AWS Certified SAP on AWS – Specialty (PAS-C01) — Question 112

A company wants to deploy its SAP S/4HANA workload on AWS. The company will need to deploy additional SAP S/4HANA systems during the next year to meet the demands of planned projects. The company wants to adopt a DevOps model for deployment of additional SAP S/4HANA systems. The company’s project team needs to be able to provision new SAP S/4HANA systems with minimum user inputs.

An SAP solutions architect must design a solution that can automate most of the implementation tasks. The solution must allow project team members to implement additional SAP S/4HANA systems with minimum required authorizations.

Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?

Answer options

• A. Deploy an SAP S/4HANA system by using AWS Launch Wizard for SAP. Create an AWS Service Catalog product. Authorize the project team to use the AWS Service Catalog product for future deployments of additional SAP S/4HANA systems.
• B. Provision an Amazon EC2 instance by using an AWS CloudFormation template. Use SAP Software Provisioning Manager to install an SAP S/4HANA system on the EC2 instance to create a base image. Create an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshot of the SAP S/4HANA system. Create an AWS Service Catalog product for the EC2 instance launch and the EBS snapshot restore. Authorize the project team to use AWS Service Catalog to launch additional EC2 Instances and restore EBS snapshots to new SAP S/4HANA instances.
• C. Create a base SAP S/4HANA system on an Amazon EC2 instance by using SAP Software Provisioning Manager. Create a custom AMI from the installed SAP S/4HANA base system. Use the custom AMI for future deployments of additional SAP S/4HANA systems.
• D. Provision an Amazon EC2 instance by using an AWS CloudFormation template. Use SAP Software Provisioning Manager to install an SAP S/4HANA system on the EC2 instance to create a base image. Create a custom AMI from the SAP S/4HANA system. Create an AWS Service Catalog product for the C2 instance launch and the custom AMI restore. Authorize the project team to use AWS Service Catalog to launch additional SAP S/4HANA instances.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Option A is the best choice because it utilizes AWS Launch Wizard for SAP, which simplifies the deployment process and integrates with AWS Service Catalog to minimize user input and authorizations. The other options, while valid, involve additional steps and operational overhead, such as creating base images or custom AMIs, which are not necessary for a streamlined deployment process.