When a quality assurance (QA) team notices a significant change between a cloned database currently in use and one used a week ago, and they have an SQL script to verify differences, the NDB administrator needs to provide a clone reflecting the database state from a week ago. The task "Clone database selecting Point in Time data" allows the administrator to select a specific point-in-time snapshot (e.g., from a week ago) using the Time Machine feature. This creates a new clone with the exact data state at that time, enabling the QA team to compare it with the current clone.
Option A (Replicate a selected snapshot) is incorrect because replication is for HA, not creating a usable clone for QA.
Option B (Create a clone database from a snapshot) is incorrect because it does not specify point-in-time selection, limiting flexibility to the latest snapshot.
Option C (Clone database selecting Point in Time data) is correct as it allows precise selection of the week-old data state.
Option D (Perform a Log Catch Up operation) is incorrect because Log Catch Up applies recent logs, not reverting to a past state.
This approach meets the QA team’s need for historical data comparison.
References
Nutanix Database Service (NDB) User Guide, Chapter 5: Configuring Time Machines, Section: Cloning with Point-in-Time Data
Nutanix Certified Professional - Database Automation (NCP-DB) v7.5Blueprint, Section 5: Protect Databases Using Time Machine
