SAP C_DBADM_2601 real exam prep : SAP Certified - Database Administrator - SAP HANA

A retail planning team is preparing to shift one reporting workload from an on-premises SAP HANA database to SAP HANA Cloud, while keeping transactional processing on-premises for the current phase. The technical migration path is considered feasible, but the administration team is concerned that daily operational checks, backup assumptions, and monitoring responsibilities may be split incorrectly across the two environments if the transition is rushed.
Management wants a first step that supports phased modernization without forcing an immediate redesign of the full landscape. The decision must reduce transition risk and preserve clear operational ownership across the mixed environment.
Which approach is best for this phase?

• A. Move the reporting workload in phases and define environment-specific operational checks and responsibilities before productive use in the target landscape.
• B. Move the reporting workload now, but continue using the same undifferentiated operational runbook for both environments until stabilization is complete.
• C. Keep all workloads on-premises and focus only on increasing monitoring frequency to reduce modernization risk.
• D. Delay the reporting move until both transactional and reporting workloads can be migrated together in one cutover.

A transportation company maintains an on-premises SAP HANA database for dispatch operations while newer planning data is being moved into SAP HANA Cloud. During a recovery readiness review, the administrator confirms that full backups are being created on schedule. However, a validation exercise shows that the expected recovery point for recent operational updates cannot be reached during simulation.
The backup catalog is present, and database availability remains normal. One team member proposes creating an additional full backup immediately to strengthen protection. The service manager instead wants the next action to close the recovery exposure for current operations, not only improve future coverage.
What is the best next action?

• A. Verify whether the available backup chain supports the required recovery point and correct the missing continuity before changing the backup schedule.
• B. Restart the backup-related services so that the recovery simulation recalculates against the latest available catalog entries.
• C. Delay further action because normal database availability proves the current protection model is operationally sufficient.
• D. Create a new full backup immediately because a fresh backup is the fastest way to improve recovery assurance.

A specialty chemicals company is moving selected database workloads from on-premises SAP HANA to SAP HANA Cloud over several phases. The first transition wave met the technical migration target, but the administration team now finds that daily operating procedures still assume a single-environment model. Monitoring ownership, backup responsibility, and operational validation steps are not clearly separated between source and target environments.
Management wants the next phase to continue on schedule, but it also wants to avoid a repeated pattern where technically completed migration waves create avoidable support confusion after handover. A full operating model redesign is out of scope for the current phase.
What is the best next step?

• A. Return the migrated workload to the on-premises environment because mixed operations create too much transitional complexity.
• B. Pause all migration activity until the team can redesign the entire administration model for both environments from the ground up.
• C. Continue the next migration phase unchanged and resolve any operating-model confusion after all planned waves are complete.
• D. Add a phase-specific operational readiness checkpoint that separates monitoring, backup, and validation ownership for the target environment before each wave closes.

A regional education services provider is rehearsing a move from SAP HANA on-premises to SAP HANA Cloud. The rehearsal export completes, and the target database is reachable. During validation, the administrator finds that the migration checklist confirms data transfer but does not include a verified rollback reference for the source system if post-migration administration checks fail. The project manager wants to proceed because the transfer finished within the allowed window.
The constraint is that the administrator must support phased modernization without approving a migration wave that lacks recoverability evidence. The production decision must include both successful transfer and a validated fallback position.
Which recommendation is most appropriate?

• A. Proceed with approval because the rehearsal export completed and the SAP HANA Cloud target is reachable.
• B. Add rollback-reference validation to the rehearsal evidence, then repeat the decision only after transfer, target checks, and fallback readiness are confirmed.
• C. Repeat the export with a smaller dataset so the transfer can finish faster during the production window.
• D. Approve the migration and create the rollback reference only if post-migration checks fail after cutover.

CHALLENGE 4 - Regional Release Recovery Assurance
The remediation lead can release the regional template on schedule using backup completion evidence, or delay briefly to include recovery validation for the remediation database and recoverability evidence for the upgraded system. Which path is most defensible?

• A. Release on schedule because meeting the template date is the strongest governance outcome.
• B. Delay briefly to complete recoverability evidence for systems supporting the regional release.
• C. Release on schedule and attach recovery validation to the future SAP HANA Cloud migration plan.
• D. Cancel the regional release because recovery validation was not completed before testing began.