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DBS-C01 Management and Operations Practice Question
Arrange the steps to perform a point-in-time recovery (PITR) for an Amazon RDS for MySQL DB instance in the correct order.
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Identify the desired recovery time, then initiate the restore operation specifying the source DB instance and target time, then monitor the restore progress until the new DB instance is available, then verify the data in the restored instance.
PITR restores the database to a specific time within the backup retention window by selecting the restore option and specifying the time.
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Identify the desired recovery time, then initiate the restore operation specifying the source DB instance and target time, then monitor the restore progress until the new DB instance is available, then verify the data in the restored instance.
Why this is correct
This is the correct order because point-in-time recovery requires first knowing the target time, then performing the restore, waiting for it to complete, and finally verifying the data.
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Identify the desired recovery time, then monitor the restore progress, then initiate the restore, then verify the data.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because monitoring cannot occur before initiating the restore; the restore must be started first.
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Initiate the restore operation, then identify the desired recovery time, then monitor the restore progress, then verify the data.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because the recovery time must be specified before or during the restore initiation, not after.
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Identify the desired recovery time, then initiate the restore, then verify the data, then monitor the restore progress.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because verification should only occur after the restore has completed; monitoring is necessary to know when it finishes.
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