Schedule automatic snapshots

Schedule snapshots so that a DBaaS instance is backed up daily, weekly, or monthly on its own. Add a lifecycle rule to delete old scheduled snapshots for you. You pay for the storage every snapshot uses, so a lifecycle rule also keeps your cost down.

Before you begin

The DBaaS instance must read Running, so its Snapshots tab shows.

Schedule snapshots

On the DBaaS instance’s Snapshots tab, click Schedule. In Configure Snapshots:

1. Choose the Create Snapshot Interval: Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
2. For Weekly, choose a day in Select Day of Week. For Monthly, choose a date from 1 to 31 in Select Date of Month, or Last Day. To take a snapshot every month, choose Last Day; a date of 29, 30, or 31 runs in the months that have it.
3. Choose Take Snapshot At: 12 AM to 1 AM, 8 AM to 9 AM, or 6 PM to 7 PM, all in India Standard Time (IST). For a Weekly or Monthly schedule where the exact day matters, choose the 8 AM or 6 PM window.
4. (Optional) To delete old scheduled snapshots for you, choose how long to keep them in Delete Snapshot After.
5. Click Submit.

Your schedule appears on the Snapshots tab. Click its Edit link to change it, or Disable to stop it. If a scheduled snapshot fails, DBaaS tries again up to five times and emails you if the last try also fails.

Set a lifecycle rule on its own

On the Snapshots tab, click Schedule lifecycle. In Configure Snapshot Lifecycle, choose the Delete Snapshot Interval: 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 15 days, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, or 1 year. Click Save.

A lifecycle rule deletes scheduled snapshots; snapshots you take yourself stay until you delete them. To change or stop the rule, use its Edit or Disable link.

The DBaaS instance now takes snapshots on its schedule. To bring one back as a new DBaaS instance, see Back up and restore a DBaaS instance with snapshots.