Back up a tenant now

This topic describes how to back up a tenant immediately.

Prerequisites

Tenant backup is supported only in OceanBase Database V3.2.2-20220304134610 and later.

Procedure

You can back up a tenant immediately by using one of the following methods.

• Method 1:

  Log on to the OceanBase Cloud Platform (OCP) console. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Backup & Recovery > Backups. On the Backups page, click Back up Now in the upper-right corner of the page and choose Back Up Tenant from the drop-down list.

• Method 2:

  Log on to the OCP console and go to the Overview page of a tenant. In the left-side navigation pane, click Backup & Recovery. Then, click Back up Now.

The procedure of Method 1 is described as follows:

1. Log on to the OCP console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Backup & Recovery > Backups. On the Backups page, click Back up Now in the upper-right corner of the page and choose Back Up Tenant from the drop-down list.

3. Select the object that you want to back up.

   Select the object that you want to back up from the Backup Tenant drop-down list. The system automatically identifies OceanBase Version and Backup Method of the tenant and automatically populates the fields of Storage Configuration.

4. Specify Storage Configuration.

   • If the tenant that you want to back up has a backup strategy, the fields in the Storage Configuration section are automatically populated.

   • Otherwise, you must manually specify the configuration. You can specify the configuration as prompted or by following the instructions of step 4 in Create a tenant-level backup strategy.

     Then, click Test.

   

5. Select a data backup method.

   For physical backup, select a data backup method. For logical backup, only full backup is supported.

   Notice

   • For physical backup, you must perform a full backup before you can perform an incremental backup. Otherwise, the following error message is returned in the Check if ready to data backup step: "full data backup needed before incremental data backup."
   • If the error message "Cluster compaction needed before full data backup" is returned in the Start cluster compact if necessary step of a full backup, perform a major compaction and click Retry.

6. Click Back up Now.