Question 21

Question

You are managing a mission-critical Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance. Your application team is
running important transactions on the database when another DBA starts an on-demand backup. You
want to verify the status of the backup. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Perform the gcloud sql operations list command.

Leo B. · Answer

D imo, had something like this in a mock and picked D.

Ethan W. · Answer

C/D? I get why people think D since the Console is usually pretty helpful, but for actual in-progress backup status it doesn't update until the operation finishes. B (gcloud sql operations list) gives you live updates, not just a final result. The console's a bit of a trap here imo.

Ava K. · Answer

I was thinking D since the Cloud Console feels like the go-to for checking statuses, especially for most admin tasks. It shows backups under the SQL instance page so I figured you'd see in-progress operations there, too. But after reading NinaO's and Owen D.'s comments, maybe it's not as real-time as I thought. Happy to be corrected if I'm missing something!

Google Professional Cloud Database Engineer Real Exam Questions [October 2026 Update] Quiz

You are managing a mission-critical Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance. Your application team is running important transactions on the database when another DBA starts an on-demand backup. You want to verify the status of the backup. What should you do?

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