PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
An SAP administrator is troubleshooting a high CPU utilization issue on an SAP application server running on an Amazon EC2 instance. The administrator suspects a specific ABAP program is consuming excessive resources. Which AWS service can be used to capture detailed performance metrics and identify the process?
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Amazon CloudWatch Agent
The Amazon CloudWatch Agent can be installed on an EC2 instance to collect detailed OS-level metrics, including CPU utilization per process, which can help identify the specific ABAP program consuming excessive resources. Option A is incorrect: AWS CloudTrail records API activity, not performance metrics. Option C is incorrect: AWS Config monitors configuration changes and compliance, not CPU usage. Option D is incorrect: Amazon VPC Flow Logs capture network traffic metadata, not CPU utilization.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
AWS CloudTrail records API activity, not performance metrics.
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Amazon CloudWatch Agent
Why this is correct
The Amazon CloudWatch Agent collects detailed OS-level metrics, including per-process CPU utilization.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
AWS Config monitors configuration changes and compliance, not CPU usage.
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Amazon VPC Flow Logs
Why it's wrong here
Amazon VPC Flow Logs capture network traffic metadata, not CPU utilization.
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