Migrating Applications, Workloads, and Servers to AWS

Course details

Understanding how to successfully carry out migration of existing workloads is a crucial skill for cloud admins. Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers Application Migration Service to help you quickly migrate thousands of workloads to the cloud. In this course for cloud solutions architects and SysOps professionals, instructor Brien Posey provides a thorough explanation of the necessary preparation requirements for both Linux and Windows server migrations, including detailed coverage specific to both Windows and Linux VMs. Along the way, discover the essentials for completing the migration and performing post-migration cleanup, as well as how to roll the process back to abort a failed attempt.

Learning objectives
Prepare Linux and Windows servers for migration.
Set permissions by creating IAM roles, users, and policies to ensure readiness for Application Migration Service.
Complete agent-related steps needed for migrating Linux and Windows servers.
Identify and complete post-migration cleanup tasks.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - VM migration in AWS

1. Migration Overview

02 - Review migration infrastructure

2. Setting Permissions

03 - Create an IAM user
04 - Assigning the policy
05 - Retrieving the user's keys

3. Preparing Your Templates

06 - Initialize the AWS Application Migration Service
07 - Customizing the replication template
08 - Customizing the launch templates
09 - Customizing the post-launch templates
10 - Configuring your user preferences

4. Prepare Your Source Server

11 - Review the supported operating systems
12 - Review the installation requirements
13 - Review firewall requirements
14 - Preparing a Linux server
15 - Prepare a Windows server

5. Migrating Windows VMs

16 - Downloading the agent
17 - Installing the agent
18 - Verify the agent is functioning

6. Migrating Linux VMs

19 - Downloading the agent
20 - Installing the agent
21 - Verify the agent is functioning

7. Performing the Migration Process

22 - Performing a test migration
23 - Performing a cutover migration
24 - Rolling back a failed migration
25 - Post migration tasks

Conclusion

26 - Next steps