SY0-701 · Question #424
A systems administrator would like to create a point-in-time backup of a virtual machine. Which of the following should the administrator use?
The correct answer is C. Snapshot. Snapshots capture the exact state of a virtual machine at a specific moment in time - including memory, disk, and configuration - making them the ideal tool for point-in-time backups that can be restored if something goes wrong. Why the distractors are wrong: Replication (A) cont
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A systems administrator would like to create a point-in-time backup of a virtual machine. Which of the following should the administrator use?
Options
- AReplication
- BSimulation
- CSnapshot
- DContainerization
How the community answered
(24 responses)- B8% (2)
- C88% (21)
- D4% (1)
Explanation
Snapshots capture the exact state of a virtual machine at a specific moment in time - including memory, disk, and configuration - making them the ideal tool for point-in-time backups that can be restored if something goes wrong.
Why the distractors are wrong:
- Replication (A) continuously mirrors a VM to another location for high availability, but it tracks live changes rather than preserving a fixed historical state.
- Simulation (B) models behavior in a test environment and has nothing to do with backup or recovery.
- Containerization (D) packages applications and their dependencies for portability, not for capturing VM state at a point in time.
Memory tip: Think of a snapshot like a camera snapshot - it freezes exactly what the VM looks like at one moment, so you can "rewind" to that picture later.
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