Google Exam Professional Cloud Database Engineer Topic 2 Question 46 Discussion

Actual exam question for Google's Professional Cloud Database Engineer exam

Question #: 46
Topic #: 2

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Your organization is running a critical production database on a virtual machine (VM) on Compute Engine. The VM has an ext4-formatted persistent disk for data files. The database will soon run out of storage space. You need to implement a solution that avoids downtime. What should you do?

AIn the Google Cloud Console, increase the size of the persistent disk, and use the resize2fs command to extend the disk.

BIn the Google Cloud Console, increase the size of the persistent disk, and use the fdisk command to verify that the new space is ready to use

CIn the Google Cloud Console, create a snapshot of the persistent disk, restore the snapshot to a new larger disk, unmount the old disk, mount the new disk, and restart the database service.

DIn the Google Cloud Console, create a new persistent disk attached to the VM, and configure the database service to move the files to the new disk.

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Suggested Answer: A

https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/backup-recovery/backing-up#locationbackups You can use a custom location for on-demand and automatic backups. For a complete list of valid location values, see the Instance locations.

by Wilson at Sep 18, 2024, 12:00 PM

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I think option A is the best choice because it allows us to increase the size of the persistent disk and extend the disk without any downtime.

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