Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Architect Associate — Question 11

You are responsible for creating and maintaining an enterprise application that consists of multiple storage volumes across multiple compute instances in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
The storage volumes include boot volumes and block volumes for your data storage. You need to create a backup for the boot volumes that will be done daily and a backup for the block volumes that will be done every six hours.
How can you meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. Group both boot volumes and block volumes in a volume group and create volume group backups.
• B. Create clones of all boot volumes and block volumes one at a time.
• C. Create two volume groups for grouping boot volumes and block volumes separately. Create two custom backup policies as per requirement.
• D. Create on-demand full backups of block volumes, and create custom images from the boot volumes. Use a function to run at a specific time to start the backup process.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because grouping both boot and block volumes into a volume group allows for efficient management and the ability to create backups according to your specified schedule. Options B and D do not provide the required automation for scheduled backups, while option C complicates the process by separating the volumes into different groups without leveraging the benefits of a unified backup approach.