AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional SAP-C02 Practice Question

The correct answer is the Database Migration Assessment Report. The primary purpose of using the AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) in the initial assessment phase of a heterogeneous database migration is to analyze the source schema and produce this report. The report provides a detailed summary of the schema objects, indicating which can be converted automatically to be compatible with the target database (Amazon Redshift, in this case) and, crucially, which objects require manual intervention and remediation. It also includes an estimate of the effort required to convert the objects that cannot be handled automatically. This information is essential for a solutions architect to accurately plan the migration, estimate the manual effort involved, and create a realistic project timeline.

• The optimized SQL scripts are a result of the conversion process, not the initial assessment for planning. Furthermore, these scripts are not guaranteed to be ready for immediate deployment and almost always require review and testing, particularly for complex objects that were flagged in the assessment report.
• A configuration file for AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) is not a primary output of the SCT assessment. While SCT and DMS work together, with SCT handling schema conversion and DMS handling data replication, the assessment report's purpose is to estimate schema conversion effort, not to configure data movement tasks.
• A list of recommended Amazon Redshift node types is not a function of SCT. Sizing a target cluster involves analyzing source database performance metrics, workload patterns, and data volume, which is typically done using other tools and analyses, such as those provided by AWS Migration Hub or a TCO calculator, not SCT.