You are an IT administrator, and you are responsible for managing several on-premises databases in VMware vSphere environments. The R&D team has just created several RDS instances on VMware to utilize the latest AWS RDS on VMware features. Then, those new databases can be managed by using the RDS console, API, and CLI. Which activities does the Amazon RDS on VMware manage on your behalf? (Select FOUR)

Answer options:

A.The patching of the RDS on-premises operating systems and database engines.
B.Instance health monitoring and failover capabilities of the on-premises instances.
C.Automated backups based on retention policies of databases in RDS VMware.
D.Point-in-time restore from on-premises instances and cloud backups when needed.
E.IP management such as a dedicated public IP has been allocated by AWS VPC.

Correct Answer – A,B,C ,D
 
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) on VMware lets you deploy managed databases in on-premises VMware environments using the Amazon RDS technology. For what Amazon RDS on VMware manages on your behalf, refer to https://aws.amazon.com/rds/vmware/faqs/ and https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/RDSonVMwareUserGuide/rds-feature-support.html
Option A is CORRECT: Because RDS on VMware takes care of the patching for databases.
Option B is CORRECT: Because RDS on VMWare has instance health monitoring and failover capabilities.
Option C is CORRECT: Because after being configured, RDS on VMware takes care of the backup and retention just like what it does in AWS RDS.
Option D is CORRECT: For a similar reason as Option
C.Option E is incorrect: Because RDS on VMware communicates with AWS RDS using a dedicated VPN channel. There is no public IP allocated by AWS VPC.