Free PAS-C01 Sample Questions — AWS Certified SAP on AWS - Specialty PAS-C01

A company has implemented its ERP system on SAP S/4HANAon AWS. The system is based on Enqueue Standalone Architecture (ENSA2) and is highly available. As part of an availability test, the company failed over its system to secondary nodes in the second Availability Zone. When the system failed over, the initial licenses were no longer valid. What could be the reason for this behavior?

• A. The company needs to apply SAP licenses after each failover
• B. The cluster configuration is not correct
• C. The company needs two separate sets of licenses for ASCS instances in each Availability Zone
• D. The company stopped and restarted the secondary node as part of the last maintenance

A company wants to implement a highly available SAP S/4HANA workload on AWS with automatic failover. The company also needs a cross-Region disaster recovery (DR) solution for the SAP S/4HANA production system. The company has a required RPO of up to 15 minutes and a required RTO of up to 120 minutes for the DR solution. Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

• A. Deploy two identically sized SAP S/4HANA systems, each in a different Availability Zone in the primary AWS Region. Set up synchronous SAP HANA system replication with preload between the systems. Set up a pilot light DR system with asynchronous SAP HANA system replication without preload to the secondary Region
• B. Deploy two identically sized SAP S/4HANA systems, each in a different Availability Zone in the primary AWS Region. Set up synchronous SAP HANA system replication with preload between the systems. Set up a full-size DR system with asynchronous SAP HANA system replication without preload to the secondary Region
• C. Deploy two SAP S/4HANA systems, each in a different Availability Zone in the primary AWS Region. Use a smaller size for the secondary system. Set up synchronous SAP HANA system replication without preload between the systems. Set up a pilot light DR system with asynchronous SAP HANA system replication to the secondary Region
• D. Deploy two identically sized SAP S/4HANA systems, each in a different Availability Zone in the primary AWS Region. Set up synchronous SAP HANA system replication with preload between the systems. For DR, set up S3 Cross-Region Replication (CRR) for SAP HANA backup files from the primary Region to the secondary Region

A company hosts an SAP HANA database on an Amazon EC2 instance in the us-east-1 Region. The company needs to implement a disaster recovery (DR) site in the us-west-1 Region. The company needs a cost-optimized solution that offers a guaranteed capacity reservation, an RPO of less than 30 minutes, and an RTO of less than 30 minutes. Which solution will meet these requirements?

• A. Deploy a single EC2 instance to support the secondary database in us-west-1 with additional storage. Use this secondary database instance to support QA and production. Configure the primary SAP HANA database in us-east-1 to constantly replicate the data to the secondary SAP HANA database in us-west-1 by using SAP HANA system replication with preload off. During DR, shut down the QA SAP HANA instance and restart the production services at the secondary site
• B. Deploy a secondary staging server on an EC2 instance in us-west-1. Use CloudEndure Disaster Recovery to replicate changes at the database level from us-east-1 to the secondary staging server on an ongoing basis. During DR, initiate cutover, increase the size of the secondary EC2 instance to match the primary EC2 instance, and start the secondary EC2 instance
• C. Set up the primary SAP HANA database in us-east-1 to constantly replicate the data to a secondary SAP HANA database in us-west-1 by using SAP HANA system replication with preload on. Keep the secondary SAP HANA instance as a hot standby that is ready to take over in case of failure
• D. Create an SAP HANA database AMI by using Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots. Replicate the database and log backup files from a primary Amazon S3 bucket in us-east-1 to a secondary S3 bucket in us-west-1. During DR, launch the EC2 instance in us-west-1 based on AMIs that are replicated. Update host information. Download database and log backups from the secondary S3 bucket. Perform a point-in-time recovery

A company has an SAP environment that runs on AWS. The company wants to enhance security by restricting Amazon EC2 Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) to IMDSv2 only. The company’s current configuration option supports both IMDSv1 and IMDSv2. The security enhancement must not create an SAP outage. What should the company do before it applies the security enhancement on EC2 instances that are running the SAP environment?

• A. Ensure that the SAP kernel versions are 7.45 or later
• B. Ensure that the EC2 instances are Nitro based
• C. Ensure that the AWS Data Provider for SAP is installed on each EC2 instance
• D. Stop the EC2 instances

An SAP solutions architect needs to design a highly available solution to support a 12 TB SAP HANA system on AWS. The solution will be deployed in a single AWS Region. Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

• A. Use an SAP certified high availability cluster solution and SAP HANA backup and restore
• B. Use an SAP certified high availability cluster solution and SAP HANA system replication with data preload
• C. Use an SAP certified high availability cluster solution and multi-tiered SAP HANA system replication
• D. Use an SAP certified high availability cluster solution and storage replication with AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

A company is migrating a 20 TB SAP S/4HANA system to AWS. The company wants continuous monitoring of the SAP S/4HANA system and wants to receive notification when CPU utilization is greater than 90%. An SAP solutions architect must implement a solution that provides this notification with the least possible effort. Which solution meets these requirements?

