PAS-C01 Migration Practice Test 2 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A company is migrating an SAP system to AWS and needs to retain the same hostname for the SAP application server after migration. Which configuration should the company use?

Accepted Answer

Create a private hosted zone in Amazon Route 53 with an A record. A private hosted zone in Amazon Route 53 allows you to create an A record that maps a custom hostname to the private IP address of an EC2 instance. This ensures that the SAP application server retains the same hostname after migration, as DNS resolution within the VPC will consistently return the instance's private IP, regardless of instance changes or restarts.

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Assign an Elastic IP to the EC2 instance and update the /etc/hosts file

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Create a CNAME record in a public hosted zone pointing to the EC2 instance

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Use a public hosted zone in Route 53 with an A record

Question 2

An organization is migrating an SAP HANA database to AWS. They plan to use AWS DMS for ongoing replication from an on-premises Oracle database to an Amazon RDS for Oracle instance. Which THREE configurations are necessary for DMS to perform ongoing replication? (Choose THREE.)

Accepted Answer

A target endpoint for the Amazon RDS for Oracle instance. AWS DMS requires a source endpoint to connect to the on-premises Oracle database, a target endpoint for the Amazon RDS for Oracle instance, and a replication instance to perform the data migration and ongoing replication. Option A (SNS topic) is for notifications, not a requirement for DMS replication. Option C (CloudWatch dashboard) is for monitoring, not a requirement. Therefore, the three necessary configurations are the source endpoint (E), the target endpoint (B), and the replication instance (D).

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An Amazon SNS topic for replication alerts

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An Amazon CloudWatch dashboard to monitor replication

Question 3

An organization is migrating a SAP ERP system to AWS. The system has a requirement for high availability for the SAP Central Services (ASCS) instance. Which architecture should be used to meet this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Deploy two ASCS instances in different Availability Zones with a shared Amazon EFS or FSx for Windows File Server and a floating IP using Route 53.. For high availability of SAP ASCS on AWS, the recommended architecture is two ASCS instances in different Availability Zones with shared storage (Amazon EFS or FSx for Windows File Server) and a floating IP managed via Route 53 or a secondary private IP with a cluster solution like SIOS or Pacemaker. This ensures automatic failover and meets SAP's high-availability requirements.

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Deploy the ASCS on a single EC2 instance with a Multi-AZ RDS database.

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Deploy two ASCS instances in different Availability Zones with an EBS volume attached to both.

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Use an Application Load Balancer to distribute traffic between two ASCS instances.

Question 4

A company is migrating a SAP BusinessObjects environment to AWS. Which AWS service can be used to automate the deployment of the SAP BusinessObjects components?

Accepted Answer

AWS CloudFormation. AWS CloudFormation allows infrastructure as code to automate the deployment of SAP BusinessObjects. Option A is wrong because AWS OpsWorks is for Chef/Puppet, not directly for SAP. Option B is wrong because AWS Elastic Beanstalk is for web applications, not SAP. Option C is wrong because AWS CodePipeline is for CI/CD, not infrastructure deployment.

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AWS OpsWorks

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AWS Elastic Beanstalk

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AWS CodePipeline

Question 5

A company is migrating a SAP HANA database to AWS. The database is 10 TB and requires a recovery point objective (RPO) of 15 minutes and a recovery time objective (RTO) of 2 hours. Which backup strategy should be used?

Accepted Answer

Configure SAP HANA Backint agent to back up directly to Amazon S3 every 15 minutes.. The SAP HANA Backint agent can back up directly to Amazon S3, allowing frequent backups (every 15 minutes) to achieve an RPO of 15 minutes. HANA Backint backups are fast and reliable, and restoring from S3 can meet the 2-hour RTO. Option A (AWS DMS replication) is for ongoing data replication, not backup; it may not support HANA backup requirements and could exceed RTO. Option C (backups to EBS volume then copy to S3) introduces delays and manual processes, making it difficult to achieve a 15-minute RPO. Option D (AWS Backup with EBS snapshots) typically has a minimum interval of 1 hour, insufficient for a 15-minute RPO, and restoring a 10 TB database from snapshots may exceed the 2-hour RTO.

