Fail Over an RDS Instance

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Fail Over an RDS Instance

In this hands-on lab, you are asked to fail over an RDS instance. After completing this lab, students will have hands-on experience working with Multi-AZ RDS instances.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 23, 2025

Duration

1h 45m

Challenge

Convert RDS Instance to Multi-AZ

Convert existing single Availability Zone RDS instance to Multi-AZ. Be certain to confirm this via the instance configuration.
Challenge

Initiate Multi-AZ Failover

Reboot the instance and initate a Multi-AZ failover.
Challenge

Confirm Failover Outcome

Check the event log to confirm the failover was successful.

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