• A. Create an AWS Lambda function that checks CPU utilization and sends the notification
• B. Use AWS CloudTrail to check the CPU utilization metric. Set up an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic to send the notification
• C. Use Amazon CloudWatch to set a CPU utilization alarm. Set up an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic to send the notification
• D. Use the Amazon CloudWatch dashboard to monitor CPU utilization. Set up an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic to send the notification

An SAP engineer has deployed an SAP S/4HANA system on an Amazon EC2 instance that runs Linux. The SAP license key has been installed. After a while, the newly installed SAP instance presents an error that indicates that the SAP license key is not valid because the SAP system’s hardware key changed. There have been no changes to the EC2 instance or its configuration. Which solution will permanently resolve this issue?

• A. Perform SAP kernel patching
• B. Apply a new SAP license that uses a new hardware key. Install the new key
• C. Set the SLIC_HW_VERSION Linux environment variable
• D. Reboot the EC2 instance

A company is planning to migrate its on-premises SAP application to AWS. The application runs on VMware vSphere. The SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) server runs on an IBM Db2 database that is 2 TB in size. The company wants to migrate the database to SAP HANA. Which migration strategy will meet these requirements?

• A. Use AWS Application Migration Service (CloudEndure Migration)
• B. Use SAP Software Update Manager (SUM) Database Migration Option (DMO) with System Move
• C. Use AWS Server Migration Service (AWS SMS)
• D. Use AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)

A company is implementing SAP HANA on AWS. According to the company’s security policy, SAP backups must be encrypted. Only authorized team members can have the ability to decrypt the SAP backups. What is the MOST operationally efficient solution that meets these requirements?

• A. Configure AWS Backint Agent for SAP HANA to create SAP backups in an Amazon S3 bucket. After a backup is created, encrypt the backup by using client-side encryption. Share the encryption key with authorized team members only
• B. Configure AWS Backint Agent for SAP HANA to use AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) for SAP backups. Create a key policy to grant decryption permission to authorized team members only
• C. Configure AWS Storage Gateway to transfer SAP backups from a file system to an Amazon S3 bucket. Use an S3 bucket policy to grant decryption permission to authorized team members only
• D. Configure AWS Backint Agent for SAP HANA to use AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) for SAP backups. Grant object ACL decryption permission to authorized team members only

A company is planning to move its on-premises SAP HANA database to AWS. The company needs to migrate this environment to AWS as quickly as possible. An SAP solutions architect will use AWS Launch Wizard for SAP to deploy this SAP HANA workload. Which combination of steps should the SAP solutions architect follow to start the deployment of this workload on AWS? (Choose three.)

• A. Download the SAP HANA software
• B. Download the AWS CloudFormation template for the SAP HANA deployment
• C. Download and extract the SAP HANA software. Upload the SAP HANA software to an FTP server that Launch Wizard can access
• D. Upload the unextracted SAP HANA software to an Amazon S3 destination bucket. Follow the S3 file path syntax for the software in accordance with Launch Wizard recommendations
• E. Bring the operating system AMI by using the Bring Your Own Image (BYOI) model, or purchase the subscription for the operating system AMI from AWS Marketplace
• F. Create the SAP file system by using Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) before the deployment

A company needs to migrate its SAP HANA landscape from an on-premises data center to AWS. The company's existing SAP HANA database instance is oversized. The company must resize the database instance as part of the migration. Which combination of steps should the company take to ensure that the target Amazon EC2 instance is sized optimally for the SAP HANA database instance? (Choose two.)

• A. Determine the peak memory utilization of the existing on-premises SAP HANA system
• B. Determine the average memory utilization of the existing on-premises SAP HANA system
• C. For the target system, select any SAP certified EC2 instance that provides more memory than the current average memory utilization
• D. For the target system, select the smallest SAP certified EC2 instance that provides more memory than the current peak memory utilization
• E. For the target system, select any current-generation EC2 memory optimized instance

A company migrated its SAP environment to AWS 6 months ago. The landscape consists of a few thousand Amazon EC2 instances for production, development, quality, and sandbox environments. The company wants to minimize the operational cost of the landscape without affecting system performance and availability. Which solutions will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

