7 Managing Backups
This chapter explains how to manage backup images and backup image instances.
This chapter contains the following sections:
Managing Backup Images
A backup image, created as a product of a backup operation, stores metadata related to the backup. As a part of managing backup images, you can view their properties and rename them.
See Also:
"Backup Images" for more information about backup images
This section contains the following topics:
Displaying Backup Images
The Web tool enables you display existing backup images in the administrative domain. You must have the list any backup, regardless of its owner
or list any backups owned by user
class right to display backup images.
To display the existing backup images:
Renaming Backup Images
You must have the modify any backup, regardless of its owner
or modify any backups owned by user
class right to rename backup images.
When you rename a backup image, Oracle Secure Backup renames all the backup image instances that are associated with this backup image to reflect the new name.
To rename backup images:
- Display the required backup image as described in "Displaying Backup Images".
- Select the backup image that to want to rename by clicking Select to the left of the backup image.
- Click Rename.
- In the Rename backup_image_name to field, enter the new name of the backup image and click Yes.
Managing Backup Image Instances
Backup image instances contain the backup data. Managing backup image instances includes creating, editing, deleting, and moving backup image instances.
See Also:
"Overview of Backup Images and Backup Image Instances" for more information about backup image instances
This section contains the following topics:
Creating Backup Image Instances
You can create a backup image instance, for a specific backup image, on a different backup container. You must have the modify any backup, regardless of its owner
or modify any backups owned by user
class right to create backup image instances.
To create a backup image instance:
Displaying Backup Image Instances
You can use filters to specify the criteria that must be applied for displaying backup image instances. You must have the list any backup, regardless of its owner
or list any backups owned by user
class right to display backup image instances.
To display backup image instances:
Editing Backup Image Instances
You must have the modify any backup, regardless of its owner
or modify any backups owned by user
class right to edit the properties of a backup image instance. You can modify the expiry date or retention time of backup image instances that are stored on disk pools only.
To edit a backup image instance:
Copying or Moving Backup Image Instances
Backup instances can be copied or moved (migrated) from a source container (such as a disk pool, tape volume, or cloud container) to a target container.
Keep in mind the following points with regard to containers in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure:
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Only encrypted backup instances that are contained in a disk pool can be copied or moved to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure container.
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Backup instances contained in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic containers can be copied or moved to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Archive Storage Classic containers.
Backup instances can be copied or moved using a scheduled automatic process or an on-demand manual process. Backup instances that are contained in a disk pool can be automatically copied or moved by using the copyinstance
or stagescan
staging commands.
When copying or moving a backup image instance, Oracle Secure Backup can compute a checksum for the backup image instance and store it along with the backup metadata. This checksum can subsequently be used to validate the backup image instance. Whether a checksum is computed depends on the device policies and the configuration of the device on which the backup image instance is stored.
See Also:
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Staging for more information about staging
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Oracle Secure Backup Reference for information about commands associated with staging
Removing Backup Image Instances
You must have the modify any backup, regardless of its owner
or modify any backups owned by user
class right to remove backup image instances. Removing a backup image instance from a particular backup container does not impact backup image instances of the same backup that may be stored in other backup containers. The other instances will continue to exist.
To remove a backup image instance: