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CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question

A company wants to implement automated patching for their Windows and Linux servers in AWS. They need to schedule patching during a maintenance window and have a rollback plan. Which service should they use?

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AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager

AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager automates patching with maintenance windows and allows creation of patching baselines. It also supports rollback by restoring from AMIs or using AWS Backup. Inspector is for vulnerability scanning, not patching. Config is for compliance. OpsWorks is configuration management.

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

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AWS OpsWorks
Why it's wrong here
OpsWorks provides configuration management but is not the primary patching service.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config evaluates resource configurations but does not patch.
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AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager
Why this is correct
Patch Manager automates patching with maintenance windows and rollback via AMI backups.
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Amazon Inspector
Why it's wrong here
Inspector assesses vulnerabilities but does not apply patches.

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CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question

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