SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company wants to centrally manage backups for Amazon EBS volumes across multiple AWS accounts. They need a solution that can automatically back up volumes based on tags, retain backups according to a policy, and send notifications on failures. Which AWS service should they use?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is that candidates might confuse AWS Backup with native snapshot management or assume that a service like CloudFormation StackSets can handle backup automation, but only AWS Backup provides the centralized, policy-driven, cross-account backup management with notification capabilities required by the scenario.
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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AWS Backup
AWS Backup is the correct service because it provides a centralized, policy-based backup solution for Amazon EBS volumes across multiple AWS accounts. It supports tag-based backup policies, retention rules, and integrates with Amazon CloudWatch Events and Amazon SNS to send notifications on failures, meeting all the stated requirements.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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AWS CloudFormation StackSets
Why it's wrong here
CloudFormation is for provisioning, not backup management.
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Amazon RDS automated backups
Why it's wrong here
RDS backups are for RDS instances only.
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AWS Backup
Why this is correct
AWS Backup provides centralized backup management across accounts.
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Amazon S3 lifecycle policies
Why it's wrong here
S3 lifecycle is for object storage, not EBS volumes.
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