SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
A company is migrating a large number of on-premises virtual machines to AWS. The company wants to automate the migration process and reduce manual effort. Which TWO AWS services can be used together to achieve this goal? (Choose TWO.)
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AWS CloudFormation
AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) and AWS CloudFormation are correct. MGN automates the migration of virtual machines from on-premises to AWS. CloudFormation automates the provisioning of AWS infrastructure using infrastructure as code. AWS DMS is for database migrations, not server migration. AWS DataSync is for file transfers. AWS SCT is for schema conversion.
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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
Why it's wrong here
DMS is for database migration.
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AWS CloudFormation
Why this is correct
CloudFormation automates infrastructure deployment.
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AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)
Why this is correct
MGN automates server migration.
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AWS DataSync
Why it's wrong here
DataSync is for file data transfer.
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AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)
Why it's wrong here
SCT is for schema conversion.
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Variation 1. A company is migrating its on-premises virtual machines (VMs) to AWS. The company has 50 VMs running various operating systems and applications. The architect wants to use a service that automates the replication and conversion of the VMs to Amazon EC2 instances. Which AWS service should the architect use?
easy- ✓ A.AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN)
- B.AWS DataSync
- C.AWS Server Migration Service (AWS SMS)
- D.AWS CloudEndure Migration
Why A: AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) automatically replicates and converts VMs to EC2. AWS Server Migration Service (SMS) is an older service, but MGN is the recommended service for automated migration. AWS CloudEndure Migration has been rebranded as AWS Application Migration Service. AWS DataSync is for file transfers.
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