PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company wants to implement a backup strategy for SAP HANA on AWS. The backup must be stored securely and be accessible for restore to a different AWS Region. Which combination of AWS services should be used?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often assume EBS snapshots (Option A) are sufficient for database backups, overlooking the need for application-consistent backups and the managed cross-region replication that AWS Backup provides.
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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Use AWS Backup with cross-region backup copy
AWS Backup with cross-region backup copy is the correct choice because it provides a fully managed, policy-driven backup service that natively supports SAP HANA on Amazon EC2, including automated cross-region copy for disaster recovery. This ensures backups are stored securely (encrypted at rest and in transit) and can be restored in a different AWS Region without manual intervention.
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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Take EBS snapshots and copy them to another region
Why it's wrong here
EBS snapshots can be copied but require manual process.
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Use AWS Backup with cross-region backup copy
Why this is correct
AWS Backup supports cross-region copies and is integrated with HANA.
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Store HANA backups in Amazon S3 Standard-IA
Why it's wrong here
No cross-region replication by default.
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Use Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Why it's wrong here
Glacier is for long-term archival, not for DR backups.
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