Back up cluster now

This topic describes how to back up a cluster immediately.

Prerequisites

• A cluster in logical backup mode supports only full backup. A cluster in physical backup mode supports both full backup and incremental backup.

• The OceanBase cluster is not in upgrading state.

Procedure

You can back up cluster now by using one of the following methods.

• Method 1:

  1. Log on to the OceanBase Cloud Platform (OCP) console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Backup & Recovery > Backups.

  3. On the Backups page, click Back up Now in the upper-right corner of the page and choose Back Up Cluster from the drop-down list.

• Method 2:

  1. Log on to the OceanBase Cloud Platform (OCP) console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Clusters to go to the Cluster Overview page.

  3. Click the target cluster in Clusters or Resource Usage to go to the O&M page of the cluster.

  4. In the left-side navigation pane, click Backup & Recovery.

  5. On the Backup & Recovery page of the cluster, click Backup Now.

The following takes Method 1 as an example.

1. Log on to the OceanBase Cloud Platform (OCP) console.

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

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

   Select the objects from the Backup Cluster drop-down list. The system automatically identifies OceanBase Version and Backup Method of the cluster and automatically populates the fields of Storage Configuration .

   If Backup Mode of the cluster is logical backup, you must first install the backup service. For more information, see Install a service.

4. Specify Storage Configuration.

   • If the cluster 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 values. You can specify the values as prompted or by following the instructions of Create Cluster-level Backup Strategy in Create a cluster-level backup strategy.

     After you specify the values, click Test .

   

5. Select a data backup mode.

   For physical backup, select a data backup mode. 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 .