AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 884

A SysOps Administrator is responsible for a large fleet of 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. Monitor AWS CloudTrail for StopInstances API calls related to upcoming maintenance.
• B. Review the Personal Health Dashboard for any scheduled maintenance.
• C. From the AWS Management Console, list any instances with failed system status checks.
• D. Deploy a third-party monitoring solution to provide real-time EC2 instance monitoring.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Checking the AWS Management Console for instances with failed system status checks is the most direct way to identify hardware issues or maintenance disruptions affecting physical hosts with zero configuration. While the AWS Health Dashboard displays scheduled events, filtering the EC2 console for system status check failures immediately highlights currently impacted instances. Implementing third-party tools or analyzing CloudTrail logs introduces unnecessary administrative complexity and overhead.