AWS Certified SAP on AWS – Specialty (PAS-C01) — Question 36

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?

Answer options

• 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.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, as setting the SLIC_HW_VERSION environment variable addresses the issue of the hardware key mismatch without requiring additional licenses. Option A is incorrect because kernel patching does not affect the hardware key. Option B is not a permanent fix, as it requires constant updates whenever the hardware key changes. Option D does not resolve the underlying issue of the hardware key discrepancy.