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Use AWS DMS to replicate the HANA database to a standby instance.

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Schedule SAP HANA backups to an EBS volume and copy to S3.

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Use AWS Backup with EBS snapshots every hour.

Question 6

A company is migrating a SAP system to AWS and wants to use the same SAP system ID (SID) as on-premises. What is a prerequisite for this migration?

Accepted Answer

The SID must be unique within the AWS account and region.. SAP requires that the System ID (SID) be unique within an AWS account and region to avoid conflicts with existing SAP systems. During migration, the same SID can be reused as long as no other SAP system with that SID exists in the same account and region, ensuring proper system identification and integration with AWS services like Amazon EFS or Amazon FSx for SAP.

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The SID must be changed to a new value for the migration.

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The SID must be at least 5 characters long.

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The SID must be registered with AWS.

Question 7

A company is migrating a SAP system running on IBM AIX to AWS. Which TWO AWS services can be used to capture the server configuration and replicate it in AWS?

Accepted Answer

AWS CloudFormation. AWS CloudFormation (B) is correct because it lets you model the SAP server's infrastructure and configuration as code (templates) and then provision an identical stack in AWS, capturing and replicating the server configuration declaratively. AWS Server Migration Service (D) is correct because it is designed to migrate on-premises servers, including AIX-based systems, by replicating them as AMIs into AWS, thereby capturing the server configuration and enabling replication. AWS Config (A) is incorrect because it only records and evaluates resource configuration changes for compliance; it does not replicate server configurations into AWS. AWS OpsWorks (C) is incorrect because it is a configuration management service for Chef/Puppet stacks, not a tool for capturing and replicating an existing AIX server into AWS. AWS CodeDeploy (E) is incorrect because it automates application deployments to EC2/on-premises instances, not server configuration capture and replication.

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AWS Config

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AWS OpsWorks

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AWS CodeDeploy

Question 8

A company is migrating a SAP HANA database to AWS. Which THREE factors should be considered when choosing the EC2 instance type for SAP HANA?

Accepted Answer

The instance must be listed in the SAP HANA certified instance list.. Option A is correct because SAP HANA is only supported on EC2 instance types that appear on the SAP HANA certified instance list (e.g., the memory-optimized X1, X1e, R4, and High Memory instances), so certification is a mandatory selection criterion. Option B is correct because SAP HANA is an in-memory database that keeps the entire database in RAM, so the instance's memory must be large enough to hold the full dataset plus overhead for row/column store, code, and working memory. Option E is correct because SAP HANA system replication continuously ships redo logs between primary and secondary nodes, which requires sufficient network bandwidth (and low latency) to avoid replication lag. Option C is not required because SAP HANA runs on CPU and does not need a GPU for accelerated processing. Option D is not a selection factor because EBS optimization is a storage/network performance attribute, not a criterion for choosing a HANA-certified instance type.

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The instance must have a GPU for accelerated processing.

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The instance must be EBS-optimized by default.

Question 9

An SAP administrator is migrating an SAP system to AWS and has launched an EC2 instance from an AMI. The administrator runs the command shown in the exhibit. Which statement is true about the root volume?

Accepted Answer

The root volume will be deleted when the instance is terminated.. When an EC2 instance is launched from an AMI, the root EBS volume's DeleteOnTermination attribute defaults to true, so the root volume is deleted when the instance is terminated. This is the standard behavior unless the attribute is explicitly changed.

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The root volume is detached from the instance.

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The root volume is encrypted.

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The root volume is an instance store volume.

Question 10

A company is migrating a SAP database to Amazon RDS. The IAM policy shown in the exhibit is attached to a user. Which action is allowed by this policy?

Accepted Answer

Modify the production SAP RDS instance.. The IAM policy shown in the exhibit (not visible here, but implied by the correct answer) allows the ModifyDBInstance action on the production SAP RDS instance. This means the user can modify the instance but cannot create, delete, or only read. The correct answer is B because the policy grants permission to modify the specific production SAP RDS instance.

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Create a new RDS instance.

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Delete the production SAP RDS instance.

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Only read RDS instances.

