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DBS-C01 Monitoring and Troubleshooting Practice Question

A database administrator is troubleshooting a failover event for an Amazon RDS for SQL Server Multi-AZ DB instance. The failover occurred automatically. Which AWS service or feature should the administrator use to view the failover history and the reason for the failover?

Answer choices

Why each option matters

Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.

Correct answer & explanation

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The Amazon RDS console Events page.

The Amazon RDS console Events page stores RDS events, including failover events with reasons. This is the best place to view failover history and reason. CloudTrail records API calls but not internal failover reasons. CloudWatch Logs does not automatically log failover reasons. The AWS Status Dashboard shows service health, not instance-specific failover history.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • ✓

    The Amazon RDS console Events page.

    Why this is correct

    RDS events include failover events with reasons.

  • ✗

    Amazon CloudWatch Logs for the DB instance.

    Why it's wrong here

    CloudWatch Logs requires log streams to be enabled and configured.

  • ✗

    AWS CloudTrail logs to view the failover API call.

    Why it's wrong here

    CloudTrail records API calls, but failover is an automated event, not an API call.

  • ✗

    The AWS Status Dashboard.

    Why it's wrong here

    The Status Dashboard shows service health, not instance-specific events.

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