PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
An SAP system running on AWS is experiencing high memory utilization on the application server. The team suspects a memory leak in the SAP ABAP application. Which tool or process should be used to identify the root cause?
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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Run SAP transaction STAD to analyze memory consumption per user and program.
SAP transaction STAD provides detailed analysis of memory consumption per user and program, allowing identification of a memory leak in the ABAP application. Option B is wrong because the Linux 'top' command shows OS-level process memory usage, but does not provide ABAP-specific memory allocation details per program or user. Option C is wrong because SAP HANA Studio is used to monitor the HANA database, not the application server memory. Option D is wrong because CloudWatch memory metrics provide overall EC2 memory usage, not per-process or per-user ABAP memory consumption.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Run SAP transaction STAD to analyze memory consumption per user and program.
Why this is correct
STAD provides detailed memory usage breakdown for ABAP programs.
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Use the Linux 'top' command to identify the process consuming the most memory.
Why it's wrong here
'top' shows OS-level processes, not ABAP program-level allocation.
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Use SAP HANA Studio to check memory consumption of the database.
Why it's wrong here
HANA Studio is for the database, not the application server.
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Enable detailed CloudWatch memory metrics on the EC2 instance.
Why it's wrong here
CloudWatch metrics show overall memory usage, not per-application details.
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