Converting a Tape Configuration to Cloud

10.3 Converting a Tape Configuration to Cloud

Use these steps to configure the cloud resources, run the conversion, and verify that an existing tape configuration has been successfully converted to cloud.

Create a cloud key.
```
racli add cloud_key --key_name=<KEY_NAME>
```
.

racli alter cloud_key --key_name=<KEY_NAME> --fingerprint=<FINGERPRINT>

Create a cloud user.

racli add cloud_user --user_name=CLOUD_USER_NAME --key_name=CLOUD_KEY_NAME 
--user_ocid=UOCID --tenancy_ocid=TOCID [--compartment_ocid=COCID]

Run this command to create a new cloud storage location, such as an OCI Object Storage bucket.
```
racli add cloud_location --cloud_user=CLOUD_USER_NAME 
--host=HOST_URL --bucket=OCI_BUCKET_NAME
```

Run the racli list cloud_location command to list the cloud location in Recovery Appliance. In this sample output, the cloud location name is OCI_LOC1.


[root@ra01 ~]# racli list cloud_location --all
  Wed May  6 21:05:00 2026: Using log file /opt/oracle.RecoveryAppliance/log/racli.log
  Wed May  6 21:05:00 2026: Start: List Cloud Location
  Cloud Location OCI_LOC1
          Location Name: OCI_LOC1
             Immutable: FALSE
               Archive: NO
   Archive After Backup: YES
                Bucket: my_bucket
            Guaranteed: YES
                  Host: [nnnnnn01.oracle.com]
           Location ID: 123
              Streams: 8
               User ID: OCI_USER
           SBT Library: OCI_LOC1
   Attribute Set Name: Default
         Backup Stream: 8

  Wed May  6 21:05:01 2026: End: List Cloud Location

Run the racli convert tape to cloud command. Specify the source SBT library and the cloud location name.

racli convert tape_to_cloud --tape_library=SBT_LIBRARY 
--cloud_location=CLOUD_LOCATION

In this example, ROBOT0 is an existing source SBT library and OCI_LOC1 is the cloud location.

racli convert tape_to_cloud --tape_library=ROBOT0 --cloud_location=OCI_LOC1

With SQL*Plus or SQL Developer, connect to the Recovery Appliance as a named user with RASYS privileges.
```
$ sqlplus rasys/<password>
```
Query the view RA_SBT_JOB to list the defined SBT templates.
```
SELECT TEMPLATE_NAME FROM RA_SBT_JOB;
```

Run the archive-to-cloud job to verify the copy to cloud operation.

SQL> exec dbms_ra.queue_sbt_backup_task('<COPY_TO_CLOUD_TEMPLATE_NAME>');

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

Verify that cloud-based templates have been created and that backup jobs reference the new cloud templates.

Note:
If an existing tape template name contains the word TAPE, it is replaced with CLOUD in the converted template name. For example, the template TAPE_TPL_01 is converted and renamed to CLOUD_TPL_01. The original TAPE_TPL_01 template remains unchanged.

Note:

For detailed information about the RACLI commands, see the Recovery Appliance Command Line Interface Reference.