CV0-004 Deployment Practice Question
A cloud engineer is planning a database migration from an on-premises Oracle database to Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. The migration must minimize downtime and preserve ongoing changes. Which TWO services should the engineer consider using together? (Choose two.)
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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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
AWS DMS can migrate data and replicate ongoing changes using CDC, while the Schema Conversion Tool can convert the Oracle schema to PostgreSQL.
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 DataSync
Why it's wrong here
DataSync is for file storage migration, not databases.
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AWS Snowball
Why it's wrong here
Snowball is for offline data transfer, not suitable for live database migration with CDC.
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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
Why this is correct
DMS supports full load and CDC for minimal downtime migration.
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Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration
Why it's wrong here
Transfer Acceleration speeds up S3 uploads, not database migration.
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AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)
Why this is correct
SCT converts source schema and code to target database format.
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