A systems administrator deleted an Amazon EBS snapshot by mistake, and the company needs a way to recover snapshots for a defined time window after accidental deletions. Which solution provides the ability to recover deleted snapshots for a specified retention period?
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Correct answer: Define a Recycle Bin retention rule for EBS snapshots with the required retention period..
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The correct solution is to define a Recycle Bin retention rule for EBS snapshots. AWS Recycle Bin allows you to retain deleted EBS snapshots for a specified period, providing a recovery mechanism for accidental deletions. This directly addresses the requirement to recover snapshots for a defined time window after deletion. Enabling deletion protection on each EBS snapshot prevents deletion but doesn't offer a recovery mechanism if a protected snapshot is intentionally deleted later. Creating an IAM policy to deny deletion based on snapshot age is a preventative measure, not a recovery solution for already deleted snapshots. Using EventBridge to trigger a Lambda to copy snapshots to S3 Glacier is a backup strategy, but it doesn't specifically recover deleted snapshots from the EBS service itself; it recovers copies.
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