PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company is planning to migrate its SAP HANA database to AWS. They need to ensure high availability with automatic failover. Which AWS service should they use to achieve this?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse AWS CloudFormation or OpsWorks as capable of handling SAP-specific high-availability configurations, but they lack the SAP-aware automation and integration with HANA system replication and Pacemaker that Launch Wizard provides.
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Why each option matters
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AWS Launch Wizard for SAP
AWS Launch Wizard for SAP is the correct service because it automates the deployment of SAP HANA on AWS with built-in high availability and automatic failover configurations. It orchestrates the setup of a multi-AZ cluster, including the installation of SAP HANA system replication, the configuration of a Pacemaker cluster, and the integration with AWS resources such as Elastic IPs and Amazon Route 53 health checks to ensure seamless failover.
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AWS Launch Wizard for SAP
Why this is correct
AWS Launch Wizard for SAP automates the deployment of SAP HANA with high availability and failover.
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AWS OpsWorks
Why it's wrong here
AWS OpsWorks is a configuration management service, not designed for SAP HANA high availability.
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AWS CloudFormation
Why it's wrong here
AWS CloudFormation can provision infrastructure but does not include built-in SAP HANA HA automation.
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Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
Why it's wrong here
Amazon EFS provides shared file storage, not automatic failover for SAP HANA.
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