PAS-C01 Practice Test 25 — 15 Questions

Question 1

An SAP Basis administrator is planning to migrate an SAP NetWeaver system from on-premises to AWS. The system uses a proprietary storage backend for the transport directory. Which AWS storage options are suitable for the SAP transport directory to provide shared access across multiple EC2 instances? (Choose TWO.)

Choose an answer to begin — your selection is scored in the full session.

Accepted Answer

Amazon FSx for Lustre. Amazon EFS provides a shared file system accessible from multiple Linux instances. Amazon FSx for Lustre is a high-performance file system for HPC and can be used for SAP transport directories if performance is critical. S3 is object storage, not a file system. EBS can only be attached to one instance at a time (except multi-attach which is limited). Instance store is ephemeral.

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EC2 instance store

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Amazon EBS with multi-attach

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Amazon S3

Question 2

An SAP administrator needs to ensure that an Amazon RDS for SAP ASE database is automatically backed up daily and the backups are retained for 30 days. The database is currently in a Multi-AZ deployment. What is the simplest way to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

Configure automated backups with a retention period of 30 days in the RDS instance settings.. The simplest way to achieve daily automated backups with 30-day retention is to configure automated backups directly in the Amazon RDS instance settings. By setting the backup retention period to 30 days, RDS will automatically take daily snapshots and retain them for 30 days without any additional configuration. Option A is incorrect because manual snapshots are not automated and would require manual intervention. Option B is incorrect because while Multi-AZ provides high availability, it does not automatically create backups; backups are a separate feature. Option D is incorrect because using a scheduled Lambda function adds unnecessary complexity when the built-in automated backup feature is simpler and sufficient.

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Create a manual snapshot every day using AWS Backup.

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Enable Multi-AZ, which automatically backs up the database.

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Set up a scheduled Lambda function to create snapshots.

Question 3

A company is planning to migrate its SAP HANA database to AWS. The database size is 3 TB, and they need high I/O performance with low latency. The SAP workload is critical and requires high availability. Which AWS storage solution should they choose for the HANA data volume?

Accepted Answer

Amazon EBS io2 Block Express volumes.. AWS strongly recommends using Amazon EBS io2 Block Express volumes for SAP HANA data volumes due to their high performance, low latency, and high durability, which meet SAP's critical workload and high availability requirements. Option A (EBS gp3) is cost-effective but may not provide the consistent low latency required for SAP HANA. Option B (EC2 Instance Store) offers low latency but is ephemeral and does not provide data persistence, making it unsuitable for database data. Option C (EFS with Provisioned Throughput) is a file system, not block storage, and is not supported for SAP HANA data volumes.

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Amazon EBS gp3 volumes.

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EC2 Instance Store volumes.

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Amazon EFS with Provisioned Throughput.

Question 4

A company is migrating a SAP system to AWS and needs to ensure that the SAP license is compliant. The current license is based on the number of users. What is the correct approach for SAP licensing on AWS?

Accepted Answer

Bring your own SAP license to AWS and ensure compliance with the user-based metric.. SAP licensing on AWS follows the same model as on-premises; the customer must license the SAP software based on users or engine size. Option A is wrong because AWS does not offer bring-your-own-license for all SAP products, but it is allowed. Option B is wrong because AWS does not include SAP licenses. Option D is wrong because AWS does not provide SAP licenses.

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Purchase a SAP license through AWS Marketplace that is included in the EC2 instance cost.

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Use AWS License Manager to track the number of vCPUs and report to SAP.

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Use AWS License Manager to convert the user-based license to a processor-based license.

Question 5

A company runs SAP on AWS and wants to back up its SAP HANA database to Amazon S3. The database is 2 TB in size. The backup must be encrypted at rest in S3 and must be cost-effective. Which approach should the company use?

Accepted Answer

Install the SAP HANA Backint agent for Amazon S3 and configure it to use SSE-S3 encryption. The SAP HANA Backint agent for Amazon S3 is the AWS-recommended, native integration for backing up SAP HANA databases directly to S3. It supports SSE-S3 encryption at rest, ensuring cost-effective storage without manual intervention or additional infrastructure, and is designed to handle large databases like the 2 TB workload efficiently.

