How to backup Oracle Database Server to Dropbox, Windows Azure, Amazon S3, and local hard drive

Select a backup

software

For this tutorial, I’ve chosen CloudBacko

(www.cloudbacko.com) simply because:

• It’s affordable at $138 only for 1 host

• It’s the ONLY solution that can do the job, backup

the whole Oracle Database to the cloud, e.g.

Dropbox, Windows Azure, Google Cloud Storage,

Amazon S3, FTP, local/mapped drive

It also supports other data type:

Besides Oracle Database, it also supports: Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft

SQL Server, VMware and Hyper-V, Lotus Domino, Oracle, MySQL, as well as

Windows system image, and Windows System State.

It encrypts data and filenames as well

Your backup data on the cloud will 100% secure as data will be encrypted with

256-bit military grade encryption on your local machine before backing up to the

clouds. All the file and folder names will also be encrypted so that no one, not

even the staff from CloudBackup™ and those cloud storages such as Dropbox,

Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage, will be able to know what you have

backed up. .

It’s easy to use

CloudBacko comes with the most intuitive user interface that is so easy to use.

No training will be required to get started. Selecting backup sources, managing

destinations, scheduling automatic backups, monitoring the health of your

backups, and restoring data, all can be done effortlessly. Whenever you need

assistance, the Help button on each page provides you with the answer right

away.

It can do Continuous Backup

Once configured, CloudBacko will quietly and transparently performing backup in

the background continuously. When your computer is busy with high CPU usage

or network traffic, backup will automatically be paused so as not to affect the

computer's performance.

It’s fast

CloudBacko Pro is one of the fastest cloud and local backup software available

in the market because of its built-in speed boosting technologies, e.g. multi-

thread, concurrent backup to multiple destinations, In-File Delta block-level

incremental backup, configurable compression, etc.

It keeps unlimited versions, for as long

as you need

You are able to define flexible

versioning rules to keep the historical

versions of your data. If you need to

keep more recent versions and fewer

over time, it can be easily achieved

through the retention policy setup.

Those versions can be kept forever if

needed.

Its report is useful

With CloudBacko's reporting tool, you can get clear visibility into the backup

details of all destinations, including usage trend, backup and restore reports,

log for warnings and errors, etc.

Let’s see it works

First of all, you need to download

their 30-days free trial from their

website: www.cloudbacko.com

Pick CloudBacko Pro, as it is for

backing up servers.

Install the software on your Oracle Database

server, and run the software. The front page

looks like this:

Click the “Backup Sets” button to

create a backup set for Oracle.

Input all the credentials for your

Oracle Database.

Select the database you need to

backup.

Then, setup the schedule for automated

backup. You can setup multiple schedules

here.

Ok, here you can add all the destinations that

you need to backup to, e.g. Dropbox, local

drive. Just click the [+] button.

For example, adding Dropbox as a destination is

pretty straight forward. Select Dropbox, and click

[Test].

A new web browser will be opened. Just sign

in your Dropbox account here.

Allow the software to access your Dropbox

account.

Then, copy the code provided.

Paste the code into the software.

Okay, Dropbox is added as a

backup destination.

Adding other destinations is pretty

much the same. Super easy.

Then, you need to setup the data encryption. I

recommend to turn it on if you need to backup

data to the cloud.

The default encryption is good enough, as it

will generate a 256-bit truly randomized key

for you.

Of course you can setup your own key by

select the [Custom] option.

The last thing is to enter your Windows User

Authentication code to the software, so that it

can access your network drive to backup.

Okay, backup set created. The backup will be

run according to your defined schedule. You

can also fire a manual backup now, by

clicking the [Backup now] button..

Choose the options for manual backup, then

click [Backup] to run it.

It will then back up to your selected

destinations. Super easy.

When backup is done. You can read the

backup report.

Detailed info:

www.cloudbacko.com