Migrations

Question 1

Which of the following platforms are supported by AWS Server Migration Service Connector?

• VMware vSphere
• Xen
• Microsoft Hyper-V/SCVMM
• Microsoft Azure

Answer 1

• VMware vSphere
• Microsoft Hyper-V/SCVMM
• Microsoft Azure

Question 2

From the list below, what are NOT valid targets for AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) when migrating to an on-prem or EC2 instance database?

• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server
• SQLite
• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
• MySQL
• IBM DB2
• MariaDB
• Couchbase
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• Firebase
• Redis
• Cassandra
• Amazon Aurora
• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon S3
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon OpenSearch Service
• Amazon ElastiCache for Redis
• Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
• Amazon DocumentDB
• Amazon Neptune
• Apache Kafka

Answer 2

• SQLite
• MongoDB
• IBM DB2
• Couchbase
• Firebase
• Cassandra
• Amazon Aurora
• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon S3
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon OpenSearch Service
• Amazon ElastiCache for Redis
• Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
• Amazon DocumentDB
• Amazon Neptune
• Apache Kafka

Question 3

From the list below, what are valid targets for AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)?

• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server
• SQLite
• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
• MySQL
• IBM DB2
• MariaDB
• Couchbase
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• Firebase
• Redis
• Cassandra
• Amazon Aurora
• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon S3
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon OpenSearch Service
• Amazon ElastiCache for Redis
• Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
• Amazon DocumentDB
• Amazon Neptune
• Apache Kafka

Answer 3

• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server
• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
• MySQL
• MariaDB
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Amazon Aurora
• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon S3
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon OpenSearch Service
• Amazon ElastiCache for Redis
• Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
• Amazon DocumentDB
• Amazon Neptune
• Apache Kafka

Question 4

From the list below, what are NOT valid sources for AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)?

• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server
• SQLite
• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
• MySQL
• IBM DB2
• MariaDB
• Couchbase
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• Firebase
• Redis
• Cassandra
• Microsoft Azure
• Amazon Aurora
• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon S3
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon OpenSearch Service
• Amazon ElastiCache for Redis
• Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
• Amazon DocumentDB
• Amazon Neptune
• Apache Kafka

Answer 4

• SQLite
• Couchbase
• Firebase
• Redis
• Cassandra
• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon OpenSearch Service
• Amazon ElastiCache for Redis
• Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
• Amazon Neptune
• Apache Kafka

Question 5

What’s VM Import/Export used for?

Answer 5

VMWare-specific tool that allows importing virtual machine images from on-prem to Amazon EC2 instances, and exporting them back to on-prem.

Note: Images have to be uploaded to S3 before being able to import them to EC2.

Question 6

What’s the difference between AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) and Server Migration Service (SMS)?

Answer 6

AWS MGN is the more recent, recommended product for server migrations. The three key differences of both are:

Replication mode: MGN utilizes continuous, block-level replication while SMS is incremental, snapshot-based.

Cutover time: MGN enables cutover windows measured in minutes, SMS in hours.

Agent: MGN requires an agent to run on the source servers while SMS is agentless.

Question 7

What’s AWS Application Discovery Service used for?

Answer 7

It collects and presents configuration, usage, and behavior data from servers, for example to prepare a migration (incl. TCO estimation).

Question 8

What kind of servers can you migrate with AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) and AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)? Physical, virtual, or both?

Answer 8

MGN: both
SMS: virtual only