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SOA-C02 · Question #286

A SysOps administrator is using AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager to patch a fleet of Amazon EC2 instances. The SysOps administrator has configured a patch baseline and a maintenance window. The SysOp

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Submitted by hans_de· Mar 30, 2026Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation

Question

A SysOps administrator is using AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager to patch a fleet of Amazon EC2 instances. The SysOps administrator has configured a patch baseline and a maintenance window. The SysOps administrator also has used an instance tag to identify which instances to patch. The SysOps administrator must give Systems Manager the ability to access the EC2 instances. Which additional action must the SysOps administrator perform to meet this requirement?

Options

  • AAdd an inbound rule to the instances' security group.
  • BAttach an IAM instance profile with access to Systems Manager to the instances.
  • CCreate a Systems Manager activation Then activate the fleet of instances.
  • DManually specify the instances to patch Instead of using tag-based selection.

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#Systems Manager Patch Manager#IAM instance profile#SSM agent#EC2 access
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