• A. Scale down the EC2 instance size for non-production environments
• B. Create an AWS Systems Manager document to automatically stop and start the SAP systems. Use Amazon CloudWatch to automate the scheduling of this task
• C. Review the billing data for the EC2 instances. Analyze the workload, and choose an EC2 Instance Savings Plan
• D. Create an AWS Systems Manager document to automatically stop and start the SAP systems and EC2 instances for non-production environments outside business hours. Use Amazon EventBridge to automate the scheduling of this task
• E. Create an AWS Systems Manager document to automatically stop and start the SAP systems and EC2 instances. Maintain the schedule in the Systems Manager document to automate this task

A company wants to implement SAP HANA on AWS with the Multi-AZ deployment option by using AWS Launch Wizard for SAP. The solution will use SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension for the high availability deployment. An SAP solutions architect must ensure that all the prerequisites are met. The SAP solutions architect also must ensure that the user inputs to start the guided deployment of Launch Wizard are valid. Which combination of steps should the SAP solutions architect take to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

• A. Before starting the Launch Wizard deployment, create the underlying Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume types to use for SAP HANA data and log volumes based on the performance requirements
• B. Use a value for the PaceMakerTag parameter that is not used by any other Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Region where the system is being deployed
• C. Ensure that the virtual hostname for the SAP HANA database that is used for the SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension configuration is not used in any other deployed accounts
• D. Ensure that the VirtuallPAddress parameter is outside the VPC CIDR and is not being used in the route table that is associated with the subnets where primary and secondary SAP HANA instances will be deployed
• E. Before starting the Launch Wizard deployment, set up the SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension network configuration and security group

A company has a 48 TB SAP application that runs on premises and uses an IBM Db2 database. The company needs to migrate the application to AWS. The company has strict uptime requirements for the application with maximum downtime of 24 hours each weekend. The company has established a 1 Gbps AWS Direct Connect connection but can spare bandwidth for migration only during non-business hours or weekends. How can the company meet these requirements to migrate the application to AWS?

• A. Use SAP Software Provisioning Manager to create an export of the data. Move this export to AWS during a weekend by using the Direct Connect connection. On AWS. import the data into the target SAP application. Perform the cutover
• B. Set up database replication from on premises to AWS. On the day of downtime, ensure that the replication finishes. Perform cutover to AWS
• C. Use an AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized device to send an initial backup to AWS. Capture incremental backups daily. When the initial backup is on AWS, perform database restore from the initial backup and keep applying incremental backups. On the day of cutover, perform the final incremental backup. Perform cutover to AWS
• D. Use AWS Application Migration Service (CloudEndure Migration) to migrate the database to AWS. On the day of cutover, switch the application to run on AWS servers

A company is planning to migrate its SAP S/4HANAand SAP BW/4HANA workloads to AWS. The company is currently using a third-party solution to back up its SAP HANA database and application. The company wants to retire the third-party backup solution after the migration to AWS. The company needs a backup solution on AWS to manage its SAP HANA database and application backups. The solution must provide secure storage of backups and must optimize cost. Which solution will meet these requirements?

• A. Use SAP HANA Studio, SAP HANA HDBSQL, and SAP HANA Cockpit to perform backups to local Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes. Enable EBS volume encryption. Use AWS Backup to perform application backups with AMIs or snapshots to Amazon S3. Enable S3 encryption
• B. Use SAP HANA Cockpit to implement a backup policy and perform SAP HANA database backups to Amazon S3 with AWS Backint Agent for SAP HANA. Enable S3 encryption. Use AWS Backup with backup plans to perform application backups with AMIs or snapshots. Enable S3 encryption
• C. Use AWS Backup with backup plans to perform SAP HANA database backups to Amazon S3 with AWS Backint Agent for SAP HANA. Enable S3 encryption. Use AWS Backup with backup plans to perform application backups with AMIs or snapshots. Enable S3 encryption
• D. Use SAP HANA Studio, SAP HANA HDBSQL, and SAP HANA Cockpit to perform backups to local Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes. Copy the backups to Amazon S3. Use AWS Backup to schedule application backups with AMIs or snapshots to Amazon S3

A company wants to run SAP HANA on AWS in the eu-central-1 Region. The company must make the SAP HANA system highly available by using SAP HANA system replication. In addition, the company must create a disaster recovery (DR) solution that uses SAP HANA system replication in the eu-west-1 Region. As prerequisites, the company has confirmed that Inter-AZ latency is less than 1 ms and that Inter-Region latency is greater than 1 ms. Which solutions will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

