Initiate an On-Demand Backup of an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance

You can create a backup immediately without having to wait for the next scheduled backup.

Create a backup when making major changes to your service instance, for example, in these situations:

• Before any configuration changes that you may need to undo

• Before deploying an application

• After deploying an application

Note:

Do not to attempt to start the administration server while a backup is in progress.

To initiate an on-demand backup of an Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance:

1. In the Oracle SOA Cloud Service Console, click the name of the service instance for which you want to configure automated backups.
2. On the Overview page, click the Administration tile.
   This exposes the Backup tab.
3. Click Back Up Now.
   The Back Up Now dialog box opens.
4. In the Back Up Now dialog box, set the following options:

   Option	Description
   Current retention period is	The number of days the backup will be retained. This value can be changed by clicking Configure Backups in the Backup tab.
   Notes	Up to 255 characters of free-form text to provide additional information about the backup. This text is displayed in the Notes field for the backup in the list of available backups. Provide information to enable an administrator to determine when to restore from the backup, for example, why the backup was created, or the state of the service instance at the time of the backup.

5. Click Back Up.

The Backup page is updated to show that the backup is in progress.

While the backup is in progress, you cannot start any other management operation on the service instance.

When the backup is complete, it is added to the list of available backups on the Backup page.