SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
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?
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AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN)
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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AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN)
Why this is correct
AWS MGN automates replication and conversion of VMs to EC2.
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AWS DataSync
Why it's wrong here
DataSync is for file-based data transfer, not VM migration.
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AWS Server Migration Service (AWS SMS)
Why it's wrong here
While SMS can migrate VMs, AWS MGN is the more modern and recommended service.
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AWS CloudEndure Migration
Why it's wrong here
CloudEndure Migration is now part of AWS MGN.
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