Project 3: Perform Migration
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Now that you have completed BallotOnline’s Cloud Deployment Programmatic Approach, you have a better understanding of the available programmatic cloud deployment approaches and options, and how these approaches differ from traditional IT deployment approaches. You are now prepared to perform activities to migrate workloads to the cloud infrastructure.
Your supervisor, Sophia, the vice president of Information Technology (IT), has tasked you with the migration of workloads to the cloud infrastructure and has selected the migration of a database that is part of a critical aspect of BallotOnline’s operation. You are also asked to migrate the corporate intranet to the public cloud. You will now evaluate and compare different data migration approaches and select the best approach for BallotOnline, along with your rationale for selecting the specific approach and tool set.
As always, your selection of the appropriate approach and tool set must incorporate industry best practices and standards and meet the relevant business and technical needs of the organization.
Step 1: Research Industry Standard Data Migration Approaches
Professionals in the Field
“Data migration is the process of making an exact copy of an organization’s current data from one device to another devicepreferably without disrupting or disabling active applicationsand then redirecting all input/output (I/O) activity to the new device.”
Best Practices for Data Migration, IBM
Part of BallotOnline’s cloud strategy includes keeping up with the latest developments in the industry and applying current best practices. So, before getting started with the migration, take some time to research best practices and industry standard data migration approaches.
Engage in an online conversation with your colleagues to discuss data migration approaches in the Discussion: Data Migration Approaches.
After discussing the data migration approaches, move to the next step, in which you will consider tool sets for migration.
Step 2: Review and Compare Data Migration Tool Sets
Now that you have reviewed and discussed best practices and industry standard data migration approaches, review a few of the leading migration tools.
There are two basic approaches to data migration: “lift and shift” and “create new.”
Approach What’s Involved Tool Set Used
Lift and Shift Also known as rehosting, lift and shift involves replicating current applications in the cloud without redesign, enabling users to migrate their existing servers along with the data. Application Migration Service
Create New This method involves creating new servers in the cloud as needed, and only replicating the data to the cloud. AWS Database Migration Services
Review the three toolsets: AWS Server Migration Service, AWS Database Migration Services, and the Azure Database Migration service and compare them in the Cloud Data Migration Tool Sets Comparison topic list.
Step 3: Explore and Evaluate AWS Database Migration Service
Sophia favors the “create new” approach, since this aligns to industry best practices. Not surprisingly, she wants to use as many AWS-owned services as possible because AWS is the cloud vendor of choice for BallotOnline thus far in the organization’s move to the cloud.
Before evaluating databases for migration, make sure you understand the tool set of choice for BallotOnline’s cloud data migration, AWS Database Migration Service, so you can use it effectively and educate other team members if needed.
To make sure you understand the tool set and how it is used, engage in an online conversation with your colleagues at BallotOnline in the Discussion: Evaluation of AWS Database Migration Service. Then proceed to the next step, in which you will consider options within AWS for the migration.
Step 4: Review Options for Database Migration to AWS
Sophia has asked you to migrate two of BallotOnline’s on-premises database environments to the cloud: the human resources database. There are different options for different source database types. Human resources uses a MySQL database instance.
Review the following three options for database migration to AWS:
Migrating from an RDS MySQL database instance to AWS
Migrating from a MySQL database external to Amazon RDS to AWS
Migrating from a database that is not MySQL-compatible to AWS
Engage in an online conversation with your colleagues to discuss database migration approaches in the Discussion: Database Migration Options to AWS, and then proceed to the next step, in which you will move data from human resources.
Step 5: Migrate Data from a MySQL Database to AWS
Now that you have finished researching approaches, tool sets, and options, you can start the migration process. In this step, you will migrate BallotOnline’s human resources data from the external MySQL database to an Amazon Aurora MySQL database.
Take Action
Follow the detailed migration instructions in the MySQL Database Migration Guide.
Make sure you take screenshots for each task since the screenshots will be used in your final Cloud Migration Technical Report.
Once you’ve migrated the database to Amazon Aurora MySQL and saved screenshots, move to the next step, in which you will migrate the payroll database.
Step 6: Perform Private Hyper-V Cloud Migration to AWS
In the previous step, you migrated BallotOnline’s HR resources MySQL database to Amazon Aurora MySQL. Now, you will complete the migration of BallotOnline’s other servers to the AWS public cloud. This operation includes moving BallotOnline’s Hyper-V server, which hosts its intranet, FTP server, and Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.
Note that a server running Microsoft Hyper-V is considered a private cloud. Other software for private cloud includes vSphere, OpenStack, and Xen. You may want to go back to Cloud Deployment Models to review the differences between public, private, and hybrid cloud.
Key Points
Before you begin the lab, make sure that you have completed the instructions outlined under Course Introduction where you are to create an IAM user with server migration permission and send its credentials to the cloud computing teaching assistant (TA) at UMGC.
Do not proceed until you have received confirmation from the TA that your lab environment has been configured and ready for your use.
Take Action
Follow the Private Cloud Migration Lab Guide for detailed instructions on how to perform the private cloud migration to AWS using Application Migration Service (AMG).
Note: the Application Migration begins as soon as the replication agent is installed. The course Technology Support Assistant will take care of this step for you after receiving your IAM user information.
The basic steps are:
Create a role for the migration and name it SMS. This role will be used in the next step.
Create and complete the replication job in Application Migration Service. This step will create an AMI (Amazon Machine Image) off the migrated server.
Verify the migration.
Take screenshots for each step since they will be used in your final Cloud Migration Technical Report.
Don’t forget to clean up the AWS resources to avoid any charges.
Step 7: Write the Final Cloud Deployment Programmatic Approach Document
Now that you have migrated both databases, your Cloud Migration Technical Report will consolidate the work that you have completed in the steps along with some additional elements (scope, executive summary, etc.).
This report will provide BallotOnline with a comprehensive cloud migration approach and tool sets that align with BallotOnline’s technical and business requirements. The final document should be between eight and 10 pages. Sophia will present your work for approval at the executive meeting.
Submit your work after reading the instructions below using the Cloud Migration Technical Report Guide.
Check Your Evaluation Criteria
Before you submit your assignment, review the competencies below, which your instructor will use to evaluate your work. A good practice would be to use each competency as a self-check to confirm you have incorporated all of them. To view the complete grading rubric, click My Tools, select Assignments from the drop-down menu, and then click the project title.
5.2: Propose strategies the organization can employ using cloud solutions to enhance organizational effectiveness.
6.5: Investigate the underlying technologies (virtualization, data center infrastructure, servers).
6.8: Review, evaluate, and utilize emerging technologies related to cloud to support business needs.
9.3: Develop documentation (plans, policies, and procedures) to support cloud operation.
10.2: Create and deploy virtual machines.
10.3: Configure cloud management tools and software.
10.6: Configure a private cloud infrastructure using industry leading software.
10.7: Configure a public cloud infrastructure using industry leading provider(s).
11.3: Upgrade the infrastructure to increase capacity.
