Lifecycle #

You can apply

Procedure #

Follow these steps to configure the Emory lifecycle before you start performing your backups.

Start emory settings tool by executing /opt/emory/emory as <sid>adm

Select Lifecycle from the main menu.

  ? Emory Cloud Backup:  [Use arrows to move, type to filter]
  Storage Providers profiles
  Data storage providers for backups & restores
  Specific Database configuration for Oracle database
  License Software
  Logging settings
  Linke Backups Dashboard
> Backups Lifecycle
  Exit

Enable lifecycle options and configure them:

? Select action to perfom:  Backups Lifecycle
? Enable backups lifecycle? Yes
? Select :   [Use arrows to move, type to filter]
> Configure Log Retention
  Configure Daily Retention
  Configure Weekly Retention
  Configure Monthly Retention
  Configure Yearly Retention
  Deactivate Lifecycle
  Return

Cron Expresion examples #

Some cron expresion examples that can be used:

cron expresion	description
0 0 * * <n>	Weekly. Set one day of week where <n> [0: Sunday, 1: Monday, 2: Tuesday, 3: Wednesday, 4: Thursday, 5: Friday, 6: Saturday]
0 0 1 * *	First Day Of Month
0 0 L * *	Last Day Of Month
0 0 <n> * *	Specific Day Of Month (n = day of month)
0 0 * * <wd>#1	First Week Of Month, where <wd> [0: Sunday, 1: Monday, 2: Tuesday, 3: Wednesday, 4: Thursday, 5: Friday, 6: Saturday]
0 0 * * <wd>#2	Second Week Of Month, where <wd> [0: Sunday, 1: Monday, 2: Tuesday, 3: Wednesday, 4: Thursday, 5: Friday, 6: Saturday]
0 0 * * <wd>#3	Third Week Of Month, where <wd> [0: Sunday, 1: Monday, 2: Tuesday, 3: Wednesday, 4: Thursday, 5: Friday, 6: Saturday]
0 0 * * <wd>#4	Fourth Week Of Month, where <wd> [0: Sunday, 1: Monday, 2: Tuesday, 3: Wednesday, 4: Thursday, 5: Friday, 6: Saturday]
0 0 * * <wd>#L	Last Week Of Month, where <wd> [0: Sunday, 1: Monday, 2: Tuesday, 3: Wednesday, 4: Thursday, 5: Friday, 6: Saturday]
* * 1 1 *	First day of the Year
* * L 12 *	Last day of the Month
* * <d> <m> *	Specific day of Year, where <d>: day, and <m>: month