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Question #: 206
Topic #: 1

A user has setup a CloudWatch alarm on the EC2 instance for CPU utilization. The user has setup to receive a notification on email when the CPU utilization is higher than 60%. The user is running a virus scan on the same instance at a particular time. The user wants to avoid receiving an email at this time. What should the user do?

A. Remove the alarm
B. Disable the alarm for a while using CLI
C. Modify the CPU utilization by removing the email alert
D. Disable the alarm for a while using the console

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by awscertified at March 8, 2020, 10:58 p.m.

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albert_kuo

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

alarms in CloudWatch can be disabled using the AWS CLI, but not directly from the AWS Management Console.

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Finger41

1 year, 6 months ago

Selected Answer: B

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/AlarmThatSendsEmail.html

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ablazleon

1 year, 9 months ago

Selected Answer: B

It seems alarms can be disable only with the CLI (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudwatch/disable-alarm-actions.html#:~:text=disable%2Dalarm%2Dactions-,Description,when%20the%20alarm%20state%20changes.&text=See%20'aws%20help'%20for%20descriptions%20of%20global%20parameters.)

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