AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 119

The Database Administration team is interested in performing manual backups of an Amazon RDS Oracle DB instance.
What steps should be taken to perform the backups?

Answer options

• A. Attach an Amazon EBS volume with Oracle RMAN installed to the RDS instance.
• B. Take a snapshot of the EBS volume that is attached to the DB instance.
• C. Install Oracle Secure Backup on the RDS instance and back up the Oracle database to Amazon S3.
• D. Take a snapshot of the DB instance.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because taking a snapshot of the DB instance is the appropriate method for backing up an Amazon RDS database. Options A and C are incorrect because RDS does not allow installation of additional software, and option B is not valid as EBS volumes cannot be directly used with RDS instances.