PAS-C01 Migration Practice Test 16 — 15 Questions

Question 1

During a migration of an SAP system to AWS, the team discovers that the on-premises storage uses a proprietary deduplication technology. The SAP database will be migrated to Amazon EBS volumes. How should the team address the storage space requirements on AWS?

Accepted Answer

Provision EBS volumes based on the logical size of the database. AWS does not support proprietary deduplication. The team should provision EBS volumes based on the logical size of the database after verifying the actual data size. Option A (using same physical size) is incorrect because deduplication reduces storage. Option C (compression at OS level) may not be effective. Option D (using S3) is not block storage.

Answer

Use OS-level compression on the EBS volumes

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Provision EBS volumes with the same physical size as on-premises

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Use Amazon S3 for database storage

Question 2

A company is migrating its SAP landscape to AWS and plans to use SAP HANA as the database. The HANA system requires high network throughput between application and database servers. Which EC2 placement strategy should be recommended?

Accepted Answer

Spread placement group. A placement group with spread strategy ensures instances are on different hardware but close together for low latency. Option B (cluster placement group) is for low latency but all instances on same rack, single point of failure. Option C (partition) is for large distributed systems. Option D (no placement group) may introduce higher latency.

Answer

No placement group

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Partition placement group

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Cluster placement group

Question 3

A company is migrating its SAP system to AWS and needs to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements that mandate data encryption at rest. Which AWS service should be used to manage encryption keys for Amazon EBS volumes?

Accepted Answer

AWS Key Management Service (KMS). AWS Key Management Service (KMS) allows creation and management of encryption keys used to encrypt EBS volumes. Option A (CloudHSM) is a hardware security module but more complex. Option C (Secrets Manager) is for secrets. Option D (ACM) is for certificates.

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AWS Secrets Manager

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AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)

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AWS CloudHSM

Question 4

A company is migrating an SAP environment to AWS using a heterogeneous database migration from Oracle to SAP HANA. The migration tool must convert the database schema and data types. Which AWS service or feature should be used?

Accepted Answer

AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) with AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT). AWS DMS supports heterogeneous migrations with schema conversion using the AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT). Option A (SAP HANA Studio) is an SAP tool, not AWS. Option C (Server Migration Service) is for servers. Option D (Data Pipeline) is for data processing.

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AWS Server Migration Service

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AWS Data Pipeline

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SAP HANA Studio

Question 5

A company is migrating a large SAP ERP system to AWS. The system has multiple interfaces with external systems using RFC connections. During the migration, the team needs to minimize changes to the external systems' configurations. What approach should be taken for the RFC connections?

Accepted Answer

Assign an Elastic IP address to the SAP application server. Using an Elastic IP address for the SAP application server ensures the public IP remains the same after migration, minimizing changes. Option A (change external systems) is not minimal. Option B (private IP) may not be reachable. Option D (NAT Gateway) is for outbound traffic.

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Change the external systems to use DNS names instead of IP addresses

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Use the private IP address of the EC2 instance

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Use a NAT Gateway to route the RFC traffic

Question 6

A company is planning to migrate its SAP system to AWS and wants to test the migration process with a smaller system first. Which AWS service can be used to create a pre-configured SAP environment for testing?

Accepted Answer

AWS Launch Wizard for SAP. AWS Launch Wizard for SAP provides a guided way to deploy SAP systems on AWS, including pre-configured environments. Option A (Quick Starts) are templates but not SAP-specific. Option C (Service Catalog) is for IT governance. Option D (CloudFormation) is infrastructure as code but not pre-configured for SAP.

Answer

AWS Service Catalog

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AWS Quick Starts

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AWS CloudFormation

Question 7

A company is migrating an SAP system to AWS and needs to ensure backup compliance. The SAP database is SAP HANA. Which TWO AWS services can be used to back up SAP HANA databases?

Accepted Answer

Backint agent for SAP HANA. AWS Backup can automate HANA backups, and Backint agent for SAP HANA is an SAP-certified backup integration. Option A (Amazon S3) is storage, not a backup service. Option C (AWS Storage Gateway) is for hybrid storage. Option E (AWS DMS) is for migration.

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Amazon S3 lifecycle policies

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AWS Storage Gateway

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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

Question 8

A company is migrating its SAP landscape to AWS and plans to use an SAP HANA multi-node scale-out configuration. Which THREE considerations are important for the network design?

