SOA-C03 Question #141: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

To comply with regulations, a SysOps administrator needs to back up an Amazon EC2 Amazon Machine Image (AMI) to an Amazon S3 bucket. If the SysOps administrator restores the AMI from the bucket in the future, the AMI must use the same AMI image ID as the original AMI. Which solution will meet this requirement?

Options

• ACreate a copy of the AMI. Specify the destination S3 bucket. Set the launch permissions to
• BArchive the snapshot that is associated with the AMI. Specify the S3 bucket as the archive
• CCreate a store image task. Specify the image ID and the destination S3 bucket.
• DUse the AWS CLI copy-image command. Specify the image ID and the destination S3 bucket.

Explanation

Because this is the only AWS-supported solution that allows an AMI to be backed up to Amazon S3 and later restored while preserving the original AMI ID. This capability is essential for regulatory and compliance requirements where immutable identifiers must be retained. According to AWS CloudOps documentation for Amazon EC2 AMI lifecycle management, the AMI store and restore feature is specifically designed for long-term retention, audit, and compliance scenarios. When an AMI is stored using a store image task, AWS packages the AMI's configuration, metadata, and associated snapshots and saves them as encrypted objects in an Amazon S3 bucket. When the AMI is restored, AWS explicitly states that the restored AMI retains the same AMI ID as the original image, ensuring continuity for compliance tracking and operational dependencies.

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