Backing Up the Protected Database Using Cloud Control

Cloud Control provides a preconfigured Oracle-Suggested Recovery Appliance Backup that implements the incremental-forever backup strategy for your protected database. Alternately, you can create and schedule full backups, incremental backups, backups of selected tablespaces or data files, or backups of archived redo logs files and control files.

This section contains the following tasks:

• Using the Oracle-Suggested Backup Strategy for Protected Databases

• Backing Up the Whole Protected Database Using Cloud Control

Using the Oracle-Suggested Backup Strategy for Protected Databases

The Oracle-Suggested Recovery Appliance Backup strategy is a regularly scheduled, incremental-forever backup strategy that backs up your protected database.

To implement the Oracle-Suggested Recovery Appliance Backup strategy:

1. Access the home page for the protected database as described in "Accessing the Protected Database Home Page Using Cloud Control".
2. Ensure that the configuration steps described in "Enrolling the Protected Database with Recovery Appliance" and "Configuring Backup and Recovery Settings for Protected Databases (Cloud Control)" are completed.
3. From the Availability menu, select Backup & Recovery, and then Schedule Backup.

   The Schedule Backup page is displayed as shown in Figure 5-1.

   Figure 5-1 Schedule Protected Database Backup

   
   Description of "Figure 5-1 Schedule Protected Database Backup"
4. In the Oracle-Suggested Recovery Appliance Backup section, select Schedule Oracle-Suggested Backup.

   The Schedule Oracle-Suggested Recovery Appliance Backup: Options page is displayed.

5. Specify the method used to back up redo data.

   • If real-time redo transport is not configured for the protected database, select Also back up all archived logs on disk.

   • If required, select Delete all archive logs from disk after they are successfully backed up.

6. Click Next to display the Schedule Oracle-Suggested Recovery Appliance Backup: Schedule page.
7. (Optional) Modify the default values provided in the Job Name and Job Description fields.
8. Schedule the backup job.

   In the Schedule section, select Repeating, then set the frequency to repeat daily, and then select Indefinite.

9. Click Next to display the Schedule Oracle-Suggested Recovery Appliance Backup: Review page.

   The Settings section displays the settings that will be used to create this backup. Cloud Control generates the RMAN script required to create and schedule this backup. You can view this script in the RMAN Script section.

10. Click Submit Job.

    A backup job is created based on the settings in the Schedule section. The following message is displayed: The job has been successfully submitted.

11. Click View Job to display the status of the backup job.

    The Summary section displays a job summary that includes the status, type of backup, database name, Recovery Appliance catalog user name, and other details.

    Click Job Report to display a detailed report of the backup steps performed.

Backing Up the Whole Protected Database Using Cloud Control

Cloud Control can be used to create and schedule backup jobs that can be run immediately or at a later time. Oracle recommends that you include archived redo logs in all full and incremental backups. Backing up redo data ensures that the recovery time is reduced.

This section describes how to schedule a backup job that creates a full backup of the protected database with archived redo log files. The backup job repeats every day for an indefinite period of time.

To backup the whole protected database along with archived redo logs:

1. Access the home page for the protected database as described in "Accessing the Protected Database Home Page Using Cloud Control".
2. Ensure that the configuration steps described in "Enrolling the Protected Database with Recovery Appliance" and "Configuring Backup and Recovery Settings for Protected Databases (Cloud Control)" are completed.
3. From the Availability menu, select Backup & Recovery, and then Schedule Backup.

   The Schedule Backup page is displayed as shown in Figure 5-1.

4. In the Customized Backup section, select Schedule Customized Backup.

   The Schedule Customized Backup: Options page is displayed.

5. In the Backup Type section, select Full Backup.

   If you want to use this backup as the base of an incremental backup strategy, then select Use as the base of an incremental backup strategy.

6. In the Backup Mode section, select Online Backup.
7. In the Advanced section, select Also back up all archived logs on disk to back up the redo logs along with the protected database.
8. Click Next to display the Schedule Customized Backup: Settings page.
9. Select Recovery Appliance to store protected database backups on the Recovery Appliance with which the protected database is enrolled.
10. Click Next to display the Schedule Customized Backup: Schedule page is displayed.
11. (Optional) Edit the job name and description to provide user-defined names.
12. In the Schedule section, click Repeating and enter the following information:

    • Frequency Type: By Weeks

    • Repeat Every: 1

    • Start Time: 1:00 am

    • Repeat Until: Indefinite

13. Click Next to display the Schedule Customized Backup: Review page.

    The Settings section displays the settings that will be used to create this backup. Cloud Control generates the RMAN script required to perform this backup job. The RMAN Script section displays the generated script.

14. Click Submit Job to create a backup job based on the settings provided in the Schedule section.

    The following message is displayed: The job has been successfully submitted.

15. Click View Job to display the status of the backup job.

    The Summary section displays a job summary that includes the status, type of backup, protected database name, Recovery Appliance catalog user name, and so on.

    Click Job Report to display a detailed report of the backup steps performed.