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SOA-C02 · Question #724

A company must automate daily incremental backups of any Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume that is marked with a Lifecycle: Production tag. The company also must prevent users from using

The correct answer is A. Create a daily snapshot of all EBS volumes by using AWS Backup. Specify Lifecycle as the tag. AWS Backup can automatically create daily incremental EBS snapshots by tag (Lifecycle=Production). Those backups are stored in a backup vault, so users with broad ec2:* permissions cannot delete them with ec2:DeleteSnapshot; deletion is governed by AWS Backup permissions instead.

Submitted by femi9· Mar 30, 2026Reliability and Business Continuity

Question

A company must automate daily incremental backups of any Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume that is marked with a Lifecycle: Production tag. The company also must prevent users from using ec2:* permissions to delete any of these production snapshots. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • ACreate a daily snapshot of all EBS volumes by using AWS Backup. Specify Lifecycle as the tag
  • BCreate a daily snapshot of all EBS volumes by using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager. Specify
  • CCreate automatic remediation rules in AWS Trusted Advisor to deny any delete actions on the EBS
  • DCreate a daily Amazon Machine Image (AMI) of any Amazon EC2 instances by using Amazon

How the community answered

(53 responses)
  • A
    81% (43)
  • B
    11% (6)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    6% (3)

Explanation

AWS Backup can automatically create daily incremental EBS snapshots by tag (Lifecycle=Production). Those backups are stored in a backup vault, so users with broad ec2:* permissions cannot delete them with ec2:DeleteSnapshot; deletion is governed by AWS Backup permissions instead. This satisfies both automation and protection requirements.

Topics

#EBS snapshots#AWS Backup#tag-based backup policy#snapshot deletion protection

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