Implementing and Testing Backup and Restore Operations on Google Cloud Platform

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Implementing and Testing Backup and Restore Operations on Google Cloud Platform

In this lab, you will be creating and testing backups and restoring them on Google Cloud. When addressing concerns of HA, it is important to understand how to design the architecture to resolve points of failure. In the end, you will learn how to create a backup from your VM and restore the backup in a different zone.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 12, 2025

Duration

45m

Challenge

Create a VM to Test

Create a VM to test the process of creating a backup.
Challenge

Create a Backup from the VM

Take a snapshot of your VM.
Challenge

Restore the Backup to a New VM

Restore the snapshot to a new VM in a different zone.

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