AWS Certified SysOps Administrator SOA-C01 – Question212

A user has launched an EC2 Windows instance from an instance store backed AMI. The user has also set the Instance initiated shutdown behavior to stop. What will happen when the user shuts down the OS?

A.
It will not allow the user to shutdown the OS when the shutdown behavior is set to Stop
B. It is not possible to set the termination behavior to Stop for an Instance store backed AMI instance
C. The instance will stay running but the OS will be shutdown
D. The instance will be terminated

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation: When the EC2 instance is launched from an instance store backed AMI, it will not allow the user to configure the shutdown behavior to “Stop”. It gives a warning that the instance does not have the EBS root volume.