PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company runs SAP Business Suite on AWS and wants to implement a disaster recovery solution using a pilot light approach. Which THREE components should be pre-provisioned in the DR region to reduce recovery time?
⚠ Common exam trap
Test-takers frequently confuse a pilot light approach with a warm standby or multi-site active-active setup, leading them to incorrectly select running EC2 instances (Option B) instead of understanding that pilot light keeps only the data layer ready and application servers are launched on demand.
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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Pre-allocated Elastic IP addresses
Pre-allocated Elastic IP addresses (Option C) are correct because in a pilot light DR setup, you need to ensure that the Elastic IPs are reserved in the DR region ahead of time. This allows you to quickly remap them to the recovered EC2 instances during failover, avoiding the delay of requesting new IPs or dealing with IP address conflicts. By pre-provisioning the Elastic IPs, you reduce the time required to restore network connectivity and DNS mappings, which is critical for meeting RTO objectives.
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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An Amazon RDS for SAP HANA instance
Why it's wrong here
SAP HANA is not available as an RDS service; it runs on EC2.
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Running EC2 instances for all SAP components
Why it's wrong here
Pilot light means minimal resources running; instances are stopped until needed.
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Pre-allocated Elastic IP addresses
Why this is correct
Elastic IPs can be quickly associated to recovered instances.
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Custom AMIs for SAP application servers
Why this is correct
Pre-built AMIs allow quick instance launch.
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Pre-provisioned EBS volumes with HANA data replicated via log shipping
Why this is correct
Having EBS volumes ready with replicated data reduces recovery time.
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