Export and Import Snapshots
You can save snapshots to your local file system or cloud storage and upload them back to the cloud. Exporting and importing snapshots enables you to back up and restore your content or migrate content between development, test, and production environments.
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Export Snapshots
Use the export option to save a snapshot to your local file system or to a storage bucket on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Exporting allows you to store and manage any snapshots you might take of your system.
The snapshot exports as an archive file (.bar
). The time
it takes to export your snapshot depends on the size of the .bar
file.
Note:
If you regularly export large snapshots (over 5GB or larger than the download limit of your browser), you must set up a storage bucket on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and save your snapshots to cloud storage. This way, you can avoid export errors due to size limitations and timeouts that can sometimes occur when you save large snapshots on your local file system. See Set Up a Oracle Cloud Storage Bucket for Snapshots.
If you haven't taken the snapshot yet, you’ll need to do that first.
Import Snapshots
You can import a snapshot that you previously saved on your local file
system
or a storage bucket on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The time it takes
to import the snapshot depends on the size of the snapshot .bar
file.
When you import a snapshot, the file itself is uploaded to your system but the artifacts stored inside the snapshot aren’t immediately available in your environment. Snapshots you import display in the snapshot list. When you’re ready to do so, you can overwrite your current artifacts, such as your catalog, by restoring the snapshot.
Set Up a Oracle Cloud Storage Bucket for Snapshots
If you want to store your Oracle Analytics Cloud snapshots on Oracle Cloud, you (or your administrator) must complete several set up steps. You need to create the storage bucket that you plan to use and generate an API signing key that authorizes you (or another user) to access the bucket from Oracle Analytics Cloud.