PAS-C01 · Question #111
A company wants to migrate its SAP workloads to AWS from another cloud provider. The company's landscape consists of SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Solution Manager, and SAP Web Dispatcher. SAP Soluti
The correct answer is D. Use SAP HANA system replication to replicate the data between the source system and the target. SAP HANA System Replication (HSR) is the correct choice because it enables near-zero downtime migration. It continuously replicates data from the source system to a pre-built target system on AWS (even across different OS versions like SUSE to RHEL), so the actual cutover window
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A company wants to migrate its SAP workloads to AWS from another cloud provider. The company's landscape consists of SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Solution Manager, and SAP Web Dispatcher. SAP Solution Manager is running on SAP HANA. The company wants to change the operating system from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a part of this migration. The company needs a solution that results in the least possible downtime for the SAP S/4HANA and SAP BW/4HANA systems. Which migration solution will meet these requirements?
Options
- AUse SAP Software Provisioning Manager to perform a system export/import for SAP S/4HANA,
- BUse backup and restore for SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW/4HANA, and SAP Solution Manager.
- CUse backup and restore for SAP S/4HANA and SAP BW/4HANA. Use SAP Software Provisioning
- DUse SAP HANA system replication to replicate the data between the source system and the target
How the community answered
(33 responses)- A18% (6)
- B9% (3)
- C6% (2)
- D67% (22)
Explanation
SAP HANA System Replication (HSR) is the correct choice because it enables near-zero downtime migration. It continuously replicates data from the source system to a pre-built target system on AWS (even across different OS versions like SUSE to RHEL), so the actual cutover window is minimal - just the time needed for a final sync and switchover. Option A (export/import via SWPM) requires the entire system to be offline during the migration, causing extended downtime. Option B (backup/restore) also requires full downtime. Option C mixes approaches but still uses backup/restore for the most critical systems, which introduces more downtime than HSR. Since the requirement specifically asks for least possible downtime for S/4HANA and BW/4HANA, HSR is the industry-standard answer.
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