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Migration Strategy Formulation and Evaluation

  • Business imperatives and strategic migration goals
  • Migration methodologies: rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, and replacement
  • Leveraging the AWS Migration Readiness Assessment (MRA) and automated discovery instruments
  • Prioritizing application portfolios and developing a phased migration roadmap

Discovery, Asset Inventory, and Strategic Planning

  • Compiling comprehensive inventories and mapping inter-component dependencies
  • Calculating total cost of ownership (TCO) and determining appropriate AWS resource allocations
  • Conducting risk assessments and developing detailed cutover plans
  • Structuring migration phases and establishing rollback procedures

Server Migration via AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)

  • MGN architectural components and migration workflows
  • Configuring replication parameters, managing snapshots, and optimizing bandwidth utilization
  • Testing replicated server environments and executing simulated cutovers
  • Executing final production cutover and validating operational integrity

Database Migration via AWS DMS

  • DMS core concepts: initial full load, change data capture (CDC), and continuous replication
  • Source and destination constraints and fundamental schema conversion techniques
  • Reducing operational downtime and ensuring data consistency during transfer
  • Operational management: continuous monitoring, performance optimization, and issue resolution

Data Transfer, Network Architecture, and Security Protocols

  • Data transfer mechanisms: AWS DataSync, AWS Snow family devices, and dedicated connection links
  • Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) design, route configuration, security group policies, and migration connectivity
  • Identity verification, access management controls, and data encryption during the migration process
  • Firewall configurations, DNS management, and network considerations for cutover events

Testing, Production Cutover, and Post-Migration Governance

  • Comprehensive validation testing, performance benchmarking, and quality assurance reviews
  • Developing rollback protocols and emergency contingency procedures
  • Post-migration optimization: resource right-sizing, autoscaling implementation, and cost governance
  • Establishing operational runbooks, continuous monitoring frameworks, and backup strategies

Practical Workshop: Comprehensive Migration Scenario

  • Execute discovery processes and design a migration phase for representative workloads
  • Replicate server assets using MGN and conduct a test cutover procedure
  • Migrate a sample database using DMS and verify data integrity
  • Finalize production cutover, validate service availability, and document operational insights

Summary and Forward-Looking Actions

Requirements

  • Foundational understanding of IT infrastructure and networking principles
  • Familiarity with virtualization technologies and operating systems (Windows/Linux)
  • Basic knowledge of database architectures and storage concepts

Intended Audience

  • Cloud architects and software engineers
  • Infrastructure and operations teams
  • IT managers and project leads responsible for planning migration initiatives
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