Create Backups | Vantage Console | VantageCloud Enterprise - Creating a Standard Backup or Snapshot - Teradata Vantage

Teradata® VantageCloud Enterprise
Deployment
VantageCloud
Edition
Enterprise
Product
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
2.4.5
Published
February 2025
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2025-03-06
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage
PrerequisitePartial Backup

Before attempting to create a partial backup, make sure you meet the following prerequisites:

  • The VantageCloud Enterprise site must be set up with Query Service and is configured for self-service support. If not available, raise a change request.
  • You must be a Console administrator (have TD-CUSTOMER-ADMIN role) to create partial backups or restore backup jobs.
  • Make sure the Console user exists in the database. Use Teradata username field on the User Settings tab of the Your account page. If the user does not exist, create one and grant permissions using the following commands respectively:
    • CREATE <username> as password=<password>, perm=<desired perm space>;
    • GRANT LOGON ON ALL TO <username> WITH NULL PASSWORD
In the Vantage Console, follow these steps to create a data protection job.
  1. Log on to https://cloud.vantage.teradata.com.
  2. Select Data protection .
  3. Select Create.
  4. From the Settings tab, do the following:
    1. Select the Type: Backup, Snapshot, Snapshot (DR), or Backup (DR).

      Based on your selection, the inputs parameters vary. For example, the Auto-abort is available only for Backup and Backup (DR).

      When you create a Backup (DR) job, metadata jobs are created automatically, if they don’t already exist. See Using Metadata Jobs in Backup (DR) for more details.
    2. In Retention policy, enter the number of standard backups or snapshots you want to store and maintain.
      Retaining more backups may result in additional usage charges. Also, the retention policy for Backup and Snapshot is for the source site and the retention policy for Backup (DR) and Snapshot (DR) is for the target site. In this case, the source site only has just one latest copy.
    3. Select the run order Priority between 1 to 5, where 1 is highest priority and 5 lowest.
  5. Select Save.
  6. Once the backup job is created successfully, you can either run it ad hoc or schedule it. To schedule a job, select , then select Overview, and then open the Schedule tab.
  7. From the Schedule tab, select Add Schedule, and select the parameters.
    You cannot add a schedule for a snapshot.
  8. From the Objects tab, select objects to include or exclude, such as the database and tables.
    You can also apply filters to set the granularity.
  9. From the History tab, view the backup status.
    View objects skipped from the backup and any errors.