• A. Install the tier 1 primary system and the tier 2 secondary system in eu-central-1. Configure the tier 1 system in Availability Zone 1. Configure the tier 2 system in Availability Zone 2. Configure SAP HANA system replication between tier 1 and tier 2 by using ASYNC replication mode. Install the DR tier 3 secondary system in eu-west-1 by using SYNC replication mode
• B. Install the tier 1 primary system and the tier 2 secondary system in eu-central-1. Configure the tier 1 system in Availability Zone 1. Configure the tier 2 system in Availability Zone 2. Configure SAP HANA system replication between tier 1 and tier 2 by using SYNC replication mode. Install the DR tier 3 secondary system in eu-west-1 by using ASYNC replication mode
• C. Install the tier 1 primary system and the tier 2 secondary system in eu-central-1. Configure the tier 1 system in Availability Zone 1. Configure the tier 2 system in Availability Zone 2. Configure SAP HANA system replication between tier 1 and tier 2 by using SYNC replication mode. Install the DR tier 3 secondary system in eu-west-1. Store daily backups from tier 1 in an Amazon S3 bucket in eu-central-1. Use S3 Cross-Region Replication to copy the daily backups to eu-west-1, where they can be restored if needed
• D. Install the tier 1 primary system in eu-central-1. Install the tier 2 secondary system and the DR tier 3 secondary system in eu-west-1. Configure the tier 2 system in Availability Zone 1. Configure the tier 3 system in Availability Zone 2. Configure SAP HANA system replication between all tiers by using ASYNC replication mode
• E. Install the tier 1 primary system and the tier 2 secondary system in eu-central-1. Configure the tier 1 system in Availability Zone 1. Configure the tier 2 system in Availability Zone 2. Configure SAP HANA system replication between tier 1 and tier 2 by using SYNCMEM replication mode. Install the DR tier 3 secondary system in eu-west-1 by using ASYNC replication mode

A company runs core business processes on SAP. The company plans to migrate its SAP workloads to AWS. Which combination of prerequisite steps must the company take to receive integrated support for SAP on AWS? (Choose three.)

• A. Purchase an AWS Developer Support plan or an AWS Enterprise Support plan
• B. Purchase an AWS Business Support plan or an AWS Enterprise Support plan
• C. Enable Amazon CloudWatch detailed monitoring
• D. Enable Amazon EC2 termination protection
• E. Configure and run the AWS Data Provider for SAP agent
• F. Use Reserved Instances for all Amazon EC2 instances that run SAP

An SAP solutions architect is using AWS Systems Manager Distributor to install the AWS Data Provider for SAP on production SAP application servers and SAP HANA database servers. The SAP application servers and the SAP HANA database servers are running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The SAP solutions architect chooses instances manually in Systems Manager Distributor and schedules installation. The installation fails with an access and authorization error related to Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon EC2 instances. There is no error related to AWS connectivity. What should the SAP solutions architect do to resolve the error?

• A. Install the CloudWatch agent on the servers before installing the AWS Data Provider for SAP
• B. Download the AWS Data Provider for SAP installation package from AWS Marketplace. Use an operating system super user to install the agent manually or through a script
• C. Create an IAM role. Attach the appropriate policy to the role. Attach the role to the appropriate EC2 instances
• D. Wait until Systems Manager Agent is fully installed and ready to use on the EC2 instances. Use Systems Manager Patch Manager to perform the installation

A company is using a multi-account strategy for SAP HANA and SAP BW/4HANA instances across development, QA, and production systems in the same AWS Region. Each system is hosted in its own VPC. The company needs to establish cross-VPC communication between the SAP systems. The company might add more SAP systems in the future. The company must create connectivity across the SAP systems and hundreds of AWS accounts. The solution must maximize scalability and reliability. Which solution will meet these requirements?

• A. Create an AWS Transit Gateway in a central networking account. Attach the transit gateway to the AWS accounts. Set up routing and a network ACL to establish communication
• B. Set up VPC peering between the accounts. Configure routing in each VPC to use the VPC peering links
• C. Create a transit VPC that uses the hub-and-spoke model. Set up routing to use the transit VPC for communication between the SAP systems
• D. Create a VPC link for each SAP system. Use the VPC links to connect the SAP systems

An SAP consultant is planning a migration of an on-premises SAP landscape to AWS. The landscape includes databases from Oracle, IBM Db2, and Microsoft SQL Server. The system copy procedure accesses the copied data on the destination system to complete the copy. Which password must the SAP consultant obtain from the source system before the SAP consultant initiates the export or backup?

• A. The password of the adm operating system user
• B. The password of the SAP* user in client 000
• C. The password of the administrator user of the database
• D. The password of the DDIC user in client 000