For OCI (Gen 2) environments, daily snapshots that are generated during the daily maintenance window are archived to Oracle Object Storage. Snapshots of Production environment and test environments are retained for 60 days.
The daily snapshot can be found by going to Navigator > Tools > Migration > Snapshot and is contained in Artifact Snapshot
The contents of Artifact Snapshot are being replaced daily during maintenance, so it is the responsibility of the Service Administrator to archive backups as needed by the organization. In case the copy of the snapshot within the 60 or 30-day retention period is not secured, EPM automate can be used to retrieve the list of available backups and restore the same into the environment.
1. Launch EPM Automate on your machine. If this program is not yet installed, refer to Installing EPM Automate
2. Login to initiate a session by typing the below command and supplying the values inside the brackets:
epmautomate login [username] [password] [service instance url]
Example: epmautomate login serviceAdmin P@ssword1https://test-cloud-pln.pbcs.us1.oraclecloud.com
3. Wait for the message: “Login successful” to pop up
4. Execute the listbackups command by typing: epmautomate listBackups
5. Available backups will be retrieved in the format of YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS/Artifact_Snapshot.zip. The timestamp is in UTC time when the snapshot was created
6. From the list of available backups, take note of the file you want to restore into the environment
7. Type the restoreBackup command: epmautomate restoreBackup [snapshot name]
Example:
8. Once the backup is successfully restored, it will now appear when you navigate back to the application. You can now import the full snapshot into the environment or only select specific artifacts as needed
This is a self-service process and in case this cannot be done by any user, Oracle may be able to provide backup snapshot. This will be processed by submitting a technical Service Request on My Oracle Support portal (support.oracle.com)
For additional information regarding the above EPM automate commands, you may refer to the following help documents:
· About EPM Automate
· login command
· listBackups command
· restoreBackup command
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