PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
A company has an SAP system running on AWS with a production database on an RDS for SAP ASE instance. The operations team needs to perform a minor version upgrade of the database engine. The upgrade must be applied with minimal downtime. The team has a maintenance window scheduled for the upcoming weekend. Which action should the team take to apply the upgrade?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Enable auto minor version upgrade on the DB instance and let the upgrade occur during the maintenance window.
Setting the AutoMinorVersionUpgrade flag to true allows RDS to apply minor upgrades automatically during the maintenance window with minimal downtime. Option B is wrong because manual upgrade via the console can cause downtime if not done during a maintenance window. Option C is wrong because modifying the DB instance to a new version immediately can cause downtime. Option D is wrong because creating a new instance and migrating requires additional setup and downtime.
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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Enable auto minor version upgrade on the DB instance and let the upgrade occur during the maintenance window.
Why this is correct
This minimizes downtime and is automated.
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Manually upgrade the DB instance using the AWS Management Console immediately.
Why it's wrong here
Manual upgrade may cause downtime if not during maintenance window.
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Modify the DB instance to specify the new engine version and apply immediately.
Why it's wrong here
Applying immediately can cause downtime.
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Create a new DB instance with the new version and migrate the data.
Why it's wrong here
This involves more work and potential downtime.
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