A Production Database Virtual Machine on Google Compute Engine Has

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Multiple Choice

A production database virtual machine on Google Compute Engine has an ext4 -formatted persistent disk for data files. The database is about to run out of storage space. How can you remediate the problem with the least amount of downtime?

• A) In the Cloud Platform Console, increase the size of the persistent disk and use the resize2fs command in Linux.
• B) Shut down the virtual machine, use the Cloud Platform Console to increase the persistent disk size, then restart the virtual machine
• C) In the Cloud Platform Console, increase the size of the persistent disk and verify the new space is ready to use with the fdisk command in Linux
• D) In the Cloud Platform Console, create a new persistent disk attached to the virtual machine, format and mount it, and configure the database service to move the files to the new disk
• E) In the Cloud Platform Console, create a snapshot of the persistent disk restore the snapshot to a new larger disk, unmount the old disk, mount the new disk and restart the database service

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