AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) — Question 956

A company runs multiple workloads on virtual machines (VMs) in an on-premises data center. The company is expanding rapidly. The on-premises data center is not able to scale fast enough to meet business needs. The company wants to migrate the workloads to AWS.

The migration is time sensitive. The company wants to use a lift-and-shift strategy for non-critical workloads.

Which combination of steps will meet these requirements? (Choose three.)

Answer options

• A. Use the AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT) to collect data about the VMs.
• B. Use AWS Application Migration Service. Install the AWS Replication Agent on the VMs.
• C. Complete the initial replication of the VMs. Launch test instances to perform acceptance tests on the VMs.
• D. Stop all operations on the VMs. Launch a cutover instance.
• E. Use AWS App2Container (A2C) to collect data about the VMs.
• F. Use AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) to migrate the VMs.

Correct answer: B, C, D

Explanation

AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) is the recommended service for lift-and-shift migrations, which involves installing the AWS Replication Agent on the source VMs to replicate them to AWS. After the initial replication, launching test instances allows for validation and acceptance testing without affecting production. To complete the migration process, source VM operations are stopped to prevent data drift, and a cutover instance is launched to finalize the transition.