AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) — Question 417

A company is planning to migrate an on-premises data center to AWS. The company currently hosts the data center on Linux-based VMware VMs. A solutions architect must collect information about network dependencies between the VMs. The information must be in the form of a diagram that details host IP addresses, hostnames, and network connection information.

Which solution will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Use AWS Application Discovery Service. Select an AWS Migration Hub home AWS Region. Install the AWS Application Discovery Agent on the on-premises servers for data collection. Grant permissions to Application Discovery Service to use the Migration Hub network diagrams.
• B. Use the AWS Application Discovery Service Agentless Collector for server data collection. Export the network diagrams from the AWS Migration Hub in .png format.
• C. Install the AWS Application Migration Service agent on the on-premises servers for data collection. Use AWS Migration Hub data in Workload Discovery on AWS to generate network diagrams.
• D. Install the AWS Application Migration Service agent on the on-premises servers for data collection. Export data from AWS Migration Hub in .csv format into an Amazon CloudWatch dashboard to generate network diagrams.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

AWS Application Discovery Service helps plan migrations by identifying on-premises server dependencies, and installing the AWS Application Discovery Agent is required to capture detailed TCP/UDP network connections and process information. AWS Migration Hub can then visualize these dependencies in a network diagram. The agentless collector cannot gather detailed network connection data, and AWS Application Migration Service is designed for server replication rather than discovery and dependency mapping.