Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Edit Autonomous Container Database Backup Settings

If automatic backups were disabled while provisioning an Autonomous Container Database (ACD), you can enable them later from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) console.
Note

Once enabled, automatic backups can not be disabled for an ACD.

Required IAM Policies

use autonomous-container-databases

Procedure

  1. Go to the Details page of the Autonomous Container Database whose backup settings you want to change.

    For instructions, see View Details of an Autonomous Container Database.

  2. Under More actions, click Edit backup settings.

    Tip:

    You can also edit the backup settings by clicking the Edit link under the Backup section on the Autonomous Container Database Information tab.

  3. The Edit Backup Settings dialog opens.

  4. If automatic backups are disabled for this ACD, enable them by selecting the Enable automatic backups check-box, and choose appropriate values for the following settings:

    Setting Description Notes

    Backup destination type

    Select a Backup destination type and then specify options based on the selected type.

    The possible options are:

    • Object Storage: Stores backups in an Oracle-managed object storage container on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

      If you choose Object Storage as the type, you can optionally specify an internet HTTP proxy to use when connecting to the storage container. Oracle recommends using a proxy when possible for enhanced security.

    • Network File System (NFS): Stores backups in a Network File System (NFS) storage location.

      If you choose Network File System (NFS) as the type, select a previously defined Backup Destination that uses Network File System (NFS) storage.

    • Recovery Appliance: Stores backups in one of your previously defined backup destinations that use Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance.

      If you choose Recovery Appliance as the type, select a previously defined Backup Destination that uses Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance, the DB_UNIQUE_NAME of the Autonomous Container Database, and the VPC user name password.

      Provide the connection string that connects to the recovery appliance in an Oracle "easy connect" string format, that is, <host>:<port>/<service name>, where <host> is the SCAN hostname of the Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance.

    		APPLIES TO: Applicable Exadata Cloud@Customer only

    As of the current release, the backup destination type can only be set while enabling automatic backups on an ACD and can not be changed later.

    To learn more about configuring NFS backup destination for Cloud@Customer, see Prerequisites for Backup Destinations for Exadata Cloud at Customer.

    Backup retention period (in days)

    		 Specify a Backup retention period value to meet your needs. You can choose any value between 7 to 95 days.

    On Oracle Public Cloud, the backup retention policy value defaults to 15 days.

    On Exadata Cloud@Customer deployments, for Object Storage and Network File System (NFS) backup destination types, the backup retention policy value defaults to 30 days.

    For the Recovery Appliance backup destination type, this value is controlled by the Recovery Appliance protection policy.

    All the backups are automatically deleted after the backup retention period.

  5. When finished, click Save Changes.