AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate — Question 408

A SysOps administrator is responsible for a large fleet of Amazon EC2 instances and must know whether any instances will be affected by upcoming hardware maintenance.
Which option would provide this information with the LEAST administrative overhead?

Answer options

• A. Deploy a third-party monitoring solution to provide real-time EC2 instance monitoring.
• B. List any instances with failed system status checks using the AWS Management Console.
• C. Monitor AWS CloudTrail for StopInstances API calls.
• D. Review the AWS Personal Health Dashboard.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The AWS Personal Health Dashboard automatically alerts users to scheduled infrastructure maintenance events affecting their specific Amazon EC2 resources, providing the required information with zero administrative overhead. Other options, such as deploying third-party monitoring or tracking CloudTrail logs, introduce unnecessary configuration effort and do not proactively report upcoming hardware maintenance. Checking failed system status checks only reveals active issues rather than future scheduled maintenance windows.