This PAS-C01 practice question tests your understanding of design of sap workloads on aws. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
An SAP administrator needs to back up an SAP HANA database running on an Amazon EC2 instance. The requirement is to perform daily backups to Amazon S3 with minimal cost and impact on database performance. Which backup strategy should be used?
Use AWS Backup with the SAP HANA plugin
Why wrong: AWS Backup uses Backint but adds complexity.
Use SAP HANA Backint integration to back up to S3
Backint agent sends data directly to S3 with low overhead.
Create EBS snapshots of the database volumes
Why wrong: EBS snapshots require quiescing, impact performance.
Configure S3 Lifecycle policies to move logs
Why wrong: Lifecycle policies are for storage management, not backups.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
Use SAP HANA Backint integration to back up to S3
Option B is correct because SAP HANA Backint integration allows direct, streaming backups from the HANA database to Amazon S3, which minimizes performance impact by offloading backup processing to the Backint agent and avoids intermediate storage. This approach is cost-effective as it uses S3's low-cost storage and eliminates the need for additional infrastructure, meeting the requirement for daily backups with minimal cost and database performance impact.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Use AWS Backup with the SAP HANA plugin
Why it's wrong here
AWS Backup uses Backint but adds complexity.
Use SAP HANA Backint integration to back up to S3
Why this is correct
Backint agent sends data directly to S3 with low overhead.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Create EBS snapshots of the database volumes
Why it's wrong here
EBS snapshots require quiescing, impact performance.
Configure S3 Lifecycle policies to move logs
Why it's wrong here
Lifecycle policies are for storage management, not backups.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates often confuse EBS snapshots as a simple, low-cost backup method for databases, but they fail to recognize the performance impact and lack of application consistency without additional configuration, making Backint integration the correct choice for SAP HANA on AWS.
Detailed technical explanation
SAP HANA Backint integration uses the Backint API to stream backup data directly to S3 via the SAP HANA backup agent (e.g., the AWS Backint agent for SAP HANA), which communicates with S3 over HTTPS. This method supports incremental backups and parallel streaming, reducing backup windows and storage costs compared to full volume snapshots. In real-world scenarios, this is critical for large HANA databases where EBS snapshots would cause significant I/O pauses and require additional storage for snapshot copies.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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Design of SAP Workloads on AWS — This question tests Design of SAP Workloads on AWS — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: Use SAP HANA Backint integration to back up to S3 — Option B is correct because SAP HANA Backint integration allows direct, streaming backups from the HANA database to Amazon S3, which minimizes performance impact by offloading backup processing to the Backint agent and avoids intermediate storage. This approach is cost-effective as it uses S3's low-cost storage and eliminates the need for additional infrastructure, meeting the requirement for daily backups with minimal cost and database performance impact.
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