PAS-C01 Technology Practice Question
Which TWO AWS services can be used to monitor the performance of an SAP HANA database running on EC2? (Choose two.)
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to confuse AWS CloudTrail (audit logging) with CloudWatch (monitoring), or assume AWS Config can monitor performance because it tracks resource state, but neither provides the real-time metric collection needed for SAP HANA performance monitoring.
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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AWS Systems Manager
AWS Systems Manager (SSM) is correct because it provides the Run Command and Inventory features that can execute scripts (e.g., SAP HANA SQL queries) and collect OS-level metrics (CPU, memory, disk) from EC2 instances. Amazon CloudWatch is correct because it can ingest custom metrics from the SAP HANA database (e.g., via the SAP HANA plugin for CloudWatch Agent) and monitor standard EC2 metrics like CPU utilization and memory, enabling performance monitoring and alarming.
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 Systems Manager
Why this is correct
Systems Manager can collect OS and application metrics.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs API calls, not performance metrics.
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AWS Trusted Advisor
Why it's wrong here
Trusted Advisor provides recommendations, not monitoring.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config tracks configuration changes.
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Amazon CloudWatch
Why this is correct
CloudWatch collects and monitors metrics.
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