AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C03 — Topic 1 Question 259

Question

A company is implementing new data retention policies for all databases that run on Amazon RDS DB instances. The company must retain daily backups for a minimum period of 2 years. The backups must be consistent and restorable. Which solution should a solutions architect recommend to meet these requirements?

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: A. The correct answer is A. Option A: Create a backup vault in AWS Backup to retain RDS backups. Create a new backup plan with a daily schedule and an expiration period of 2 years after creation. Assign the RDS DB instances to the backup plan. AWS Backup centrally automates and manages backups across AWS services. Amazon RDS is a managed relational database that handles patching, backups and failover.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C03 — Question 259