Accepted Answer

Use a placement group to ensure nodes are in close proximity. For HANA scale-out, low latency between nodes (less than 1ms RTT) is required, placement groups ensure proximity, and dedicated network for HANA ensures performance. Option A (public IPs) is not required. Option D (NAT Gateway) is for internet access. Option E (separate VPC) is not needed.

Answer

Use a NAT Gateway for inter-node traffic

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Use public IP addresses for inter-node communication

Question 9

A company is migrating an SAP system to AWS and wants to monitor the performance of the SAP application servers. Which TWO AWS services can be used to collect and analyze SAP performance metrics?

Accepted Answer

AWS Systems Manager. Amazon CloudWatch can collect custom metrics, and AWS CloudTrail logs API calls but does not monitor performance. AWS X-Ray traces requests. Amazon Inspector is for security. AWS Systems Manager can collect OS-level metrics but not SAP-specific. CloudWatch with SAP monitoring agent is a common solution. Option A (CloudTrail) is incorrect. Option D (Inspector) is for security.

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AWS CloudTrail

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Amazon Inspector

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AWS X-Ray

Question 10

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator is creating an IAM policy for a user who will manage SAP application servers during migration. The policy currently allows starting and stopping EC2 instances. What additional permission is required to allow the user to terminate instances?

Accepted Answer

ec2:TerminateInstances. The action 'ec2:TerminateInstances' is needed to terminate instances. Option A (ec2:DeleteInstances) is not a valid action. Option C (ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute) is unrelated. Option D (ec2:RebootInstances) is for reboot.

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ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute

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ec2:RebootInstances

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ec2:DeleteInstances

Question 11

Refer to the exhibit. An SAP HANA system is running on an EC2 instance with the attached volumes shown. The HANA system requires high IOPS for its data volume. Which volume should be used for the HANA data directory?

Accepted Answer

vol-1a2b3c4d5e6f78901 (io1). The io1 volume (vol-1a2b3c4d5e6f78901) has 10000 IOPS, higher than gp3's 3000. HANA data requires high IOPS. Option A (gp3) is lower. Option C (both) not necessary. Option D (neither) incorrect.

Answer

Both volumes for striping

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vol-0a1b2c3d4e5f67890 (gp3)

Answer

Neither volume; use instance store

Question 12

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator is trying to restore an SAP HANA backup from an S3 bucket but receives an AccessDenied error. The administrator has full EC2 and S3 permissions via an IAM role attached to the EC2 instance. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The S3 bucket has a bucket policy that denies access from the instance's IAM role. The error indicates the S3 bucket policy likely denies access. Option A (incorrect region) would give a different error. Option B (KMS key) possible but less likely than bucket policy. Option C (incorrect command) not likely. Option D (missing encryption) not relevant.

Answer

The S3 bucket is in a different region than the EC2 instance

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The backup file is encrypted with SSE-C and the key is not provided

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The administrator used the wrong S3 command syntax

Question 13

A company is migrating an on-premises Oracle database to Amazon RDS for Oracle. They want to minimize downtime and ensure data consistency. Which AWS service should be used for the migration?

Accepted Answer

AWS Database Migration Service (DMS). AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) is designed for minimal-downtime database migrations. Option B is correct. Option A (SCT) is used for schema conversion, not the migration itself. Option C (Server Migration Service) is for server-level migrations. Option D (DataSync) is for file-based data transfer.

Answer

AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)

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AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)

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AWS DataSync

Question 14

A company is migrating a large-scale SAP HANA workload to AWS. The system requires high memory and low latency. Which EC2 instance type is most suitable for this migration?

Accepted Answer

x1e.32xlarge. The x1e.32xlarge is purpose-built for high-memory, SAP HANA workloads, offering up to 3,904 GiB of memory and high-speed NVMe SSD storage with low-latency networking. It is certified by SAP for running production HANA environments, making it the most suitable choice for this migration.

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m5.24xlarge

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c5.18xlarge

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r5.24xlarge

Question 15

A company is migrating its SAP ERP system to AWS using the SAP S/4HANA migration approach. They need to replicate the source system continuously to the target before cutover. Which AWS service should be used for this continuous replication?

Accepted Answer

AWS Database Migration Service (DMS). AWS DMS can perform ongoing replication from SAP systems to target databases. Option A is correct. Option B (SCT) is for schema conversion only. Option C (SMS) is for server-level migration. Option D (CloudEndure) is for disaster recovery, not SAP-specific migration.

Answer

AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)

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AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)

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AWS CloudEndure Migration