PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
An SAP administrator needs to ensure that all EC2 instances in the SAP landscape have the correct patches and configurations. Which AWS service can be used to automate OS patch management?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager
AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager automates the patching of EC2 instances, making it the correct choice for OS patch management. Option A is wrong because AWS CloudFormation is used for infrastructure as code, not patching. Option C is wrong because AWS OpsWorks is for configuration management with Chef/Puppet. Option D is wrong because AWS Config is for compliance auditing, not patching.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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AWS CloudFormation
Why it's wrong here
AWS CloudFormation is used for provisioning infrastructure as code, not for OS patch management.
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AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager
Why this is correct
AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager automates the process of patching managed nodes with both security-related and other types of updates.
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AWS OpsWorks
Why it's wrong here
AWS OpsWorks is a configuration management service that uses Chef and Puppet, but it is not the primary service for automated patch management.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
AWS Config is used to assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of your resources, not to apply patches.
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