AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 897
Based on the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following actions are the responsibility of the customer for an Aurora database?
Answer options
- A. Performing underlying OS updates
- B. Provisioning of storage for database
- C. Scheduling maintenance, patches, and other updates
- D. Executing maintenance, patches, and other updates
Correct answer: D
Explanation
Under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model for managed services like Amazon Aurora, AWS manages the underlying infrastructure, physical hardware, and operating system clustering. The customer, however, retains control over the database configuration and is responsible for initiating and executing database-level updates, patches, and maintenance windows to align with their application requirements. Other tasks like physical storage provisioning and OS-level patching are fully abstracted and managed by AWS.