PAS-C01 AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) Practice Question
A company is migrating a legacy SAP HANA database (version 1.0) to SAP HANA on Amazon EC2 (version 2.0) with minimal downtime. Which AWS service should be used for the migration?
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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Use AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) with change data capture (CDC) from the source SAP HANA database.
AWS DMS supports homogeneous migrations for SAP HANA and can replicate data with minimal downtime using change data capture (CDC). Option B is correct because DMS can migrate data from SAP HANA 1.0 to SAP HANA 2.0 on EC2 with CDC to minimize downtime. Option A is incorrect because RDS does not support SAP HANA, and read replicas cannot be created from an on-premises source. Option C is incorrect because exporting to flat files and restoring via an RDS read replica is not a valid procedure and would cause downtime. Option D is incorrect because SCT is for schema conversion between different database engines, but since both source and target are SAP HANA, no schema conversion is needed; DMS alone is sufficient.
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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Use SAP HANA System Replication to replicate the source database to an Amazon RDS for SAP HANA instance.
Why it's wrong here
Amazon RDS does not support SAP HANA, so an RDS read replica cannot be created from an on-premises SAP HANA database. This option is incorrect.
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Use AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) with change data capture (CDC) from the source SAP HANA database.
Why this is correct
AWS DMS supports SAP HANA as both source and target and can use CDC to minimize downtime during homogeneous migration. This option is correct.
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Export the database to flat files, upload to Amazon S3, and restore using an RDS read replica.
Why it's wrong here
Exporting to flat files and restoring via an RDS read replica is not a supported procedure for SAP HANA and would cause significant downtime. This option is incorrect.
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Use AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) to convert the schema and then use AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) for data replication.
Why it's wrong here
AWS SCT is used for heterogeneous migrations between different database engines. Since both source and target are SAP HANA, no schema conversion is needed. This option is incorrect.
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