PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Test 5 — 15 Questions

Question 1

Drag and drop the steps to set up an SAP HANA system replication in AWS using the SAP HANA Cockpit into the correct order.

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Configure network connectivity between primary and secondary SAP HANA instances, then enable system replication on the primary, then register the secondary system, then start replication.. SAP HANA system replication requires two instances, network connectivity, enabling replication on primary, registering secondary, and then starting replication.

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Enable system replication on the primary, then configure network connectivity, then register the secondary, then start replication.

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Configure network connectivity, then register the secondary, then enable system replication on the primary, then start replication.

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Configure network connectivity, then enable system replication on the primary, then start replication, then register the secondary.

Question 2

Drag and drop the steps to perform a backup and restore of an SAP HANA database using AWS Backup into the correct order.

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Create an AWS Backup plan, then assign SAP HANA database resources to the plan, then execute the backup, then select the backup to restore from, then restore the database.. AWS Backup requires a plan, resource assignment, backup execution, selection of backup, and restore.

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Create an AWS Backup plan, then execute the backup, then assign SAP HANA database resources to the plan, then select the backup to restore from, then restore the database.

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Create an AWS Backup plan, then assign SAP HANA database resources to the plan, then select the backup to restore from, then execute the backup, then restore the database.

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Create an AWS Backup plan, then restore the database, then assign SAP HANA database resources to the plan, then execute the backup, then select the backup to restore from.

Question 3

Drag and drop the steps to implement disaster recovery for SAP S/4HANA using AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) into the correct order.

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Install the AWS Replication Agent on source SAP server, then configure replication settings and start continuous replication, then launch a recovery drill to test failover, then in a disaster initiate recovery and perform post-recovery tasks.. DRS involves agent installation, configuration, testing, recovery initiation, and post-recovery steps.

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Install the AWS Replication Agent on source SAP server, then launch a recovery drill, then configure replication settings and start continuous replication, then in a disaster initiate recovery and perform post-recovery tasks.

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Configure replication settings and start continuous replication, then install the AWS Replication Agent on source SAP server, then launch a recovery drill, then in a disaster initiate recovery and perform post-recovery tasks.

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Install the AWS Replication Agent on source SAP server, then configure replication settings and start continuous replication, then in a disaster initiate recovery and perform post-recovery tasks, then launch a recovery drill.

Question 4

Match the SAP system component to its AWS service or concept.

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SAP HANA database: In-memory columnar database, runs on AWS EC2 with HANA-optimized instance types. SAP HANA, NetWeaver, S/4HANA, and BusinessObjects are core SAP components. HANA runs on EC2 with certified instances; NetWeaver and BusinessObjects also run on EC2; S/4HANA requires HANA. Common confusions: Amazon RDS does not support HANA, and NetWeaver is not a database.

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SAP HANA database: Relational database, runs on Amazon RDS

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SAP NetWeaver: In-memory database management system from SAP

Question 5

Match the SAP sizing parameter to its AWS EC2 equivalent.

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SAPS: EC2 Compute Units (vCPU). SAP sizing parameters (SAPS, Memory, Disk I/O, Network throughput) map directly to AWS EC2 equivalents (vCPU, RAM, IOPS, bandwidth). Common confusions involve swapping compute metrics with network or memory metrics.

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SAPS: Network bandwidth (Mbps)

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Memory: vCPU count

Question 6

Match the SAP system type to its typical AWS deployment pattern.

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SAP Production System: Typically deployed across multiple Availability Zones with SAP HANA System Replication for high availability.. SAP production systems require high availability and are typically deployed across multiple AZs. Development and sandbox systems have lower availability needs and are often in single AZs.

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SAP Production System: Typically deployed in a single Availability Zone for cost optimization.

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SAP Development System: Typically deployed across multiple Regions for disaster recovery.

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SAP Sandbox System: Typically deployed across multiple Availability Zones with high availability.

Question 7

A company is designing an SAP S/4HANA workload on AWS. The system must be highly available within a single AWS Region. Which architecture ensures automatic failover for the SAP Central Services (ASCS) instance?

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Configure Amazon Route 53 with health checks to failover to a secondary ASCS instance in a different Availability Zone.. Amazon Route 53 with health checks can monitor the primary ASCS instance and automatically fail over DNS resolution to a secondary ASCS instance in a different Availability Zone. This provides the necessary automatic failover for SAP Central Services (ASCS) without requiring a shared filesystem or cluster manager, as Route 53 health checks detect instance or service failure and update DNS records accordingly.

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Place an Application Load Balancer (ALB) in front of two ASCS instances in different Availability Zones.

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Deploy ASCS on a single EC2 instance with multiple Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs).

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Use Amazon CloudFront to distribute traffic to multiple ASCS instances in different Availability Zones.

Question 8

An SAP Basis team is migrating an SAP Business Suite system to AWS. The system has a large number of background jobs and requires consistent performance for batch processing. Which Amazon EC2 instance type is most suitable for this workload?

