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Google PCA Manage and provision cloud infrastructure Practice Question
Drag and drop the steps to migrate a Compute Engine VM to a different region using a snapshot into the correct order.
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Create a snapshot of the existing disk, then create a new disk in the target region from the snapshot, then create a new VM in the target region using that disk.
Snapshots are global resources, but disks are regional. Create the disk in the target region, then create the VM.
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Create a snapshot of the existing disk, then create a new disk in the target region from the snapshot, then create a new VM in the target region using that disk.
Why this is correct
Snapshots are global resources, but disks are regional. You must first create a snapshot of the source disk, then create a disk in the target region from that snapshot, and finally create the VM using the new disk.
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Create a new disk in the target region, then create a snapshot of the existing disk, then create a new VM in the target region using the new disk.
Why it's wrong here
This order is incorrect because the snapshot must be taken from the source disk before you can create a disk in the target region. Creating a disk first without a snapshot results in an empty disk.
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Create a snapshot of the existing disk, then create a new VM in the target region, then create a new disk in the target region from the snapshot.
Why it's wrong here
This order is incorrect because you cannot create a VM without a disk. The disk must be created from the snapshot before launching the VM.
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Create a new VM in the target region, then create a snapshot of the existing disk, then create a new disk in the target region from the snapshot.
Why it's wrong here
This order is incorrect because you cannot create a VM without a disk. Additionally, the snapshot and disk creation should happen first.
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Key term
Snapshot
A snapshot is a point-in-time copy of a system's data or state, used for backup, recovery, or testing without disrupting the original.
Key term
Compute Engine
Compute Engine is Google Cloud's Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering that lets you create and run virtual machines on Google's infrastructure.
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