Professional Data Engineer

Build and operate the data processing systems behind analytics and ML on Google Cloud, including BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub, and track your readiness for the Professional Data Engineer exam.

Advanced

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Advanced

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Task

Designate a DR replica

Topic in 1 exam domain

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Also called: designate a DR replica for a primary instance, Designate the DR replica for the primary instance

Assigning an eligible cross-region read replica as the designated DR replica for a primary instance.

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 5
Maintaining and automating data workloads
~18% of exam
1. 5.5Maintaining awareness of failures and mitigating impact
  - Data replication and failover (e.g., Cloud SQL, Redis clusters)

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 24, 2026

Professional Data Engineer

Build and operate the data processing systems behind analytics and ML on Google Cloud, including BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub, and track your readiness for the Professional Data Engineer exam.

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Task

Designate a DR replica

Topic in 1 exam domain

X LinkedIn Facebook Reddit

Also called: designate a DR replica for a primary instance, Designate the DR replica for the primary instance

Assigning an eligible cross-region read replica as the designated DR replica for a primary instance.

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 5
Maintaining and automating data workloads
~18% of exam
1. 5.5Maintaining awareness of failures and mitigating impact
  - Data replication and failover (e.g., Cloud SQL, Redis clusters)

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 24, 2026