Manually Backing Up the OCR

Use the ocrconfig utility to force Oracle Clusterware to perform a backup of OCR at any time, rather than wait for the automatic backup that occurs at 4-hour intervals. This option is especially useful when you want to obtain a binary backup on demand, such as before you make changes to OCR.

To manually backup the contents of the OCR:

Log in as the root user.
Use the following command to force Oracle Clusterware to perform an immediate backup of the OCR:
```
ocrconfig -manualbackup
```

Related Topics

Replacing an OCR

Repairing an OCR Configuration on a Local Node

The default location for generating backups on Oracle Enterprise Linux systems is Grid_home/cdata/cluster_name where cluster_name is the name of your cluster and Grid_home is the home directory of your Oracle Grid Infrastructure software. Because the default backup is on a local file system, Oracle recommends that you include the backup file created with the ocrconfig command as part of your operating system backup using standard operating system or third-party tools.

Tip: You can use the ocrconfig -backuploc command to move the location where the OCR backups are created