A Snowflake organization MYORG consists of two Snowflake accounts:
The ACCOUNT1 has a database PROD_DB and the ORGADMIN role enabled.
Management wants to have the PROD_DB database replicated to ACCOUNT2.
Are there any necessary configuration steps in ACCOUNT1 before the database replication can be configured and initiated in ACCOUNT2?
Correct Answer: B
According to the Snowflake documentation1, database replication across accounts within the same organization requires the following steps:
* Link the accounts in the organization using the ORGADMIN role.
* Enable account database replication for both the source and target accounts using the SYSTEM$GLOBAL_ACCOUNT_SET_PARAMETER function.
* Promote a local database to serve as the primary database and enable replication to the target accounts using the ALTER DATABASE ... ENABLE REPLICATION TO ACCOUNTS command.
* Create a secondary database in the target account using the CREATE DATABASE ... FROM SHARE command.
* Refresh the secondary database periodically using the ALTER DATABASE ... REFRESH command.
Option A is incorrect because it does not include the step of creating a secondary database in the target account. Option C is incorrect because replicating databases across accounts within the same organization is not enabled by default, but requires enabling account database replication for both the source and target accounts. Option D is incorrect because it is possible to replicate a database from an Enterprise edition Snowflake account to a Standard edition Snowflake account, as long as the IGNORE EDITION CHECK option is used in the ALTER DATABASE ... ENABLE REPLICATION TO ACCOUNTS command2. Option B is correct because it includes all the necessary configuration steps in ACCOUNT1, except for creating a secondary database in ACCOUNT2, which can be done after the replication is enabled.
