Google Associate Cloud Engineer Exam - Topic 7 Question 29 Discussion

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Google Associate Cloud Engineer Exam - Topic 7 Question 29 Discussion

You have a Compute Engine instance hosting an application used between 9 AM and 6 PM on weekdays. You want to back up this instance daily for disaster recovery purposes. You want to keep the backups for 30 days. You want the Google-recommended solution with the least management overhead and the least number of services. What should you do?

A) 1. Update your instances' metadata to add the following value: snapshot--schedule: 0 1 * * * 2. Update your instances' metadata to add the following value: snapshot--retention: 30

C) 1. Create a Cloud Function that creates a snapshot of your instance's disk. 2. Create a Cloud Function that deletes snapshots that are older than 30 days. 3. Use Cloud Scheduler to trigger both Cloud Functions daily at 1:00 AM.

D) 1. Create a bash script in the instance that copies the content of the disk to Cloud Storage. 2. Create a bash script in the instance that deletes data older than 30 days in the backup Cloud Storage bucket. 3. Configure the instance's crontab to execute these scripts daily at 1:00 AM.

Accepted Answer

B) 1. In the Cloud Console, go to the Compute Engine Disks page and select your instance's disk. 2. In the Snapshot Schedule section, select Create Schedule and configure the following parameters: -- Schedule frequency: Daily -- Start time: 1:00 AM -- 2:00 AM -- Autodelete snapshots after 30 days

Google Associate Cloud Engineer Exam - Topic 7 Question 29 Discussion

Google Associate Cloud Engineer Exam - Topic 7 Question 29 Discussion

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