You can use Hybrid Backup Recovery (HBR) to back up Oracle databases that are deployed on Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances or on your on-premises servers. You can also restore these databases based on your business requirements. This topic describes how to back up an Oracle database.
Prerequisites
An Oracle instance is registered. For more information, see Register an ECS-hosted Oracle database or Register an on-premises Oracle database.Create a backup plan
After you register an Oracle instance, you must create a backup plan in the HBR console to back up the instance. To create a backup plan, perform the following steps:
- Log on to the HBR console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
- In the top navigation bar, select a region.
- On the Database Backup page, click Oracle.
- Click the ECS Database Instance or Local Database Instance tab.
- On the ECS Database Instance or Local Database Instance tab, find the Oracle instance for which you want to create a backup plan, and click Back Up in the Actions column.
- In the Create Backup Plan panel, perform the following steps:
What to do next
On the Backup Plan tab, find the backup plan. In the Actions column, you can click buttons to perform the following operations:
- Modify a backup plan
If a backup plan does not meet your requirements, you can click Edit to modify the backup plan.
- Configure alerts
You can choose
in the Actions column and then select a backup alert policy. The following table describes the alert policies.Alert policy Description Disabled The backup client does not send alert notifications. Same as Backup Vault The backup client sends alert notifications based on the alert settings that are specified for the backup vault. Default The backup client sends alert notifications to the owner of the Alibaba Cloud account by using emails. Custom If you select this option, you must select one or more contacts or contact groups. Then, the backup client sends alert notifications to the selected contacts or contact groups. - Delete a backup plan
If you delete a backup plan, all backup and restoration jobs that are being performed based on the backup plan are interrupted.
To delete a backup plan, find the backup plan and choose
in the Actions column.