during the next maintenance of the environment.
- Rename the downloaded snapshot as
- Use