Which set of actions should a solutions architect take to meet these requirements?

Explanations:

AWS Systems Manager provides a unified interface to manage and automate patching for both on-premises servers and EC2 instances. It allows for centralized patch management, and generates compliance reports that summarize the patch status across all managed instances, meeting the requirement for a single report.

AWS OpsWorks is a configuration management service that can automate application deployment but is not specifically designed for comprehensive patch management across diverse environments. While it can manage patches, it lacks direct integration for generating unified patch compliance reports as required.

Amazon EventBridge can trigger events and workflows, but it is not primarily designed for managing patch compliance reporting. Amazon Inspector is used for security assessments rather than patch compliance reporting. Therefore, this option does not directly address the need for a consolidated report of patch status across all servers and instances.

AWS OpsWorks can manage patches, but AWS X-Ray is intended for tracing and monitoring application performance rather than patch status reporting. Using OpsCenter for compliance reporting is not a typical use case, and this option does not adequately fulfill the requirement for a single patch status report.