Google Cloud Digital Leader — Question 4

Your company is running the majority of its workloads in a co-located data center. The workloads are running on virtual machines (VMs) on top of a hypervisor and use either Linux or Windows server editions. As part of your company's transformation strategy, you need to modernize workloads as much as possible by adopting cloud-native technologies. You need to migrate the workloads into Google Cloud.
What should you do?

Answer options

• A. Export the VMs into VMDK format, and import them into Compute Engine
• B. Export the VMs into VMDK format, and import them into Google Cloud VMware Engine
• C. Migrate the workloads using Migrate for Compute Engine
• D. Migrate the workloads using Migrate for Anthos

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct choice is D, as Migrate for Anthos is designed to help modernize workloads by transitioning them to a Kubernetes-based environment, aligning with cloud-native practices. Options A and B focus on exporting VMs to VMDK format, which does not leverage cloud-native technologies, and C, while useful, is more suited for traditional VM migrations rather than modernization.