AWS Certified SAP on AWS – Specialty (PAS-C01) — Question 102

An SAP database analyst installs AWS Backint Agent for SAP HANA (AWS Backint agent) by using AWS Systems Manager. The SAP database analyst runs an initial test to perform a database backup for a 512 GB SAP HANA database. The database runs on an SAP certified Amazon EC2 instance type with General Purpose SSD (gp2) Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes for all disk storage. The backup is running too slowly.

Which actions should the SAP database analyst take to improve the performance of AWS Backint agent? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Set the parallel_data_backup_backint_channels parameter to a number greater than 1.
• B. Select a Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volume as the backup target for AWS Backint agent.
• C. Delete unnecessary older backup files from backups that SAP Backint agent performed.
• D. Change the existing gp2-based SAP HANA data volumes to the Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) EBS volume type.
• E. Reinstall AWS Backint agent by using the AWS Backint installer rather than the Systems Manager document.

Correct answer: A, D

Explanation

Increasing the parallel_data_backup_backint_channels parameter allows the backup process to utilize more parallel channels, which can significantly speed up the backup. Changing the existing gp2-based SAP HANA data volumes to Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) will provide higher and more consistent IOPS, improving overall performance. The other options do not directly address the performance bottleneck related to the backup process.