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Ensuring solution and operations excellenceA company runs a custom-built application on a Compute Engine virtual machine (VM). The application processes real-time sales data and writes it to a zonal Persistent Disk. A recent internal audit requires a backup and recovery plan that protects against zonal failures. The company has a strict policy requiring all backup data to be retained for at least 90 days and stored in a separate project with restricted access. You need a fully automated backup solution that satisfies these requirements with minimal operational overhead. What should you do?
- A Write a script to create daily backups of the Persistent Disk. Copy the backups to a different zone and apply a label to each snapshot to indicate the deletion date.
- B Use gcloud commands to create snapshots of the Persistent Disk. Store the snapshots in a regional Cloud Storage bucket and configure a lifecycle rule to delete objects older than 90 days.
- C Create a snapshot schedule to automatically create Persistent Disk snapshots and use a script to move and store them in a multi-regional Cloud Storage bucket.
- D Use the Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) service to create a backup plan. Configure the backup plan to take daily snapshots and store them in a backup vault with a 90-day retention policy.
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