This article describes how a customer can download a snapshot from an EPM Cloud instance on an OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) instance, and then archive it to either an Object Store or OCI block storage. Downloading a Snapshot from an EPM Cloud Instance

There are two ways (REST API and EPM Automate) to download a snapshot from an EPM Cloud instance on an OCI instance.

• REST API

curl -u username:password serviceURL /interop/rest/11.1.2.3.600/applicationsnapshots/Artifact Snapshot/contents > snapshotFile

Example:
curl -u joe.smith@xyz.com:Su12!* https://planning-domain.pbcs.us2.oraclecloud.com/interop/rest/11.1.2.3.600/applicationsnapshots/Artifact Snapshot/contents > snapshot
mv snapshot snapshot.zip

For more information, refer to REST API documentation for downloading LCM snapshots.

• EPM Automate

epmautomate downloadfile “Artifact Snapshot”
mv “Artifact Snapshot.zip” snapshot.zip
At the end of this step, you will have a snapshot file named snapshot.zip

For more information, refer to EPM Automate documentation for downloading files.

Archiving a Snapshot on an Object Store:

1. Create OCI Bucket for snapshots

A Compartment is required to provide permissions and access to Object resources. In the OCI Console, create the Compartment with the related Namespace and a Bucket (if they do not already exist). The Object Storage namespace serves as a top-level container for all buckets and objects and allows you to control bucket naming within your tenancy.

Examples:
Namespace:         epmclouddev
Bucket name:         lcm_backup

 

2. Upload to Object Store - two options.

• Option 1: Use Rest API to upload to Object Store
  • Refer to the presentation for exact steps and examples
  • You can upload and download to the Object Store by using a native REST API or Amazon S3 or SWIFT API. The Native REST API is recommended.
    • OCI Upload Rights
    • Object Store Upload/Download APIs
    • Object Store Sample Code
    • API reference
    • Bash script
• Option 2: Use CLI for multi-part uploads to Object Store
  • Refer to the presentation for exact steps and examples
  • If the snapshot is large, you can use multi-part uploads via the CLI.
  • Object Store CLI
  • Using CLI to perform multi-part uploads

3. Verify uploaded snapshot

You can verify the existence of the upload with the following GET command in the oci-curl program:

 ./oci-curl.sh objectStoreURL get “/n/namespace/b/bucket/o/” > {"objects":[{"name":“snapshotName"}]}

Example:

./oci-curl objectstorage.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com get “/n/epmclouddev/b/lcm_backup/o/”

Returns:
> {"objects":[{"name":“snapshot}]}

 

Archiving a snapshot on OCI Block Storage

Syntax:
timestamp=`date +%m_%d_%Y_%I%M`
mv  snapshot.zip snapshot_${timestamp}.zip

For more information, refer to EPM Automate example of archiving a snapshot to local storage.

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Refer to the links below for more information:

• Presentation
• REST API documentation for downloading LCM snapshots
• EPM Automate documentation for downloading files
• OCI Upload Rights
• Object Store Upload/Download APIs
• Object Store Sample Code
• API reference
• Bash script
• Object Store CLI
• Using CLI to perform multi-part uploads
• EPM Automate example of archiving a snapshot to local storage

Consolidation Best Practices with Financial Consolidation and Close If you are interested in reviewing the detailed information that was presented during the partner briefing on FCCS Consolidation Best Practices, then review the attached presentation. It includes information related to Metadata Validation and Calculation Concepts.

Thank you to the following people for providing the information on this topic:

• Keith Glide – Product Management
• Shailesh Kumar – Development
• Raghu Surisetty – Development

 

Refer to the links below for more information:

• Presentation - Information provided by Keith Glide, Shailesh Kumar and Raghu Surisetty
• Administering Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud - Enabling Auto Create Blocks for Configurable Calculations
• Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Documentation

What’s New and Coming in Financial Consolidation and Close? Thank you to Yuen Man Boronski for providing the detailed information in the attached presentation.

Upcoming Enhancements (2HCY19)

• Equity Pickup
• User-Defined Rate Accounts
• Opening Balance Override
• Simplified Metadata
• Additional Consolidation Members for Input

Refer to the links below for more information:

• Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud (FCCS) - May 2019 Updates
• Presentation - Information provided by Yuen Man Boronski