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CLF-C02 · Question #259

A user needs to perform a one-time backup of an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume that is attached to an Amazon EC2 instance. What is the MOST operationally efficient way to perform…

The correct answer is C. Create an EBS snapshot of the volume. https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/hands-on/amazon-ebs-backup-and-restore-using-aws-

Submitted by kim_seoul· Mar 6, 2026Cloud Technology and Services

Question

A user needs to perform a one-time backup of an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume that is attached to an Amazon EC2 instance. What is the MOST operationally efficient way to perform this backup?

Options

  • AAttach another EBS volume to the EC2 instance, and copy the contents.
  • BCopy the EBS volume to a server that is running outside AWS and is connected with AWS Direct
  • CCreate an EBS snapshot of the volume.
  • DCreate a custom script to copy the EBS file contents to Amazon S3.

How the community answered

(42 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    90% (38)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/hands-on/amazon-ebs-backup-and-restore-using-aws-

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