SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
A company wants to assess its on-premises environment for migration to AWS. The company needs to collect utilization data for servers and applications. Which AWS service should the company use?
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Why each option matters
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AWS Application Discovery Service
AWS Application Discovery Service collects server and application utilization data from on-premises environments to support migration planning. Option A is wrong because AWS Migration Hub tracks migrations but does not perform discovery. Option B is wrong because AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) is for migrating databases, not for collecting utilization data. Option D is wrong because AWS Server Migration Service (SMS) is deprecated and was used for migrating individual servers, not for discovery.
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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AWS Migration Hub
Why it's wrong here
AWS Migration Hub aggregates migration status and tracking across tools; it does not itself collect server utilisation or application dependency data. It tempts as the obvious migration-named service, and would be correct for centralised progress tracking, whereas Migration Evaluator or Application Discovery Service gather the utilisation data.
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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
Why it's wrong here
DMS replicates data between databases; it does not inventory servers or gather utilisation metrics. It is tempting because it supports migration assessment, but its scope is schema and data movement, not the server and application discovery data the company needs here.
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AWS Application Discovery Service
Why this is correct
AWS Application Discovery Service gathers on-premises server and application utilisation data, including CPU, memory and network metrics, via agentless or agent-based collection. It satisfies the stem's requirement to assess the existing environment before migration, feeding that data into Migration Hub for planning.
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AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)
Why it's wrong here
SMS migrates virtual machines by replicating server volumes to AWS; it does not inventory or profile on-premises utilisation. Assessment requires AWS Application Discovery Service, which collects server and application dependency data. SMS is tempting when the goal is actually executing a server migration rather than assessing readiness.
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