PAS-C01 Technology Practice Question
Which TWO AWS services can be used to monitor the health and performance of an SAP HANA database on AWS?
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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Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch (option B) can monitor OS-level metrics and custom metrics from SAP HANA via the CloudWatch agent or API. SAP HANA monitoring tools like HANA cockpit (option D) provide built-in health and performance monitoring. AWS Trusted Advisor (option A) offers best-practice recommendations, not real-time monitoring. AWS Config (option C) tracks resource configuration changes. VPC Flow Logs (option E) capture network traffic metadata.
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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AWS Trusted Advisor
Why it's wrong here
Trusted Advisor gives recommendations, not real-time monitoring.
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Amazon CloudWatch
Why this is correct
CloudWatch can monitor metrics and logs from HANA.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config tracks resource configuration changes, not performance.
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SAP HANA monitoring tools (e.g., HANA cockpit)
Why this is correct
HANA-native tools provide detailed database performance metrics.
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VPC Flow Logs
Why it's wrong here
Flow Logs capture network traffic, not database performance.
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