PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
Exhibit
Refer to the exhibit.
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ec2:DescribeInstances",
"ec2:StartInstances",
"ec2:StopInstances",
"ec2:CreateTags",
"ec2:DeleteTags"
],
"Resource": "*"
},
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers",
"elasticloadbalancing:RegisterInstancesWithLoadBalancer",
"elasticloadbalancing:DeregisterInstancesFromLoadBalancer"
],
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}An SAP administrator is creating an IAM policy for the AWS SAP Landscape Management (LaMa) connector. The policy includes the actions shown. Which additional action is missing for LaMa to perform its typical automation tasks?
⚠ Common exam trap
Test-takers frequently assume LaMa directly manages EC2 or RDS resources via their respective APIs, when in fact LaMa delegates all infrastructure provisioning to CloudFormation stacks to maintain consistency and support rollback.
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
✓
cloudformation:CreateStack and cloudformation:DeleteStack
AWS LaMa uses AWS CloudFormation to orchestrate the provisioning and teardown of infrastructure resources during SAP system cloning, refresh, or migration operations. Without cloudformation:CreateStack and cloudformation:DeleteStack, LaMa cannot create the temporary stacks needed for tasks like host replacement or storage snapshot-based cloning.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
lambda:InvokeFunction
Why it's wrong here
Lambda invocation is not a core requirement for LaMa.
- ✓
cloudformation:CreateStack and cloudformation:DeleteStack
Why this is correct
LaMa uses CloudFormation to provision infrastructure.
- ✗
rds:CreateDBInstance and rds:DeleteDBInstance
Why it's wrong here
RDS is not used for SAP HANA; HANA runs on EC2.
- ✗
s3:PutObject and s3:GetObject
Why it's wrong here
LaMa does not typically interact with S3 directly for automation.
Quick reference
AWS S3 Storage Class Comparison
| Storage Class | Min Duration | Retrieval | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Standard | None | Immediate | Frequently accessed data |
| S3 Standard-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Infrequent access, rapid retrieval |
| S3 One Zone-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Non-critical infrequent data |
| S3 Intelligent-Tiering | None | Immediate–hours | Unknown or changing access patterns |
| S3 Glacier Instant | 90 days | Milliseconds | Archive with instant retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Flexible | 90 days | Minutes–hours | Archive, flexible retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Deep Archive | 180 days | Hours | Long-term compliance archive |
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