AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional SAP-C02 Practice Question
A large enterprise with a diverse portfolio of several thousand on-premises physical and virtual servers is in the initial 'Assess' phase of its cloud migration journey. The company has limited documentation on application dependencies. The key objective is to create a data-driven, comprehensive asset plan that includes a full inventory, dependency mapping, and a preliminary Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) estimate. As a solutions architect, which of the following approaches is the MOST effective for this initial asset planning stage?
Manually compile an inventory of all servers and applications into a spreadsheet. Import this data into AWS Migration Hub using the file import feature to build the asset list and then create a TCO estimate.
Use the AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) and AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) to run assessment reports on all on-premises databases. Use the database connectivity information from these reports to infer application dependencies and build the asset plan.
Deploy the AWS Application Discovery Service (ADS) to gather server inventory, performance data, and network dependencies. Aggregate and visualize this data in AWS Migration Hub to group servers into applications and perform a preliminary cost assessment.
Deploy the AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) agent on a pilot group of servers. Use the server and performance information collected during the initial data replication to extrapolate an asset plan for the entire portfolio.
The correct answer is to use AWS Application Discovery Service (ADS) and AWS Migration Hub. This combination is designed specifically for the 'Assess' phase of a migration. ADS is the primary tool for automated discovery of on-premises servers, including their specifications, performance, and, crucially, network dependencies. AWS Migration Hub then acts as a central location to aggregate this data, visualize dependencies, group servers into applications, and perform TCO analysis, directly addressing all requirements for a comprehensive asset plan.
The option to manually compile a spreadsheet is incorrect because it is not scalable or data-driven for an environment with thousands of servers and limited documentation. It is prone to errors and would fail to capture dynamic performance data and network dependencies effectively.
The option to use AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) is incorrect because MGN is a migration execution service used for rehosting (lift-and-shift), which belongs to the 'Migrate' phase. While it does collect some server data for replication, it is not a dedicated discovery and planning tool for the initial assessment stage.
The option to use AWS DMS and SCT is incorrect because these tools are purpose-built for database migration assessment and conversion. While this is a part of a larger migration, this approach is too narrowly focused on the data tier and would not provide a comprehensive inventory and dependency map of the entire application portfolio.
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