PAS-C01 Technology Practice Question
An SAP system running on AWS is configured with a Multi-AZ RDS for SAP HANA database. The primary database fails, but the automatic failover does not occur. What is the most likely reason?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Multi-AZ is not supported for RDS for SAP HANA
Multi-AZ for RDS for SAP HANA is not supported; RDS for SAP HANA does not have Multi-AZ capability. Option A is incorrect because Multi-AZ is not a paid option; it incurs costs but is not disabled by billing. Option B is incorrect because RDS for HANA does not use EBS snapshots for replication. Option D is incorrect because RDS does not use Elastic IPs.
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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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The Multi-AZ configuration was not paid for
Why it's wrong here
Multi-AZ is a configuration, not a separate payment; billing doesn't disable it.
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The standby instance was not configured with EBS snapshots
Why it's wrong here
RDS replication uses synchronous replication, not snapshots.
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Multi-AZ is not supported for RDS for SAP HANA
Why this is correct
RDS for SAP HANA does not support Multi-AZ; use native HANA replication.
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The primary instance does not have an Elastic IP attached
Why it's wrong here
RDS uses DNS names, not Elastic IPs.
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