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Google PCA Practice Question: Managing Implementation and Ensuring Solution and Operations Reliability
A company is designing a DR strategy for their GKE workloads. They need to back up application data and cluster configuration. Which THREE resources should they include in their backup plan? (Choose THREE.)
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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etcd snapshot via Velero
PersistentVolume data (application data), Kubernetes resource manifests (deployments, services), and etcd snapshots (cluster state) are essential. Node images can be recreated from configuration. Service accounts are IAM entities and not typically backed up as part of cluster backup.
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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etcd snapshot via Velero
Why this is correct
etcd snapshot captures cluster state including resources.
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Kubernetes resource manifests (Deployments, Services, etc.)
Why this is correct
Manifests define the desired state and should be backed up.
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Service account keys for the cluster
Why it's wrong here
Service accounts are managed separately via IAM.
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PersistentVolume data and PVCs
Why this is correct
Application data stored in PVs must be backed up.
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Compute Engine node images
Why it's wrong here
Node images are ephemeral and can be recreated from configuration.
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Google Cloud Resource Hierarchy and Organization
Key term
Anthos
Anthos is a Google Cloud platform that lets you run applications consistently across different computing environments, like on-premises data centers and multiple public clouds.
Key term
GKE
GKE is Google's managed Kubernetes service that automates deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications in the cloud.
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