Show you can work with data on Google Cloud, from ingesting and analyzing it with BigQuery and Looker to managing access, and track your readiness for the Associate Data Practitioner exam.

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point-in-time recovery

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Point In Time Recovery · Feature · DynamoDB feature
Point-in-Time Recovery · Task · pgBackRest
Point-in-time recovery · Feature · AlloyDB recovery feature
point in time recovery · Concept · Database setting
Point-in-time-recovery · Concept · Cloud SQL for MySQL operation

Also called: Enable PITR, PIT, PiTR, PITR feature, PITR restore, Point In Time, Point In Time (PIT), pointInTimeRecoveryEnabled, Recover to a specific point in time, recovery to a specific point in time

Point-in-time recovery is a database recovery process that restores data to a specific state or historical moment prior to an error or failure using transaction logs and backups. On Associate Data Practitioner it comes up as a disaster recovery capability you contrast with standard instance restores and object storage protection features across managed Google Cloud services.

What you can expect on the exam

Cloud SQL new instance restore requirement. Be ready to recognize that Cloud SQL implements point-in-time recovery by provisioning a new instance rather than restoring directly into an existing instance.
Comparison with Cloud Storage data protection. Expect to contrast database-level point-in-time recovery against Cloud Storage data protection features like object versioning and soft delete when choosing recovery workflows.
Disaster recovery alignment with read replicas. Know how point-in-time recovery functions in disaster recovery strategies, including its prerequisite role for a read replica and its use as a manual alternative during zonal outages.

Where this appears on the exam

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Section 4
Data Management
1. 4.3Identify high availability and disaster recovery strategies for data in Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL
  - Compare backup and recovery solutions offered as Google-managed services

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Last updated November 2, 2026

Associate Data Practitioner

Show you can work with data on Google Cloud, from ingesting and analyzing it with BigQuery and Looker to managing access, and track your readiness for the Associate Data Practitioner exam.

Fundamental

Prepare and test your skills

Fundamental

Prepare and test your skills

Google Cloud feature

point-in-time recovery

Topic in 1 exam domain

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point-in-time recovery · Feature
point-in-time recovery · Concept
point-in-time recovery · Task
point-in-time-recovery · Feature
Point In Time Recovery · Feature · DynamoDB feature
Point-in-Time Recovery · Task · pgBackRest
Point-in-time recovery · Feature · AlloyDB recovery feature
point in time recovery · Concept · Database setting
Point-in-time-recovery · Concept · Cloud SQL for MySQL operation

What you can expect on the exam

Cloud SQL new instance restore requirement. Be ready to recognize that Cloud SQL implements point-in-time recovery by provisioning a new instance rather than restoring directly into an existing instance.
Comparison with Cloud Storage data protection. Expect to contrast database-level point-in-time recovery against Cloud Storage data protection features like object versioning and soft delete when choosing recovery workflows.
Disaster recovery alignment with read replicas. Know how point-in-time recovery functions in disaster recovery strategies, including its prerequisite role for a read replica and its use as a manual alternative during zonal outages.

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 4 domains

Section 4
Data Management
1. 4.3Identify high availability and disaster recovery strategies for data in Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL
  - Compare backup and recovery solutions offered as Google-managed services

How learners score on this topic

Last updated November 2, 2026

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