PAS-C01 Migration Practice Question
A company is migrating a critical SAP system to AWS and needs to ensure high availability for the SAP Central Services (ASCS) and Enqueue Replication Server (ERS). Which AWS service can be used to manage the virtual IP address required for the SAP high availability setup?
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
✓
Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
For SAP high availability on AWS, the virtual IP (VIP) for ASCS/ERS is typically managed using a Network Load Balancer (NLB), which provides a static IP address that can be used as the VIP. NLB supports health checks and automatic failover between active and passive instances. Amazon Route 53 Application Recovery Controller is designed for multi-region recovery and DNS-level failover, not for managing a VIP within a single region. AWS Transit Gateway handles network connectivity between VPCs, and AWS Global Accelerator provides static IPs for global traffic optimization, not for SAP HA VIP management.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
AWS Transit Gateway
Why it's wrong here
AWS Transit Gateway is a network transit hub to connect VPCs and on-premises networks, not a service for managing virtual IP addresses in SAP HA.
- ✓
Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
Why this is correct
Elastic Load Balancer (specifically Network Load Balancer) provides a static IP address that can be used as the virtual IP for SAP HA, supporting health checks and failover routing.
- ✗
Amazon Route 53 Application Recovery Controller
Why it's wrong here
Amazon Route 53 Application Recovery Controller is used for multi-region failover and DNS-based routing, not for managing a virtual IP address within a single region for SAP HA.
- ✗
AWS Global Accelerator
Why it's wrong here
AWS Global Accelerator provides static anycast IP addresses but is designed for global traffic optimization, not for the specific virtual IP requirements of SAP HA setups.
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
Courseiva writes every PAS-C01 question from scratch — 1,616 in total, each with an explanation and a wrong-answer breakdown. None are copied from real exams or dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This PAS-C01 practice question is part of Courseiva's free Amazon Web Services certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the PAS-C01 exam.