AWS Certified Security – Specialty (SCS-C02) — Question 230

A company must retain backup copies of Amazon RDS DB instances and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes. The company must retain the backup copies in data centers that are several hundred miles apart.

Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?

Answer options

• A. Configure AWS Backup to create the backups according to the needed schedule. In the backup plan, specify multiple Availability Zones as backup destinations.
• B. Configure Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to create the backups. Configure the Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager policy to copy the backups to an Amazon S3 bucket. Enable replication on the S3 bucket.
• C. Configure AWS Backup to create the backups according to the needed schedule. Create a destination backup vault in a different AWS Region. Configure AWS Backup to copy the backups to the destination backup vault.
• D. Configure Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to create the backups. Create an AWS Lambda function to copy the backups to a different AWS Region. Use Amazon EventBridge to invoke the Lambda function on a schedule.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Option C is correct because it allows AWS Backup to manage backups efficiently, and by specifying a destination backup vault in another AWS Region, it meets the geographic separation requirement with minimal manual intervention. Options A and B do not fulfill the requirement of keeping backups in different regions, while option D introduces unnecessary complexity with a Lambda function and EventBridge, increasing operational overhead.