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Use AWS Backup to directly back up the SAP HANA database to S3 with SSE-S3

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Configure a cron job to copy the SAP HANA backup files from EBS to S3 using AWS CLI

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Use SAP HANA Studio to export the database to a file on EBS and then manually upload to S3

Question 6

An SAP system is running on AWS with a Multi-AZ deployment. The system uses an Amazon RDS for SAP HANA database. Which TWO actions should be taken to ensure high availability?

Accepted Answer

Configure automated backups with a retention period. Enabling Multi-AZ on RDS automatically provisions a standby in a different AZ and handles failover. Configuring automated backups allows point-in-time recovery. Read replicas are for read scaling, not HA. Manual snapshots are not automatic. Using a single AZ does not provide HA.

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Create a read replica in a different region

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Deploy the RDS instance in a single Availability Zone

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Take manual snapshots every hour

Question 7

An SAP on AWS deployment uses an Auto Scaling group for the SAP application tier. The application is stateless and can scale out and in based on CPU utilization. Which scaling policy should be used to add new instances during peak load and remove them when the load decreases?

Accepted Answer

Target tracking scaling policy with a target CPU utilization of 70%.. A target tracking scaling policy is the simplest and most automated way to maintain a target CPU utilization. Option A is wrong because simple scaling does not adjust dynamically. Option C is wrong because step scaling requires manual configuration of steps. Option D is wrong because scheduled scaling is for predictable loads, not dynamic.

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Simple scaling policy based on CPU utilization.

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Step scaling policy with multiple steps for different CPU thresholds.

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Scheduled scaling policy to add instances during business hours.

Question 8

A company is planning to migrate its SAP environment to AWS. The SAP landscape includes development, test, and production systems. The company wants to ensure data security and compliance. Which THREE AWS services should the company use to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

AWS Key Management Service (KMS) for encryption of EBS volumes and S3 buckets.. AWS KMS enables encryption of EBS volumes and S3 buckets, ensuring data at rest is secure. Option B is correct because IAM provides user and role management to enforce least privilege access. Option D is correct because CloudTrail records API activity for auditing and compliance. Option C is wrong because Direct Connect is a network connectivity service, not a security service. Option E is wrong because Elastic Load Balancing is for traffic distribution, not security.

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AWS Direct Connect for dedicated network connection.

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Elastic Load Balancing for distributing traffic.

Question 9

An SAP system on AWS is experiencing performance issues. The operations team wants to set up monitoring to identify bottlenecks. Which AWS service should they use to collect and analyze SAP performance metrics?

Accepted Answer

Amazon CloudWatch. Amazon CloudWatch is correct because CloudWatch can collect custom metrics from SAP and EC2 instances, enabling performance monitoring. The other options are incorrect: AWS Config tracks resource compliance, AWS X-Ray traces microservices, AWS CloudTrail logs API calls for auditing, and AWS Trusted Advisor provides recommendations but not granular performance metrics.

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AWS Config

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AWS X-Ray

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AWS CloudTrail

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AWS Trusted Advisor

Question 10

An SAP customer is planning to use AWS for their SAP HANA environment. They need to ensure that the chosen EC2 instance types are certified by SAP for HANA. Which THREE sources can they use to verify SAP HANA certification for AWS instance types? (Select THREE.)

Accepted Answer

AWS documentation on SAP HANA certified instances. Options A, B, and E are correct. AWS documentation on SAP HANA certified instances provides a list of certified instance types. The SAP Cloud Appliance Library offers pre-configured HANA environments that are certified. The SAP HANA Hardware Directory is the official SAP source for certified hardware, including AWS instances. Option C (AWS Support Center) can provide guidance but is not a direct source for certification lists. Option D (AWS Pricing Calculator) does not include certification information.

