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SOA-C03 · Question #66

A company is running a custom database on an Amazon EC2 instance. The database stores its data on an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume. A SysOps administrator must set up a backup…

The correct answer is C. Create an Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (Amazon DLM) policy to take a snapshot of the EBS. Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) is the AWS service specifically designed to automate the creation, retention, and deletion of EBS snapshots. With DLM, you can: - Automatically create snapshots on a recurring schedule (e.g., daily, hourly). - Retain snapshots for a specific…

Submitted by jaden.t· Mar 5, 2026Reliability and business continuity

Question

A company is running a custom database on an Amazon EC2 instance. The database stores its data on an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume. A SysOps administrator must set up a backup strategy for the EBS volume. What should the SysOps administrator do to meet this requirement?

Options

  • ACreate an Amazon CloudWatch alarm for the VolumeIdleTime metric with an action to take a
  • BCreate a pipeline in AWS Data Pipeline to take a snapshot of the EBS volume on a recurring
  • CCreate an Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (Amazon DLM) policy to take a snapshot of the EBS
  • DCreate an AWS DataSync task to take a snapshot of the EBS volume on a recurring schedule.

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    79% (26)
  • D
    12% (4)

Explanation

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) is the AWS service specifically designed to automate the creation, retention, and deletion of EBS snapshots. With DLM, you can: - Automatically create snapshots on a recurring schedule (e.g., daily, hourly). - Retain snapshots for a specific number of days. - Delete old snapshots automatically to save costs. - Ensure consistent and automated backups without manual intervention. This approach fully meets the company’s requirement for a backup strategy for the EBS volume.

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#EBS snapshots#Data Lifecycle Manager#backup strategy#EC2

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