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Which approach lets you snapshot a Compute Engine Persistent Disk on a recurring schedule (e.g. daily) without writing custom cron jobs?
AExport the disk to BigQuery and re-import it daily
BRun a Cloud SQL backup job against the disk
CConfigure a snapshot schedule on the disk
DManually click 'Create snapshot' every day from the Console
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Configure a snapshot schedule on the disk
Snapshot schedules are a native disk feature — attach a schedule (daily/weekly/hourly), define retention, done. Manual clicks don't scale; Cloud SQL backups are for managed SQL instances not raw disks; the BigQuery round trip is nonsense.
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