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SOA-C02 · Question #468
A company uses AWS CloudFormation to manage a stack of Amazon EC2 instances on AWS. A SysOps administrator needs to keep the instances and all of the instances' data, even if someone deletes the…
The correct answer is D. Set the DeletionPolicy attribute to Retain for the EC2 instance resource in the CloudFormation. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-attribute- deletionpolicy.html
Submitted by ahmad_uae· Mar 30, 2026Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation
Question
A company uses AWS CloudFormation to manage a stack of Amazon EC2 instances on AWS. A SysOps administrator needs to keep the instances and all of the instances' data, even if someone deletes the stack. Which solution will meet these requirements?
Options
- ASet the DeletionPolicy attribute to Snapshot for the EC2 instance resource in the CloudFormation
- BAutomate backups by using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (Amazon DLM).
- CCreate a backup plan in AWS Backup.
- DSet the DeletionPolicy attribute to Retain for the EC2 instance resource in the CloudFormation
How the community answered
(17 responses)- B12% (2)
- C6% (1)
- D82% (14)
Explanation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-attribute- deletionpolicy.html
Topics
#CloudFormation DeletionPolicy#stack deletion#data retention#EC2 instances
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