Oracle Database Cloud Service (DBCS) Workflow

To start using Oracle Database Cloud Service, follow the guidelines as below:

• Sign up for a free credit promotion or purchase a subscription

Fill in your information, and sign up for a free credit promotion or purchase a subscription to Oracle Database Cloud Service.

• Add and manage users and roles

Create user accounts and assign them appropriate privileges and assign the necessary Database Cloud Service roles.

• Create a database deployment

Use create service wizard (GUI interface) to create a new database deployment.

• Enable network access

Allow access to network services associated with your database deployments.

• Load data into the database

Use Oracle Database tools to load data into your databases.

• Monitor database deployments

Checkout health and performance of individual database deployments.

• Monitor the service

Check on the day-to-day operation of your service, monitor performance, and review important notifications.

• Patch a database deployment

Apply or Rollback a patch

• Back up a database deployment

Perform database backup and restore

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Conclusion

In this article we have seen Typical Workflow of an Oracle Database Cloud Service. It is very easy to start a subscription, create a database deployment and perform several other tasks listed in the Workflow.