PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company is designing a disaster recovery (DR) strategy for its SAP landscape on AWS. The DR site must be in a different AWS Region. Which TWO options can be used to replicate the SAP HANA database to the DR Region? (Choose TWO.)
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is that candidates may overlook that SAP HANA is not supported on Amazon RDS, leading them to incorrectly select Multi-Region replica, or they may assume EBS snapshot copy provides continuous replication when it only offers periodic, point-in-time copies.
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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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) with ongoing replication
AWS DMS with ongoing replication can continuously replicate SAP HANA database changes to a target HANA instance in another Region using change data capture (CDC), enabling near-real-time synchronization for DR purposes. Option D is correct because SAP HANA System Replication can be configured across AWS Regions to replicate the HANA database synchronously or asynchronously, providing a native disaster recovery solution. Both methods are valid for replicating SAP HANA to a different AWS Region.
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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Amazon RDS Multi-Region replica
Why it's wrong here
SAP HANA is not on RDS.
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Amazon S3 Cross-Region Replication for HANA backup files
Why it's wrong here
This replicates files, not live database transactions.
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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) with ongoing replication
Why this is correct
DMS can replicate HANA data to another region.
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SAP HANA System Replication across Regions
Why this is correct
HANA SR can be configured across regions for DR.
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Amazon EBS snapshot copy to the DR Region
Why it's wrong here
Snapshots are not real-time and require manual copy.
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