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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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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Sep 12, 2025
Duration
45m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Create a VM to Test

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

  2. Challenge

    Create a Backup from the VM

    Take a snapshot of your VM.

  3. Challenge

    Restore the Backup to a New VM

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

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