AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 578

What should a SysOps Administrator do to ensure a company has visibility into maintenance events performed by AWS?

Answer options

• A. Run a script that queries AWS Systems Manager for upcoming maintenance events, and then push these events to an Amazon SNS topic to which the Operations team is subscribed.
• B. Query the AWS Health API for upcoming maintenance events and integrate the results with the company's existing operations dashboard.
• C. Integrate the AWS Service Health Dashboard's RSS feed into the company's existing operations dashboard.
• D. Use Amazon Inspector to send notifications of upcoming maintenance events to the Operations team distribution list.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Integrating the AWS Service Health Dashboard's RSS feed is a reliable, standard method to display AWS service status and maintenance events directly in an existing operations dashboard. AWS Systems Manager and Amazon Inspector are not designed to report on AWS-wide global maintenance events, making options A and D incorrect. Although the AWS Health API provides detailed, personalized resource health information, it requires a Business or Enterprise support plan, whereas the Service Health Dashboard RSS feed is universally accessible for general service visibility.