3.9.5.1 Create a Volume Backup
A volume backup is a backup of an Exascale volume snapshot, which provides a consistent point-in-time copy of the volume. Exascale volume backups are stored in an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) object storage container that is associated with the Exascale cluster.
To create an Exascale volume
backup, use the ESCLI mkvolumebackup
command. For example:
@> mkvolumebackup --attributes volumeSnapshot=2.1:3c0e9866d66345afbb316472f0bce825,name=myBackup1
As shown in the example, the command must specify the identifier for the
volume snapshot that you want to back up. You can use the lsvolumesnapshot
command to find the identifier for each volume snapshot. In the example, the volume
backup is also named myBackup1. Setting the name of
the volume backup is optional.
The command completes at the beginning of the backup operation. See also Monitor the Progress of a Volume Backup or Restore.
Parent topic: Administer Volume Backups