Recovery Service uses protection policies to control database backup retention in Oracle Cloud.

Protection Policies provide automated retention management for protected databases, satisfying requirements for regulated environments. Each protected database must be associated with one protection policy.

A protection policy determines the maximum period (in days) allowed to retain backups created by Recovery Service. Based on your business requirements, you can assign separate policies for each protected database or use a single policy across all protected databases in a VCN. For more information, see About Configuring Protection Policies.

To use the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Console to configure and manage protection policies, follow the steps outlined in Creating a Protection Policy.