Configuring Backups for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage

You can configure backups for OCI Object Storage. The configuration wizard guides you through the configuration process, which includes creating any new entities that are needed, such as a plan, an object storage client, and a content group.

Start the Configuration Wizard

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Object storage.

   The Object storage page appears.

2. In the upper-right area of the page, click Add object storage.

   The Configure Object Storage page appears.

3. Select OCI Object Storage.

4. Click Next.

   The Configure Oracle Cloud Storage configuration wizard appears.

Plan

A plan specifies the storage to back up the data to and other settings such as recovery point objective (RPO) settings.

1. Select an existing plan or create a new plan.

   Steps to create a plan

   1. Click the add button .

      The Add plan dialog box appears.

   2. In the Plan name box, enter a descriptive name for the plan.

   3. For the plan settings, select pre-defined settings or create custom settings:

      • To select pre-defined settings, under Retention rules, select one of the following:

        • Select Standard retention to retain the incremental backups for 1 month.

        • Select Extended retention for optimized storage where the incremental backups of primary and secondary copies are retained for 1 month, and extended retention for monthly and yearly full backups.

          Note

          The Extended retention option is available only when the secondary copy backup is selected.

      • To create custom settings, select Custom plan, and then specify the following:

        • For Retention, specify the amount of time to retain the backup jobs.

        • For Retention monthly full (Secondary copy), specify the amount of time to retain the monthly full backup on secondary copy.

        • For Retention yearly full (Secondary copy), specify the amount of time to retain the yearly full backup on secondary copy.

        • For Backups run every, specify how often to run backups.

   4. Click Done.

2. Click Next.

   The Add Object Storage page of the configuration wizard appears.

Access Node

An access node is required to back up object storage without egress charges.

1. Select one or more access nodes or the server group.

   Note

   • The access nodes must be of similar operating system type.

   • All servers in the server group must be reachable through network routes.

2. Click Next.

   The Add Object Storage page of the configuration wizard appears.

Add Object Storage

1. In Object storage name, enter a descriptive name for the object storage client.

2. In Host URL, enter the service account URL.

3. For Credentials, select existing credentials or create new credentials.

   Steps to create credentials

   1. Click the add button .

      The Add credential dialog box appears.

   2. In Credential name, enter a descriptive name for the credentials.

   3. In Tenancy OCID, enter the OCID for the tenant.

   4. In User OCID, enter OCID for the user for the hypervisor.

   5. In Fingerprint, enter the fingerprint.

   6. For Private key, upload the private key file.

   7. In Private key password, enter the password for the private key.

   8. In Description, enter a description of the credentials.

4. Click Next.

   The Select Compartment page of the configuration wizard appears.

Select Compartment

1. Select the compartment.

2. To automatically select all sub-compartments, select the Include sub-compartments check box.

3. Click Next.

   The Backup Content page of the configuration wizard appears.

Backup Content

You can add content by browsing, by selecting all the content, and by entering a custom path.

1. To select all content, click Add, and then select Select All.

2. To browse for content, do the following:

   1. Click Add, and then select Browse.

      The Add content dialog box appears.

   2. Select the content.

   3. Click Save.

3. To enter a custom path, do the following:

   1. Click Add, and then select Custom Path.

   2. In Enter custom path, enter the custom path for the content.

      For example, you can enter /bucket_name.

4. To exclude some of the content you selected, you can add the exclusion either by browsing or using a custom path.

5. To include some of the content that you excluded, move the Specify inclusion toggle key to the right, and then add the inclusion.

6. Click Next.

   The Summary page of the configuration wizard appears.

Summary

1. Review the summary.

2. Click Finish.