Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Enabling or Disabling Crash Recovery

Enable crash recovery to ensure durability and to enable data recovery in the event of an unexpected server exit.

Using the Console

Use the Console to enable or disable crash recovery on a DB system.

This task requires the following:
  • A running DB system.
  • You have created a full backup before disabling crash recovery.
  • Automatic backups are disabled on the DB system.
  1. To disable crash recovery on a DB system, do the following:
    1. Open the Disable crash recovery dialog box from one of the following locations:
      • The Disable crash recovery menu item from the More Actions menu on the DB systems list page.
      • The Disable crash recovery menu item from the More actions drop-down menu on the DB system details page.
      • The Disable link adjacent the Crash recovery label on the DB system details page. This link is only displayed if automatic backups are disabled.
      The Disable crash recovery dialog is displayed.
    2. Click Disable to disable crash recovery.
      The DB system enters the Updating state and crash recovery is disabled.
  2. To enable crash recovery on a DB system, do the following:
    1. Open the Enable crash recovery dialog box from one of the following locations:
      • The Enable crash recovery menu item from the More Actions (3-dot) menu on the DB systems list page.
      • The Enable crash recovery menu item from the More actions drop-down menu on the DB system details page.
      • The Enable link adjacent the Crash recovery label on the DB system details page.
      The Enable crash recovery dialog is displayed.
    2. Click Enable to enable crash recovery.
      The DB system enters the Updating state and crash recovery is enabled.
      Note

      Automatic backups are not automatically enabled. You must enable them manually.