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SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
A company is migrating a monolithic Java application to AWS. The current architecture uses a single Oracle database. The migration plan is to refactor the application into microservices and use separate Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL databases per service. The company also wants to implement a CI/CD pipeline using AWS CodePipeline and AWS CodeBuild. Which tool should the company use to automate the database schema changes for each microservice?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse data migration tools (like AWS DMS) with schema migration tools, or assume that any scripting approach (like AWS CLI) is sufficient, overlooking the need for version control, repeatability, and integration with application deployment pipelines that Flyway provides.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Flyway, integrated into the CI/CD pipeline to run database migrations as part of the application deployment.
Flyway is a database migration tool that integrates directly into CI/CD pipelines, allowing schema changes to be version-controlled and applied automatically during application deployment. For a microservices architecture with separate PostgreSQL databases, Flyway can manage each service's schema independently, ensuring consistency and rollback capability. This aligns with the requirement to automate schema changes per microservice as part of the migration and modernization effort.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Flyway, integrated into the CI/CD pipeline to run database migrations as part of the application deployment.
Why this is correct
Flyway is a well-known database migration tool that can be integrated into CodePipeline for versioned schema changes.
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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) to continuously replicate schema changes from the source Oracle database.
Why it's wrong here
DMS is for data migration, not for managing schema versions in a new database.
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AWS CloudFormation with custom resource Lambda functions to run SQL scripts.
Why it's wrong here
CloudFormation is for infrastructure, not a standard database schema migration tool; custom resources add complexity.
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AWS CLI scripts executed in CodeBuild to run SQL commands against the target databases.
Why it's wrong here
Manual scripts are error-prone and not a best-practice for automated schema versioning.
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Last reviewed: Jun 11, 2026
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