Maintain Your Deployment

Create a backup after first successful boot for fallback after any further changes.

For information on creating a new custom image and taking boot and block volume backups, see the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance User Guide.

You now have a running instance on Private Cloud Appliance.

• Migrate the application data using the tools appropriate to the operating system and application. For example, rsync or scp for file data.
• Perform user acceptance testing in parallel with undisturbed operation in the source system.

After acceptance testing is successful, perform a final data synchronization from the source stem to the new environment. The procedures for this last, essential, step will be specific to the operating system and applications.