PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
An SAP Basis administrator needs to monitor the memory usage of an SAP HANA database running on an EC2 instance. Which AWS service should be used to collect and visualize custom memory metrics from the OS?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Amazon CloudWatch with the CloudWatch Agent
Amazon CloudWatch with the CloudWatch Agent can collect custom memory metrics from the OS of an EC2 instance and visualize them in CloudWatch. AWS CloudTrail logs API activity, not OS metrics. AWS Systems Manager Inventory collects software inventory, not real-time memory metrics. AWS Config tracks resource configuration changes, not real-time memory usage.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs API calls, not OS metrics.
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Amazon CloudWatch with the CloudWatch Agent
Why this is correct
CloudWatch Agent collects custom OS metrics like memory and sends them to CloudWatch.
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AWS Systems Manager Inventory
Why it's wrong here
Inventory collects software inventory, not real-time memory metrics.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
AWS Config tracks resource configuration changes, not OS metrics.
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