Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Copying a Volume Group Backup

Learn how to copy a volume group backup.

For more information about copying volume backups and volume group backups to new regions, including required permissions, see Copying a Volume Backup Between Regions.

    1. On the Volume Group Backups list page, select the volume group backup that you want. If you need help finding the list page or the volume group backups, see Listing Volume Group Backups.
    2. From the Actions menu (three dots) for the volume group backup, select Copy to Another Region.
    3. In the Copy volume group backup panel, enter the following information.
      • Name: Enter a name for the backup. Avoid entering confidential information.
      • Compartment: Select the compartment that you want to copy the volume group backup to.
      • Destination Region: Select the region that you want to copy the volume group backup to.
      • Encryption: Select whether you want the volume group backup to use the Oracle-provided encryption key or your own Vault encryption key. If you select the option to use your own key, paste the OCID for encryption key from the destination region.
    4. Select Copy Volume Group Backup.

  • Use the oci bv volume-group-backup copy command and specify the --destination-region and --volume-group-backup-id parameters to copy a volume group backup:

    oci bv volume-group-backup-copy --destination-region <region_name> <volume_group_backup_id>

    For a complete list of parameters and values for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.

  • Run the CopyVolumeGroupBackup operation to and specify the volumeGroupBackupId and destinationRegion attributes in the CopyVolumeGroupBackupDetails resource to create a volume group copy in the specified region.