You are deploying a two-node SAP HANA scale-up cluster using Pacemaker on Azure. The cluster must be able to survive a network partition between the nodes. You need to configure fencing to prevent a split-brain scenario. What should you use as the fencing mechanism?

A manual failover script triggered by an operator

STONITH Block Device (SBD) with iSCSI targets on Azure

Azure fence agent with a service principal

What is the primary function of a load balancer in an SAP high availability architecture?

To provide a single DNS name for SAP services

To distribute incoming traffic across multiple SAP instances

To replicate data between SAP databases

To monitor SAP system health and trigger failover

What is a key requirement for using STONITH Block Device (SBD) as a fencing mechanism in an SAP cluster?

A public IP address on each cluster node

An Azure service principal with permissions to power off VMs

A shared block device accessible by all cluster nodes

A load balancer in front of the cluster

You are configuring a highly available SAP NetWeaver ASCS cluster on Azure. The cluster uses Pacemaker and an Azure Load Balancer. You need to ensure that the load balancer sends traffic only to the node that is currently active. What should you configure on the load balancer?

A frontend IP that is assigned to the active node

A health probe that checks the ASCS port on each node

A backend pool that contains only the active node

A load-balancing rule with session persistence

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You are deploying a two-node SAP HANA scale-up cluster using Pacemaker on Azure. The cluster must be able to survive a network partition between the nodes. You need to configure fencing to prevent a split-brain scenario. What should you use as the fencing mechanism?
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When designing an SAP deployment on Azure to meet a specific service-level agreement (SLA), which Azure component's SLA is most directly tied to the availability of a single virtual machine?
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What is the primary function of a load balancer in an SAP high availability architecture?
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You are configuring a highly available SAP NetWeaver ASCS cluster on Azure. The cluster uses Pacemaker and an Azure Load Balancer. You need to ensure that the load balancer sends traffic only to the node that is currently active. What should you configure on the load balancer?
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