PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company is running SAP NetWeaver on AWS. The system uses an SAP HANA database. The operations team needs to monitor the database performance and receive alerts when specific metrics exceed thresholds. Which AWS service should be used to collect and analyze SAP HANA metrics?
⚠ Common exam trap
Test-takers frequently confuse AWS CloudTrail (audit logging) or AWS Config (configuration compliance) with monitoring services, but only CloudWatch provides the metric collection, alarm, and notification capabilities required for real-time SAP HANA performance monitoring.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch is the correct service because it can collect, monitor, and analyze SAP HANA database metrics using the AWS CloudWatch Agent or the SAP HANA CloudWatch integration. By configuring custom metrics or using the SAP HANA monitoring views, operations teams can set CloudWatch Alarms to trigger notifications when specific thresholds are exceeded, enabling proactive performance 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.
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Amazon CloudWatch
Why this is correct
CloudWatch can collect and alarm on custom metrics from HANA.
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Amazon Inspector
Why it's wrong here
Inspector is for security vulnerability assessment.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail records API activity, not performance metrics.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config tracks resource configuration changes.
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