SAP-C02 Question 364
Select 3A financial services company is running its critical applications on AWS and is experiencing intermittent performance issues during peak hours, leading to a degraded customer experience. The operations team wants to improve operational excellence by implementing a monitoring and alerting strategy to identify and resolve issues proactively. Additionally, they need to ensure that any future operational changes have minimal impact on the production environment. Which of the following strategies should they implement?
- A
Set up Amazon CloudWatch Alarms and Dashboards to monitor key performance metrics and trigger alerts for anomalies.
- B
Implement AWS Elastic Beanstalk for all applications to automatically scale during peak periods.
- C
Enable AWS CloudTrail logs and integrate them with Amazon S3 for auditing and governance purposes.
- D
Adopt AWS Systems Manager Change Manager to standardize and document operational changes with automated approvals.
- E
Configure AWS Trusted Advisor to provide ongoing recommendations for performance improvements and cost optimization.
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Correct answers: A, D, E
Explanation
To improve operational excellence, the company should implement strategies that enable proactive monitoring (CloudWatch Alarms and Dashboards), standardized operational changes (Systems Manager Change Manager), and continuous performance improvement (AWS Trusted Advisor). These solutions work together to ensure the operational environment is monitored, optimized, and changes are managed with minimal risk to production.
- A. Correct.
Setting up Amazon CloudWatch Alarms and Dashboards allows the team to proactively monitor performance metrics, detect anomalies, and receive alerts. This is a critical step for operational excellence.
- B. Incorrect.
While AWS Elastic Beanstalk can help with scaling applications, it is not directly relevant to monitoring, alerting, or managing operational changes in this scenario.
- C. Incorrect.
AWS CloudTrail is useful for auditing and tracking activity in the AWS environment, but it does not directly address the need for proactive monitoring or change management.
- D. Correct.
AWS Systems Manager Change Manager helps standardize and automate operational changes, reducing the risk of errors and ensuring minimal impact on the production environment. This aligns with operational excellence.
- E. Correct.
AWS Trusted Advisor provides valuable recommendations for performance, cost optimization, and security, helping to proactively improve operational efficiency.