In addition to automatic backups, Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure also allows you to take manual backups that can be retained for a minimum of 90 days and a maximum of 10 years.

You can create a long-term backup from the Details page of an Autonomous Database.

1. Go to the Details page of the Autonomous Database for which you want to create a long-term backup.

   For instructions, see View Details of an Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure.

   Note:

   In an Autonomous Data Guard setup, you can initiate a long-term backup from the primary or standby database. However, the long-term backup is created only where it is initiated. Suppose you want long-term backups for both the primary and standby databases. In that case, you have to initiate two long-term backups, one from the primary and the other from the standby database.
2. Click Backups under Resources section in the side menu. The list of backups is displayed.
3. Click Create long-term backup.
4. Provide the following details in the Create long-term backup dialog:

   Setting	Description	Notes
   Name	A user-friendly description or other information that helps you easily identify the backup.	Must be 1 to 30 characters, of letters, numbers, underscores (_) and hyphens (-). Must start with a letter or underscore(_), cannot contain two successive hyphens(--) or cannot end with a hyphen(-).
   Backup Destination	Backup destination type: This is defaulted to Network File System (NFS) and can not be modified. Backup destination: Select a backup destination from the list of backup destinations, changing compartments if necessary.	APPLIES TO: Exadata Cloud@Customer only Irrespective of the parent container database's backup destination type, your long-term backup's destination remains NFS. To learn more about configuring NFS backup destination for Cloud@Customer, see Prerequisites for Backup Destinations for Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer
   Retention Period	Set the retention period for the long-term backup.	The minimum allowed value for retention period is 90 days and the maximum 10 years.

5. Click Create.

   Note:

   While backing up a database, the database is fully functional; however during the backup, life cycle management operations are not allowed. For example, stopping the database is not allowed during the backup.