PAS-C01 Technology Practice Question
An SAP system administrator is setting up monitoring for SAP NetWeaver on AWS. They want to send custom SAP application metrics to CloudWatch for alerting. What is the most efficient way to achieve this?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Install the Amazon CloudWatch Agent on the EC2 instance and configure it to collect SAP metrics
The CloudWatch Agent can collect custom metrics from the OS and applications, including SAP, and publish them to CloudWatch. AWS Lambda can be used but requires custom code and more overhead. SAP Solution Manager does not natively integrate with CloudWatch. AWS Systems Manager is for management, not custom metric publishing.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Use SAP Solution Manager to export metrics to CloudWatch via API
Why it's wrong here
SAP Solution Manager does not have native integration with CloudWatch.
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Use AWS Lambda to periodically query SAP and push metrics to CloudWatch
Why it's wrong here
While possible, this approach requires custom development and more overhead than using the CloudWatch Agent.
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Install the Amazon CloudWatch Agent on the EC2 instance and configure it to collect SAP metrics
Why this is correct
The CloudWatch Agent can collect custom metrics from the OS and applications, including SAP, and publish them to CloudWatch efficiently.
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Configure AWS Systems Manager to collect SAP metrics
Why it's wrong here
AWS Systems Manager is for management and patching, not for collecting custom application metrics.
Quick reference
Cloud Service Model Comparison
| Model | You Manage | Provider Manages | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| IaaS | OS, runtime, apps, data | Hardware, hypervisor, networking | EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute Engine |
| PaaS | Apps and data | OS, runtime, middleware, hardware | Elastic Beanstalk, Azure App Service |
| SaaS | Data and settings only | Everything else | Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Workday |
| FaaS / Serverless | Function code only | Infra, scaling, runtime | Lambda, Azure Functions, Cloud Run |
| CaaS | Containers and apps | Kubernetes, OS, hardware | EKS, AKS, GKE |
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