PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
Which TWO AWS services can be used to monitor the performance of SAP applications? (Select two.)
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse AWS CloudTrail (audit logging) with CloudWatch (monitoring), or assume AWS Config can monitor performance because it tracks resource state changes, but neither provides the real-time metric collection needed for SAP performance analysis.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch is correct because it provides comprehensive monitoring for SAP applications by collecting metrics such as CPU utilization, memory usage, disk I/O, and network throughput from EC2 instances running SAP. You can set custom CloudWatch alarms to trigger actions when SAP-specific performance thresholds are breached, and integrate with SAP's CCMS (Computing Center Management System) via the AWS SAP Monitoring agent to pull SAP application-level metrics like dialog response times and buffer hit ratios.
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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Amazon CloudWatch
Why this is correct
CloudWatch collects metrics and logs from SAP infrastructure.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config monitors resource configurations.
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AWS Shield
Why it's wrong here
Shield provides DDoS protection.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail records API calls, not performance.
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AWS X-Ray
Why this is correct
X-Ray helps trace and analyze application performance.
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