CompTIA Cloud+ (CV1-003) — Question 59

A systems administrator in a large enterprise needs to alter the configuration of one of the finance department's database servers.
Which of the following should the administrator perform FIRST?

Answer options

• A. Capacity planning
• B. Change management
• C. Backups
• D. Patching

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct action is to perform backups first to ensure that there is a restore point in case something goes wrong during the configuration change. While capacity planning, change management, and patching are important, they do not provide the immediate safety net that backups do before making changes.