PAS-C01 Migration Practice Question
A company is migrating an SAP Business Suite system on Oracle to SAP S/4HANA on AWS. The migration involves a near-zero downtime requirement. The current system uses SAP Oracle on Linux. Which combination of tools should the company use?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Use SAP Software Update Manager (SUM) with the Database Migration Option (DMO) and the near-zero downtime option.
For migrating an SAP Business Suite on Oracle to SAP S/4HANA with near-zero downtime, the recommended tool is SAP Software Update Manager (SUM) with the Database Migration Option (DMO) and the near-zero downtime (NZDT) option. This allows for a combined system upgrade and database migration with minimal downtime. Option A is incorrect because AWS SCT is not designed for SAP HANA migrations. Option B is incorrect because AWS DMS does not support SAP HANA as a target. Option C is incorrect because SLT is used for data replication, not for system conversion or migration.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Use AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT) and AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) with ongoing replication.
Why it's wrong here
AWS SCT and DMS are not designed for SAP system conversion to S/4HANA.
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Use AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) to migrate the Oracle database to Amazon RDS for SAP HANA.
Why it's wrong here
AWS DMS does not support SAP HANA as a target for Oracle migrations.
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Use SAP Landscape Transformation (SLT) to replicate data to SAP HANA, then switch applications.
Why it's wrong here
SLT replicates data but does not perform system conversion; it's not designed for near-zero downtime conversion.
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Use SAP Software Update Manager (SUM) with the Database Migration Option (DMO) and the near-zero downtime option.
Why this is correct
SUM DMO with NZDT is the SAP-recommended approach for near-zero downtime migration to S/4HANA.
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