AWS Certified SAP on AWS – Specialty (PAS-C01) — Question 72

A company has deployed SAP workloads on AWS. The company's SAP applications use an IBM Db2 database and an SAP HANA database. An SAP solutions architect needs to create a solution to back up the company's databases.

Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

Answer options

• A. Use an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume to store backups for the databases. Run a periodic script to move the backups to Amazon S3 and to delete the backups from the EBS volume.
• B. Use AWS Backint Agent for SAP HANA to move the backups for the databases directly to Amazon S3.
• C. Use an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume to store backups for the Db2 database. Run periodic scripts to move the backups to Amazon S3 and to delete the backups from the EBS volume. For the SAP HANA database, use AWS Backint Agent for SAP HANA to move the backups directly to Amazon S3.
• D. Use Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) to store backups for the databases.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Option C is the most cost-effective solution as it combines the use of Amazon EBS for the Db2 database with the efficient AWS Backint Agent for direct backups of the SAP HANA database to Amazon S3. Option A is less optimal as it doesn't utilize AWS Backint Agent for HANA, while Option B only addresses HANA without considering Db2. Option D, using Amazon EFS, may incur higher costs without providing the same level of efficiency as the combined approach in option C.