Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Assigning a Backup Policy to a Volume or Volume Group

On Compute Cloud@Customer, after creating a backup policy, you assign the policy to one or more volumes or volume groups.

You can assign a backup policy to a volume or volume group at resource creation or later:

  • During volume or volume group creation. Select from the Backup Policy list in the Console or specify the --backup-policy-id option in the CLI.

  • After the volume or volume group is created. Follow the procedures described in this section to add a backup policy if no backup policy is assigned, or to change the backup policy that is assigned to a volume or volume group.

A volume or volume group can have only one backup policy assigned. If a backup policy is already assigned to this volume or volume group when you assign a new policy, the existing assignment is replaced with the new assignment.

A volume group cannot be assigned a backup policy if any of the volumes in the group already is assigned a backup policy. To remove a backup policy assignment from a volume, see Removing a Backup Policy Assignment.

Note

Oracle defined backup policies cannot be used for volume group backups. Only user defined backup policies can be assigned to a volume group.

    1. In the Compute Cloud@Customer Console navigation menu, click Block Storage, then click Block Volumes, Boot Volumes, or Volume Groups.

    2. At the top of the page, select the compartment that contains the volume or volume group to which you want to assign a backup policy.

    3. For the volume or volume group to which you want to assign a backup policy, click the Actions menu (An image of the three dot icon.), then click Assign Backup Policy.

    4. In the Assign Backup Policy dialog, select a backup policy from the drop-down list.

      You can't assign an Oracle defined policy to a volume group.

    5. Click Assign Backup Policy.

  • Use the oci bv volume-backup-policy-assignment create command and required parameters to assign a volume backup policy to the specified volume. 

    oci bv volume-backup-policy-assignment create --asset-id <volume_OCID> --policy-id <backup-policyABC> [OPTIONS]

    For a complete list of CLI commands, flags, and options, see the Command Line Reference.

  • Use the CreateVolumeBackupPolicy operation to assign a volume backup policy to the specified volume.

    For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST APIs and Security Credentials. For information about SDKs, see Software Development Kits and Command Line Interface.