PCDE Practice Question: Manage a solution that can span multiple database technologies
A company is using Cloud Spanner and wants to back up a database to Cloud Storage for long-term retention. They also need to restore the database to a specific point in time within the last 7 days. Which two features should they use? (Choose TWO.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Use Spanner's point-in-time recovery feature to restore to a specific timestamp
Spanner supports creating backups and restoring from them. Backups can be stored in Cloud Storage (as part of the backup process) and can be used for point-in-time recovery within a configurable retention period (up to 7 days by default).
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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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Set up a cross-region replica for backup
Why it's wrong here
Cross-region replicas are for HA, not backups.
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Use Spanner's point-in-time recovery feature to restore to a specific timestamp
Why this is correct
Spanner allows restoring to a specific time within the retention period.
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Enable version management on the Spanner instance
Why it's wrong here
Version management is not a backup feature.
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Export the database using gcloud spanner databases export
Why it's wrong here
Export is for data portability, not for PITR.
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Create a backup of the Spanner database using gcloud spanner backups create
Why this is correct
This creates a full backup.
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