SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company uses AWS Organizations with 50 accounts. They need to manage EC2 instance inventory across all accounts. Which THREE steps are necessary to achieve this?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates confuse AWS Config aggregators (which aggregate compliance data) with Systems Manager Inventory (which aggregates EC2 inventory data), leading them to incorrectly select Option B as a necessary step.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Enable AWS Systems Manager Inventory in each account.
AWS Systems Manager Inventory provides a native, agentless mechanism to collect and query EC2 instance metadata, software inventory, and configuration across accounts. Enabling Systems Manager in each account is a prerequisite for using Inventory, as it relies on the SSM Agent and the Systems Manager service to gather and store inventory data in a centralized manner.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Configure Amazon CloudWatch agent to send inventory data.
Why it's wrong here
CloudWatch agent does not send inventory data.
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Set up an AWS Config aggregator in the management account.
Why it's wrong here
Config aggregator is for configuration items, not inventory.
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Enable AWS Systems Manager Inventory in each account.
Why this is correct
Inventory collects instance information.
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Create an IAM role in each member account that trusts the central account.
Why this is correct
Cross-account role allows central account to run inventory.
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Enable AWS Systems Manager in each account.
Why this is correct
SSM agent must be running on instances.
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