For taking Teamcenter backups, we need to export database as well. Periodical backup comes handy during deployment issues. It is good practice to take backups before any major BMIDE deployments and upgrades. Along with DB export, take backups of tc_root, tc_data and volumes directories so that we can roll back to this version at any point of time. For exporting db, get the following information Oracle Home Directory =  Teamcenter Schema Name = Teamcenter Schema Password =  Schema SID/Service Name = Oracle Export Directory = 1,2, 3 and 4  - should have been captured during Teamcenter installation process. Schema name can be found in TC_DATA/profile_vars.bat 5 -  Check for existing Oracle directory to export into it. If no directory is found, new directory can be created using SQL PLUS or SQL Developer client. Directory is the place where the db will get exported. Directory Creation Using SQL PLUS Command for CREATE DIRECTORY Using SQL Developer Client: Step 1 : Open SQL Developer Client