SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
A company wants to assess its on-premises environment for migration to AWS. The assessment should include server utilization, dependencies, and recommendations. Which AWS service provides this capability?
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AWS Application Discovery Service
AWS Application Discovery Service is the correct answer because it directly performs the assessment described: it collects data on on-premises server utilization, network dependencies, and provides migration recommendations. AWS Migration Hub (C) tracks migration progress but does not perform discovery. AWS CloudFormation (B) provisions resources, and AWS Systems Manager (D) manages instances, neither of which provide discovery capabilities.
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AWS Application Discovery Service
Why this is correct
Application Discovery Service collects data about on-premises servers, including utilization and dependencies.
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AWS CloudFormation
Why it's wrong here
CloudFormation is for infrastructure as code, not discovery.
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AWS Migration Hub
Why it's wrong here
Migration Hub tracks migrations but does not perform discovery.
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AWS Systems Manager
Why it's wrong here
Systems Manager is for managing AWS resources, not discovering on-premises environments.
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Variation 1. 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?
easy- A.AWS Migration Hub
- B.AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
- ✓ C.AWS Application Discovery Service
- D.AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)
Why C: 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.
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