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z1d.xlarge. The z1d.xlarge instance is most suitable because it offers a high baseline clock speed of up to 4.0 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost, which is critical for SAP Business Suite batch processing workloads that are CPU-bound and sensitive to single-threaded performance. SAP background jobs often require consistent, high-frequency CPU performance to meet batch window SLAs, and the z1d family is specifically designed for such high-performance, memory-intensive SAP workloads on AWS.

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i3.2xlarge

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g4dn.xlarge

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t3.large

Question 9

A company is designing storage for an SAP HANA database on AWS. The database requires high throughput and low latency for data files. Which storage solution should be used for SAP HANA data volumes?

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Amazon EBS gp3 or io2 volumes. Amazon EBS gp3 or io2 volumes are the correct choice for SAP HANA data volumes because they provide the high throughput, low latency, and consistent IOPS required for SAP HANA's in-memory database operations. gp3 offers baseline performance with the ability to scale independently, while io2 provides provisioned IOPS for critical workloads, both meeting SAP's certification requirements for HANA on AWS.

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Amazon S3

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EC2 Instance Store

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Amazon EFS

Question 10

An SAP system on AWS is experiencing high latency for disk I/O. The system uses Amazon EBS gp2 volumes. The operations team notices that the volume queue depth is consistently high. Which change is most likely to reduce latency?

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Migrate from gp2 to gp3 volumes and increase IOPS.. Gp3 volumes offer a baseline performance that is higher than gp2 for a given size, and they allow you to independently increase IOPS without needing to provision more storage. Since the volume queue depth is consistently high, the bottleneck is likely due to insufficient IOPS, and migrating to gp3 with increased IOPS directly addresses this by providing more I/O capacity, reducing latency.

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Increase the EC2 instance size to get more EBS bandwidth.

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Configure RAID 0 across multiple EBS volumes.

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Increase the block size of the file system.

Question 11

A company is planning to run SAP NetWeaver on AWS and needs to ensure high availability for the database layer. Which AWS service can be used to achieve automatic failover of an SAP HANA database?

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SAP HANA System Replication (HSR). SAP HANA System Replication (HSR) is the native SAP mechanism for replicating data from a primary HANA database to one or more secondary systems, enabling automatic failover in the event of a primary failure. This is the correct approach for achieving high availability for SAP HANA on AWS, as it integrates with AWS services like Elastic IPs or Route53 for IP re-mapping during failover, and is fully supported by SAP for production workloads.

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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

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Application Load Balancer (ALB)

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Amazon RDS Multi-AZ

Question 12

A company is deploying SAP Business Suite on AWS and wants to minimize network latency between the SAP application servers and the database server. Which placement strategy is best?

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Place the servers in the same placement group within a single Availability Zone.. Placement groups in AWS allow you to influence the placement of a group of interdependent instances to meet the needs of your workload. For SAP Business Suite, which is sensitive to network latency between application and database servers, using a cluster placement group within a single Availability Zone ensures the lowest possible latency and maximum throughput, as instances are placed in close proximity to each other, often within the same rack, enabling high-bandwidth, low-latency networking.

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Place the servers in different VPCs connected via VPC Peering.

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Place the application and database servers in different Availability Zones within the same region.

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Place the servers in different AWS Regions.

Question 13

An SAP HANA database on AWS is using EBS gp3 volumes with 3000 IOPS. The database team observes that the write latency is high during peak hours. The EBS volume is not exceeding its bandwidth limit. What is the most likely cause?

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The EBS volume's IOPS limit is being reached, causing queuing.. The observed high write latency during peak hours, despite the EBS volume not exceeding its bandwidth limit, indicates that the volume's IOPS limit of 3000 is being reached. When the IOPS limit is hit, the EBS volume queues I/O requests, which increases latency. This is a classic symptom of IOPS saturation rather than bandwidth saturation.

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The EBS volume is not attached as a dedicated EBS bandwidth volume.

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The EC2 instance's EBS bandwidth is saturated.

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The EC2 instance does not have EBS optimization enabled.

Question 14

A company wants to automate the installation of SAP software on AWS. Which AWS service is most appropriate for orchestrating the deployment of SAP systems?

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AWS CloudFormation. AWS CloudFormation is the most appropriate service for orchestrating the deployment of SAP systems because it allows you to define the entire infrastructure as code using templates, enabling automated, repeatable, and consistent provisioning of SAP landscapes. It supports custom resources and nested stacks, which are essential for managing the complex dependencies and multi-tier architecture typical of SAP deployments on AWS.

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AWS OpsWorks

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AWS CodeDeploy

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AWS Lambda

Question 15

Which TWO of the following are best practices for running SAP HANA on AWS? (Select TWO.)

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Use EBS Snapshots for backup of HANA data volumes.. EBS Snapshots provide a consistent, crash-consistent backup mechanism for HANA data volumes when used with application-consistent procedures (e.g., pre-freeze/post-thaw scripts via AWS Backup or custom automation). Snapshots are block-level, incremental, and can be automated for point-in-time recovery, aligning with SAP HANA backup best practices on AWS.

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Use Amazon EFS as the storage layer for HANA data files.

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Use T3 instances for production to save costs.

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Use Amazon RDS Multi-AZ for HANA database replication.