17 - Migrations

Question 1

AWS MGN (Application Migration Service)

Answer 1

• utilizes continuous, block-level replication and enables short cut over windows measured in minutes.
• does not support agent less replication

Question 2

AWS SMS (Server Migration Service)

Answer 2

• utilizes incremental, snapshot-based replication and enables-cutover windows measured in hours.
• does support agent less replication
• AWS SMS is a dedicated and agentless service, which makes it easier and faster for you to migrate thousands of on-premises workloads to AWS
• Currently, you can migrate virtual machines from VMware vSphere, Windows Hyper-V, or Microsoft Azure to AWS using AWS Server Migration Service
• You need to install one AWS Server Migration Service Connector for each VMware vCenter environment.

Question 3

AWS VM Import/Export tools

Answer 3

• Used to import virtual machine (VM) images from your local environment into AWS.
• You can then convert the VM images into ready-to-use EC2 instances.
• You can export the VM images back to your local environment.
• VM Import/Export is compatible with Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, or VMware vSphere virtualization environments.

Question 4

CloudEndure Migration

Answer 4

• Quickly migrates your supported versions of Windows- and Linux OS-based applications and databases to AWS.