Before you use Cloud Backup to back up an Oracle database deployed on an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance, you must register the Oracle database in the Cloud Backup console. When you register an Oracle database, Cloud Backup installs a Cloud Backup client on the ECS instance. Then, you can back up the Oracle database.
Prerequisites
Cloud Backup is activated. You are not charged for activating Cloud Backup. You are charged for using the database backup feature of Cloud Backup based on the following billable items:
Rental of database backup vaults. You are not charged for using a vault in the first 30 days. You are charged after the free-trial period ends. You can store data from multiple databases.
Storage usage of database backup vaults. You are charged for the backup storage based on the storage space occupied by the data that is deduplicated and compressed. A free capacity of 100 GB is provided for each backup vault per month. After the free quota is used up, you are charged based on tiered pricing.
NoteIf you only register an Oracle database in the Cloud Backup console but not create a backup plan to back up data, you are not charged for using Cloud Backup.
For more information, see Pricing.
Cloud Assistant Agent is installed on the ECS instance that hosts the database.
A Cloud Backup client for ECS must be used together with Cloud Assistant.
If you purchased the ECS instance before December 1, 2017, you must manually install Cloud Assistant Agent. For more information, see Install Cloud Assistant Agent.
If you purchased the ECS instance on or after December 1, 2017, Cloud Assistant Agent is pre-installed.
The username and password that are used to access the Oracle database are obtained.
If you do not have a username and password for database backup, we recommend that you contact the administrator to create a backup account. The backup account must have the permissions of the sysdba role, and the resource and connect permissions. For more information, see Step 2: Create a backup account and configure permissions.
Precautions
You are not charged for using Cloud Backup if you only register an Oracle database in the Cloud Backup console.
Cloud Backup supports a limited number of database versions, operating systems, and backup features. For more information, see the "Supported database versions" section in Overview (ECS-hosted databases).
Procedure
Log on to the Cloud Backup console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
In the top navigation bar, select a region.
On the Database Backup page, click Oracle.
On the ECS Database Instance tab, click Register Database Instance.
In the Register Oracle database instance panel, select the database that you want to register and click Next.
NoteIf you cannot find the database that you want to register, you can click Discover Database. Cloud Assistant automatically scans all databases and discovers the databases deployed on ECS instances.
Limits are imposed on the supported database versions and backup features. For more information, see the "Supported database versions" section in Overview (ECS-hosted databases).
On the Config Link Info tab, click OK.
Cloud Backup automatically installs and activates the Cloud Backup client on the selected ECS instance. The process requires about 1 minute. Then, you can view the registration status on the ECS Database Instance tab. If the database status is Online, the database is registered successfully.
Related operations
Unregister a database
If you no longer need to back up an Oracle database, perform the following operations to unregister the database: Click the ECS Database Instance tab. Then, choose in the Actions column of the database.
WarningAfter you unregister a database, all backups generated by the Cloud Backup client for Windows cannot be restored. Proceed with caution.
Create a cluster
If your Oracle database belongs to a cluster, you must create another cluster that consists of the database after you register the database. Cloud Backup backs up all databases in a cluster to the same backup vault. To create a cluster, perform the following operations: On the ECS Database Instance tab, select your database. Click Create Cluster. In the dialog box that appears, select the databases that belong to the cluster and click OK.