Oracle 1z0-1072-25 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Architect Associate

In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), block volumes are designed to be highly flexible and can be used in various ways:

A. Restoring from a volume backup to a larger volume: This is supported and allows for resizing during the restoration process.

B. Cloning an existing volume to a new, larger volume: You can clone a block volume and specify a larger size for the new volume.

C. Expanding an existing volume in place with offline resizing: OCI allows you to increase the size of an existing block volume without needing to take it offline.

Option D is NOT valid because block volumes can only be attached to compute instances within the same availability domain. Cross-availability domain attachment of block volumes is not supported directly.

In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), when a block volume is detached from an instance, its performance level is automatically adjusted to the "Lower Cost" tier, which provides 0 VPUs (Volume Performance Units) per GB. This adjustment helps reduce costs when the block volume is not actively being used by a compute instance.

Key Points:

Volume Performance Levels: OCI offers various performance tiers for block volumes, including "Higher Performance," "Balanced," and "Lower Cost." These tiers determine the level of IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second) and throughput available to the volume.

Automatic Adjustment: When a block volume is detached from an instance, OCI automatically optimizes the cost by switching the volume to the "Lower Cost" performance tier. This tier offers minimal performance, suitable for data that is not actively accessed.

Cost Management: This automatic adjustment is beneficial for managing costs, as it prevents users from incurring unnecessary charges for higher performance levels when the volume is not in use.

OCI Confidential Computing is a security feature designed to protect data in use. This is particularly important for sensitive workloads where data must be secured not only when at rest or in transit but also while being processed.

Encrypts and Isolates In-Use Data: OCI Confidential Computing ensures that data and the applications processing it are isolated from the underlying infrastructure. This means that even if the infrastructure is compromised, the in-use data remains secure. The technology typically leverages secure enclaves or other hardware-based isolation mechanisms to achieve this.

Other Options:

Optimizing Network Performance (A), Automatic Scalability and Load Balancing (B), and Secure Data Storage (D) are important features, but they are not related to the core capabilities of Confidential Computing, which focuses on in-use data protection.

Relevant OCI Documentation:

OCI Confidential Computing Overview

This documentation provides a detailed explanation of how OCI Confidential Computing works and its benefits for securing sensitive data during processing.

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In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies are used to control access to resources. The policy in option C is invalid because "any-user" is not a valid principal in OCI IAM policies. OCI policies can only grant permissions to groups or dynamic groups, but not to arbitrary users.

Here’s an explanation for each option:

A. Allow dynamic-group 'Default'/'FrontEnd' to manage instance-family in compartment Project-A: This is valid. It grants the dynamic group 'FrontEnd' the ability to manage instances within the Project-A compartment.

B. Allow group 'Default'/'A-Admins' to manage all-resources in compartment Project-A: This is valid. It provides full administrative access to all resources in the Project-A compartment for the 'A-Admins' group.

C. Allow any-user to inspect users in tenancy: This is invalid because OCI does not allow the use of "any-user" in policies. You must specify a valid group or dynamic group to define permissions.

D. Allow group 'Default'/'A-Developers' to create volumes in compartment Project-A: This is valid. It permits the 'A-Developers' group to create volumes in the Project-A compartment.

For reference:

OCI Policy Reference

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The primary function of the Network Path Analyzer (NPA) tool in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is to help users troubleshoot and diagnose network connectivity issues by analyzing the network path between a source and a destination within OCI. The tool collects and analyzes the configuration of the virtual network, identifying any misconfigurations or issues that might impact connectivity.

NPA Usage: The Network Path Analyzer allows administrators to trace the network path and check for issues such as incorrect security list rules, route table misconfigurations, or any other factors that could prevent network traffic from reaching its destination.