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Benedikt Klus

Henrik Hempelmann

Martin Brunzema

Anne Roessiger

Stefan Voss

Daniel Kirmse

A system to manage database management system backup objects may include an external storage component storing a first database management system backup object. A database management system node (e.g., associated with a database as a service cluster of a hyper-scalar infrastructure) may be configured to write information to and read information from the external storage component without being able to delete information in the external storage component. A backup housekeeping component, independent of the database management system node, may trigger a request to retrieve backup requirement information (e.g., associated with a maximum backup age, a latest backup identifier, an indication of a newest backup to be deleted, etc.) from the database management system node. The backup housekeeping component may then delete all database management system backup objects in the external storage component that are no longer required, including the first database management object, based on the retrieved backup requirement information.

Backup housekeeping operations between database management systems and external storage

A system and method providing monitoring of services hosted by a hyperscaler environment. The method including receiving an indication of at least one metric related to a backup storage process for each of a plurality of hyperscaler hosted database service instances; determining at least one value for each of the plurality of database service instances; storing a record of the determined at least one value for each of the plurality of database service instances in a persistent data storage device that is distinct and separate from the database service instances; receiving a request from a third-party entity for the stored at least one value for at least one of the plurality of database service instances; and transmitting the requested one or more of the at least one value for the database service instances specified in the request.

Current monitoring in hyperscaler environment

According to some embodiments, a system to manage database management system backups may include a plurality of database services. For each database service, a database backup resource (e.g., a human-readable structured document) may specify desired backup state information (e.g., a buffer size, a schedule, an amount of memory, etc.). A stateless backup operator component may then compare a present backup state of each database service with the associated desired backup state information. When a mismatch is identified between the present backup state of a database service and the associated desired backup state information, that database service may be automatically reconfigured (e.g., in connection with a recover job, backup job, backup configuration job, keystore backup job, etc.) in accordance with the desired backup state information.

Database management system backup and recovery management

A system and method to receive, by a backup service layer of a database service instance, a request to create a data backup; create, in response to the request and internally of the backup service, a backup having a filename including a version identifier; and transmit the created backup to a hyperscaler to be stored in a cloud object storage of the hyperscaler, the filename of the backup being a key for the storage of the backup in the cloud object storage.

Hyperscaler independent versioning of cloud storage objects

A system and method to receive, from a database service executing on a cloud infrastructure, information indicating metrics regarding backups for the database service, the information including at least an indication of an age of a last complete backup for the database service, an indication of a size of changed data since the last complete backup, and an indication of a number of data units changed since the last complete backup; determine a type of backup strategy to instruct the database service to perform based on the received information, the type of backup strategy being one of a complete backup of the database service, a delta backup of the database service, and no backup of the database service; and issue, in response to the determination, an instruction to the database service to execute the determined type of backup.

Automatic backup strategy selection

A system and method to receive, by a database service from an encryption service of a database provider in a cloud environment, an encryption key passphrase stored in a secure storage separate and distinct from a database persistence and object store of the database service, the encryption key passphrase used as a key to encrypt and decrypt a key storage of the database service that stores one or more keys used by the database service; and to use the encryption key passphrase by a recovery service of the database provider in the cloud environment to recover the database service and its associated key storage.

Secure storage of anchor passphrase for DBMS

A system and method to receive, by a cloud infrastructure database service provider, a request for a new database service from an entity external to the cloud infrastructure, the request including an indication the requested database service is to be created using a master copy of a database service; create, in response to the request, a partially initialized database service and a recovery job to access a resource external to the cloud infrastructure; receive, by the partially initialized database service, a master copy of the requested database service from the external resource, the master copy including data content; and fully initialize the database service using at least some of the data content included in the master copy of the requested database service.

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Hamburg, Germany

Benedikt Klus