Google PCA Practice Question: Analysing and Optimising Technical and Business Processes
A company is migrating 50 on-premises VMs to Compute Engine. They need to minimise downtime and want an automated lift-and-shift migration that replicates disks incrementally. Which Google Cloud service should be used?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Migrate for Compute Engine
Migrate for Compute Engine (formerly Velostrata) performs agentless, incremental replication of VM disks to Compute Engine, enabling minimal downtime migrations.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Database Migration Service
Why it's wrong here
DMS is for database migrations (e.g., MySQL to Cloud SQL), not VM disk migration.
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Migrate for Compute Engine
Why this is correct
This service provides agentless, incremental replication for VM migration to Compute Engine.
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Storage Transfer Service
Why it's wrong here
Storage Transfer Service is for transferring data between cloud storage buckets, not VM disks.
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Transfer Appliance
Why it's wrong here
Transfer Appliance is for offline bulk data transfer, not live VM migration.
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Introduction to Google Cloud Platform
Key term
Service
A service is a software component or system that performs a specific function and is available to be used by other programs or users over a network.
Key term
Compute Engine
Compute Engine is Google Cloud's Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering that lets you create and run virtual machines on Google's infrastructure.
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