AWS Certified SAP on AWS – Specialty (PAS-C01) — Question 121

A company is planning to migrate its SAP Content Server from on premises to Amazon EC2 instances. The SAP Content Server stores data in a MaxDB database. The on-premises servers run the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system.

The company wants to assess the benefits of cloud deployment by performing a proof of concept. An SAP solutions architect needs to perform a rehosting of the SAP Content Server on AWS to provide highly available and resilient storage.

Which solutions will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Configure Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file systems for the MaxDB permanent storage. Install the nfs-utils package on the EC2 instances. Create the necessary mounts to attach the EFS file systems to the EC2 instances.
• B. Configure Amazon FSx for Lustre file systems for the MaxDB permanent storage. Create the necessary mounts to attach the FSx for Lustre file systems to the EC2 instances. Update the /etc/fstab file with the directory name, DNS name, and mount name.
• C. Configure General Purpose SSD (gp2 or gp3) or Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1 or io2) Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes for the MaxDB permanent storage. Use the aws ec2 attach-volume AWS CLI command with device, volume ID, and instance ID to attach the mount to each EC2 instance.
• D. Configure Amazon S3 buckets for the MaxDB permanent storage. Create an IAM instance profile that specifies a role to grant access to Amazon S3. Attach the instance profile to the EC2 instances.
• E. Configure Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) volumes for the MaxDB permanent storage. Install the nfs-utils package on the EC2 instances. Create the necessary mounts to attach the ECS volumes to the EC2 instances.

Correct answer: A, C

Explanation

Options A and C are correct because they provide highly available and resilient storage solutions that are compatible with MaxDB on AWS. Option A utilizes Amazon EFS, which is designed for scalability and high availability, while option C employs Amazon EBS volumes that can also ensure durability and performance. Options B, D, and E do not meet the specific requirements for MaxDB permanent storage in this scenario.