AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) — Question 99

A company is planning to migrate its business-critical applications from an on-premises data center to AWS. The company has an on-premises installation of a Microsoft SQL Server Always On cluster. The company wants to migrate to an AWS managed database service. A solutions architect must design a heterogeneous database migration on AWS.

Which solution will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Migrate the SQL Server databases to Amazon RDS for MySQL by using backup and restore utilities.
• B. Use an AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized device to transfer data to Amazon S3. Set up Amazon RDS for MySQL. Use S3 integration with SQL Server features, such as BULK INSERT.
• C. Use the AWS Schema Conversion Tool to translate the database schema to Amazon RDS for MySQL. Then use AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) to migrate the data from on-premises databases to Amazon RDS.
• D. Use AWS DataSync to migrate data over the network between on-premises storage and Amazon S3. Set up Amazon RDS for MySQL. Use S3 integration with SQL Server features, such as BULK INSERT.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because it utilizes the AWS Schema Conversion Tool to adapt the SQL Server schema for Amazon RDS for MySQL, followed by AWS DMS to efficiently migrate the data. The other options either do not adequately address schema conversion or use methods that are not suitable for a complete migration of a heterogeneous database environment.