Mastering the Path to SAP on AWS Specialty Certification

Overview

This blog will present important information related to the PAS-C01 certification exam. Eligibility criteria for the exam, key benefits, exam pattern highlights, study material, and references, percentage of questions from each module are posted in the subsequent sections to support your learning growth.

Introduction

Many of my customers running SAP on AWS struggle with challenges such as technology stacks, costs, planning, and assessment. The AWS Certified: SAP on AWS – Specialty certification validates the grasp of both SAP and AWS, which are essential for architecting, migrating, and managing SAP workloads.

Prerequisites

The candidate should possess the knowledge, skills, experience, and competence to design, implement, migrate, and operate SAP workloads on AWS. Likely to have 5 or more years of SAP experience and 1 or more years of experience working with SAP on AWS.

Recommended AWS Knowledge areas-

• High Availability/Disaster Recovery
• Core AWS Infrastructure services
• AWS migration tools
• AWS Global Infrastructure
• Security Best Practices
• Multi-account scenarios and multi-Region scenarios
• Operations and management services and tools
• AWS transfer services

Recommended SAP Knowledge:

• SAP Basis and SAP NetWeaver administration
• SAP supported databases (including SAP HANA)
• SAP supported operating systems (Linux and Windows)
• SAP migration and installation tools
• Sizing and Identity Management

Exam Pattern

There are two types of questions on the exam:

• Multiple choice: Has one correct response and three incorrect responses (distractors)
• Multiple responses: Has two or more correct responses out of five or more response option

The passing Score is 750 out of 1000.

Percentage of Questions from all modules

• Domain 1: Design of SAP workloads on AWS

In this module, you can expect questions based on designing secure, cost-optimized, and highly resilient architecture patterns of SAP workloads on AWS and connectivity options. Important topics include AWS global infrastructure, VPC patterns for SAP workloads, connectivity strategies (AWS direct connect, Site to Site VPN, AppStream, etc.)

• Domain 2: Implementation of SAP workloads on AWS

In this module, you can expect questions based on deploying databases and SAP applications for SAP workloads on AWS. Also, how to create a highly available and resilient architecture for SAP workloads. Knowledge of skills like SAP certified highly available solutions for AWS, AWS networking concepts, AWS Launch wizard for SAP, etc.

• Domain 3: Migration of SAP workloads to AWS

In this module, you can expect questions based on different migration approaches. Important topics include services like backup & restore, database replication, AWS Database Migration Service, AWS application migration service, SUM-DMO, HANA system replication, Launch Wizard, Cloud formation, and systems manager.

• Domain 4: Operation & maintenance of SAP workloads on AWS

In this module, you can expect questions based on monitoring, maintenance, data protection, and optimization of the SAP environment on AWS. Important services related to this domain include AWS CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, AWS SNS service, Amazon GuardDuty, S3 Lifecycle policies, Systems Manager, Cost Explorer, and AWS Budgets.

Study Materials and references

• AWS has provided key guides specific to SAP on AWS.
• AWS Skill Builder has curated a course specific to SAP workloads on AWS.

Other Important links include:

• Quickstarts
• SAP Launch Wizard
• SAP HANA backint and troubleshooting section
• AWS SAP Data provider, security group, troubleshooting section
• SAP HANA Dynamic tiering
• Overlay IP
• HA cluster configuration
• Change and Transport management
• Migration approaches

Important blogs from AWS:

1. VPC patterns –

• VPC Subnet Zoning Patterns for SAP on AWS, Part 1: Internal-Only Access
• VPC Subnet Zoning Patterns for SAP on AWS, Part 2: Network Zoning
• VPC Subnet Zoning Patterns for SAP on AWS, Part 3: Internal and External Access

2. Cross endian migration for Oracle – XTSS

3. Usage of CloudFront for caching

4. AWS Config – usage of standard and custom rules

• Audit your SAP systems with AWS Config – Part I
• Audit your SAP systems with AWS Config – Part II

5. Cost optimized DR setup for HANA

Conclusion

Understanding all relevant AWS and SAP services is critical for cracking the SAP on AWS specialty. The questions will test your knowledge of AWS services best suitable for hosting SAP workloads. For further understanding and guidance related to certification topics, you can contact CloudThat!

Happy Learning!

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