AWS Classroom Series – 03/Jul/2021

AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

• AWS DMS is a cloud service that makes it easy to migrate relational databases, data warehouses, NoSQL databases.

• AWS DMS can migrate the data into AWS Cloud or between any combinations of cloud and on-premises setups.

• We can use DMS to perform one-time migration or replicate the on-going changes to keep the source and target in sync

• If we want to migrate to a different database engine, we can use AWS Schema Conversion Tool to translate the database schema to the new platform

• How AWS DMS works

• Replication task consists of three major phases

  • The full load of existing data
  • The application of cached changes
  • The on-going replication

• AWS DMS Service

  • Prerequisites:
    • AWS Account
    • IAM User: Create an IAM user with necessary permissions to perform the migration
    • Virtual Network in AWS (VPC)
      • Subnet
      • Security Group
    • RDS Instance (Target)
    • mysql with employees data loaded

AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)

• AWS SMS automates the migration of on-premises VMWare vSphere, Microsoft-HyperV/SCVMM and Azure Virtual Machines to AWS.

AWS VM Import/Export

• VM Import/Export enables us to import virtual machines from existing environments into ec2 instances and export the AWS ec2 into your on-premises environment.

• We can import the Windows and Linux VMS from

  • VMWare ESX or WorkStation
  • Hyper-V
  • Citrix Xen virtualization format.

• We can export ec2 instances to

  • VMWare ESX or WorkStation
  • Hyper-V
  • Citrix Xen virtualization format.

• Other Migration Options

  • Cloud Endure Migration
  • AWS Application Migration services
  • Third party migrations Refer Here
  • Amazon Partner Network Refer Here

For Lab Setup

• Azure Free Trail Account: Refer Here

• Creating a VM Refer Here

• Necessary software installation Refer Here