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AWS Support Center

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AWS Pricing Calculator

Question 11

A company is migrating a large SAP HANA database to AWS. They plan to use AWS DMS for ongoing replication. The source database is Oracle. During the full load phase, DMS reports an error: 'Failed to add supplemental logging for table'. What is the MOST likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The source database does not have supplemental logging enabled. The error 'Failed to add supplemental logging' indicates that DMS cannot capture changes because supplemental logging is not enabled on the source Oracle database. Supplemental logging is required for DMS to track changes during ongoing replication. Option A correctly identifies this missing prerequisite. Option B (target storage insufficient) would cause target-side errors, not this specific error. Option C (network latency) would cause connectivity or timeout issues. Option D (source database memory) would cause performance issues, not a supplemental logging error.

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The target database storage is insufficient

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The network latency between source and target is too high

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The source database does not have enough memory for DMS

Question 12

During a migration of an SAP system to AWS, the SAP application team reports that batch jobs are failing with an error 'RFC connection refused'. The on-premises system and AWS are connected via a VPN. What is the MOST likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The security group attached to the SAP instance does not allow inbound RFC traffic. Security groups act as a virtual firewall for EC2 instances, controlling inbound and outbound traffic. If the security group for the SAP instance does not allow inbound RFC traffic (e.g., on ports 3300 or 3200 for SAP RFC), connections will be refused. Option B (VPN bandwidth) would cause timeouts or slow transfers, not immediate connection refusal. Option C (network ACLs) operates at the subnet level and stateless; they could block RFC ports, but since the error is specifically 'RFC connection refused' and it's a common misconfiguration, security groups are more likely the culprit. Option D (route table) is for routing traffic between networks; if there were no route to on-premises, traffic would not reach AWS at all, rather than being refused.

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The VPN bandwidth is insufficient causing timeouts

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The network ACLs are blocking the RFC ports

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The route table does not have a route to the on-premises network

Question 13

A company is migrating an SAP system to AWS and wants to ensure that the migration process is compliant with SAP's requirements. Which TWO of the following are recommended practices? (Choose 2)

Accepted Answer

Follow SAP migration notes and best practices.. Using certified EC2 instance types and following SAP notes are mandatory. Reducing memory is not recommended. Using unsupported DB engines violates compliance. Skipping testing is risky.

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Use a database engine that is not supported by SAP to reduce licensing costs.

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Skip the testing phase to accelerate the migration timeline.

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Reduce the memory allocation of the SAP application to save costs.

Question 14

A company is migrating a SAP system to AWS and wants to use AWS Systems Manager for patching. Which TWO prerequisites are required to use AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager?

Accepted Answer

The AWS Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) must be installed on the EC2 instance.. Correct options are C and D. The SSM Agent must be installed and running on the EC2 instances (C), and the instances must have an IAM role that grants Systems Manager permissions (D). Option A is incorrect because Patch Manager works with instances in private subnets as long as they have outbound internet access or a VPC endpoint. Option B is incorrect because Patch Manager supports multiple operating systems, not just Amazon Linux 2. Option E is incorrect because a maintenance window is not strictly required for Patch Manager; patching can be done on demand.

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The EC2 instance must be in a public subnet.

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The EC2 instance must be running Amazon Linux 2.

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A maintenance window must be configured with a reboot option.

Question 15

A company is migrating its SAP NetWeaver system to AWS. The system uses an Oracle database. The company wants to use the SAP Software Provisioning Manager (SWPM) to perform a system copy. The target database will be Amazon RDS for Oracle. Which of the following backup types can be used as the source for the SWPM system copy?

Accepted Answer

An Oracle RMAN backup. SAP Software Provisioning Manager (SWPM) supports using Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) backups as the source for a system copy to Amazon RDS for Oracle. Options A, B, and C are incorrect because SWPM does not support Oracle Data Pump exports, AWS DMS snapshots, or Oracle Export utility dumps as direct input for the system copy process.

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An Oracle Data Pump export

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An AWS DMS snapshot of the Oracle database

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An Oracle Export utility (exp) dump