A company takes daily EBS snapshots of their EC2 instances. Over time, the storage costs for these snapshots have grown significantly. They want to automate the deletion of snapshots older than 30 days. Which TWO approaches can achieve this? (Select TWO.)

Answer options:

Create an Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) policy.

Configure an S3 Lifecycle policy.

Use AWS Backup to create a backup plan with a 30-day retention rule.

Enable EBS Auto-Delete on the volumes.

Use AWS Systems Manager State Manager.

How to approach this question

Identify services that manage EBS snapshot lifecycles. DLM and AWS Backup are the native tools.

Full Answer

Use Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) or AWS Backup.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) provides a simple, automated way to back up data stored on EBS volumes. AWS Backup is a centralized backup service that also supports EBS and allows you to define backup plans with retention rules. Both can automatically delete snapshots older than 30 days.

Common mistakes

Trying to use S3 Lifecycle policies. While snapshots use S3 under the hood, they are not visible in your S3 buckets.

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