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PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT · Question #354

Your company uses a custom-built application running on a Compute Engine virtual machine (VM). This application processes real-time sales data and writes it to a zonal Persistent Disk. A recent…

The correct answer is D. Use the Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) service to create a backup plan. Configure the. Backup and Disaster Recovery provides a fully managed, policy-based backup plan with automated scheduling and enforced retention, minimizing operational overhead. Using a backup vault lets you store backups in a separate project with tightly controlled access while meeting the…

Submitted by helene.fr· Mar 30, 2026Ensuring solution and operations reliability

Question

Your company uses a custom-built application running on a Compute Engine virtual machine (VM). This application processes real-time sales data and writes it to a zonal Persistent Disk. A recent internal audit requires that you implement a backup and recovery plan to protect against zonal failures. Your company has a strict policy that all backup data must be retained for at least 90 days and stored in a separate project with limited access. You need to implement a fully automated backup solution that meets these requirements with minimal operational overhead. What should you do?

Options

  • AWrite a script to create daily backups of the Persistent Disk. Copy the backups to a different zone
  • BUse gcloud commands to create snapshots of the Persistent Disk. Store the snapshots in a
  • CCreate a snapshot schedule to automatically create Persistent Disk snapshots and use a script to
  • DUse the Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) service to create a backup plan. Configure the

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    11% (4)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    80% (28)

Explanation

Backup and Disaster Recovery provides a fully managed, policy-based backup plan with automated scheduling and enforced retention, minimizing operational overhead. Using a backup vault lets you store backups in a separate project with tightly controlled access while meeting the 90-day retention requirement and supporting recovery from zonal failures.

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#Persistent Disk snapshots#Backup and DR#automated backup#data retention

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