This topic describes how to back up a cluster or a tenant 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.
Procedure
Log on to the OceanBase Cloud Platform (OCP) console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Clusters . The cluster overview page appears.
Find the target cluster in the Clusters list and click its name to go to the Overview page of the cluster.
In the left-navigation pane, click Backup & Recovery .
Click Backup Now.
Select the objects that you want to back up. Select the objects from the Backup Cluster drop-down list. The system automatically identifies Data and Backup Method of the cluster and automatically populates the fields of Storage Configuration .
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 step 4 in Create a backup strategy.
After you specify the values, click Test .
Select a data backup mode.
Click Back up Now .
Notice
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 .