AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 738

A company uses many Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes. The company wants to use Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (Amazon DLM) to manage the lifecycle of EBS snapshots that have tags of `Production` and `Compliance`.
Which combination of the following are needed to turn on this feature? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. A minimum storage requirement of 5 GB
• B. One IAM role for Amazon DLM and another IAM role for the users
• C. Encryption of the EBS volumes
• D. A minimum baseline performance of 3 IOPS/GB
• E. Tagging of the EBS volumes

Correct answer: B, E

Explanation

To manage snapshots using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (Amazon DLM), the target Amazon EBS volumes must have the specified tags (such as `Production` and `Compliance`) so the lifecycle policy can locate and target them. Additionally, proper IAM roles are required: one that grants Amazon DLM permission to create and delete snapshots on your behalf, and another that allows users to create and manage the lifecycle policies. Storage size, encryption, and baseline IOPS performance are not prerequisites for Amazon DLM.