PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company runs SAP Business Warehouse (BW) on AWS. The system uses an SAP HANA database that is also used for other SAP systems. The company wants to set up monitoring to ensure that the HANA database is performing optimally. They have installed the AWS CloudWatch agent on the HANA server to collect operating system metrics. However, they also need to collect HANA-specific metrics such as memory usage and SQL execution times. Which additional step should the company take to collect these metrics?
⚠ Common exam trap
Test-takers frequently confuse the standard CloudWatch agent (which collects OS metrics) with the specialized SAP HANA CloudWatch agent, or assume that CloudWatch Logs or CloudTrail can be repurposed to capture database-level performance data, when in fact a purpose-built agent is required.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Install and configure the SAP HANA CloudWatch agent on the HANA server.
The AWS-provided SAP HANA CloudWatch agent is specifically designed to collect HANA-specific metrics such as memory usage, SQL execution times, and other database-level performance counters. It connects to the HANA database using the SQLDBC protocol and pushes the metrics directly to CloudWatch, complementing the OS-level metrics collected by the standard CloudWatch agent. This is the only option that directly addresses the requirement to gather HANA-specific metrics without additional custom development.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Set up SAP Solution Manager to send metrics to CloudWatch via an API.
Why it's wrong here
SAP Solution Manager does not directly integrate with CloudWatch.
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Install and configure the SAP HANA CloudWatch agent on the HANA server.
Why this is correct
The SAP HANA agent collects HANA-specific metrics and sends them to CloudWatch.
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Use Amazon CloudWatch Logs to capture HANA trace files and create metric filters.
Why it's wrong here
Metric filters on logs may not capture all needed metrics accurately.
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Enable AWS CloudTrail to log HANA database API calls.
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs API calls, not database metrics.
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