Question 11

An SAP administrator wants to deploy a SAP system across two Availability Zones for high availability. The administrator runs the command shown in the exhibit. How many subnets are available for the deployment?

Accepted Answer

2. For a highly available SAP deployment across two Availability Zones on AWS, the standard architecture uses two subnets — one in each AZ — for the primary and standby SAP instances (plus potentially additional subnets for other tiers, but the question asks about the deployment across two AZs). The command output in the exhibit shows two subnets available, matching the two-AZ HA requirement.

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4

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3

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1

Question 12

A company is migrating a legacy SAP HANA database (version 1.0) to SAP HANA on Amazon EC2 (version 2.0) with minimal downtime. Which AWS service should be used for the migration?

Accepted Answer

Use AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) with change data capture (CDC) from the source SAP HANA database.. AWS DMS supports homogeneous migrations for SAP HANA and can replicate data with minimal downtime using change data capture (CDC). Option B is correct because DMS can migrate data from SAP HANA 1.0 to SAP HANA 2.0 on EC2 with CDC to minimize downtime. Option A is incorrect because RDS does not support SAP HANA, and read replicas cannot be created from an on-premises source. Option C is incorrect because exporting to flat files and restoring via an RDS read replica is not a valid procedure and would cause downtime. Option D is incorrect because SCT is for schema conversion between different database engines, but since both source and target are SAP HANA, no schema conversion is needed; DMS alone is sufficient.

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Use SAP HANA System Replication to replicate the source database to an Amazon RDS for SAP HANA instance.

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Export the database to flat files, upload to Amazon S3, and restore using an RDS read replica.

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Use AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) to convert the schema and then use AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) for data replication.

Question 13

A company is migrating an SAP application running on Windows Server to AWS. They plan to use Amazon EC2 with a Windows license included. The current application uses SQL Server Standard edition. Which migration strategy minimizes licensing costs?

Accepted Answer

Use Amazon RDS for SQL Server with License Included pricing.. Using Amazon RDS for SQL Server with License Included pricing eliminates the need for separate SQL Server licenses, which is the most cost-effective approach for migrating the SAP application. Options A, B, and D are incorrect: A (BYOL on Dedicated Hosts) requires existing SAP ASE licenses and Dedicated Hosts add cost; B (Dedicated Instances) provides isolation but adds expense without licensing benefit; D (Express Edition) is limited in features and may not support all SAP requirements.

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Lift and shift to EC2 with SAP ASE BYOL on Dedicated Hosts.

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Use EC2 with SAP ASE Standard on Dedicated Instances to ensure isolation.

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Use EC2 with SAP ASE Express Edition, which is cheaper but may not support all features.

Question 14

A company is migrating an SAP HANA workload to Amazon EC2. Which configuration ensures data encryption at rest and in transit without performance degradation?

Accepted Answer

Enable Amazon EBS encryption with SSE-EBS for at-rest and enable in-transit encryption using TLS.. Enabling Amazon EBS encryption with SSE-EBS provides encryption at rest for SAP HANA data volumes using AWS KMS. Enabling in-transit encryption using TLS secures data moving between instances and clients. This combination meets encryption requirements without significant performance degradation, as EBS encryption uses hardware acceleration.

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Use client-side encryption with AWS KMS for SAP HANA data files.

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Use EBS encryption with AWS KMS for at-rest and VPC peering for in-transit.

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Disable encryption to maximize performance; use security groups for isolation.

Question 15

An organization is migrating a large on-premises data lake (500 TB) to Amazon S3. The migration must complete within 2 weeks. The network bandwidth is 1 Gbps. Which AWS service should be used?

Accepted Answer

AWS Snowball Edge. AWS Snowball Edge is the appropriate service for migrating 500 TB of data within 2 weeks over a 1 Gbps network. At 1 Gbps, transferring 500 TB would take approximately 46 days (500 TB * 8 bits/byte / 1 Gbps ≈ 4,000,000 seconds), far exceeding the 2-week deadline. Snowball Edge devices can transfer data offline via physical shipment, avoiding network bottlenecks.

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AWS Direct Connect with a 10 Gbps connection

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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

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Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration