SAP-C02 Q302 · Migration

Question

A company is planning to migrate its on-premises VMware cluster of 120 VMS to AWS. The VMS have many different operating systems and many custom software packages installed. The company also has an on-premises NFS server that is 10 TB in size. The company has set up a 10 GbpsAWS Direct Connect connection to AWS for the migration. Which solution will complete the migration to AWS in the LEAST amount of time?

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Option B uses **AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN)** combined with **AWS DataSync**, both leveraging the existing **10 Gbps Direct Connect** connection. Here's why this is fastest:

1. **AWS MGN + VMware integration**: MGN supports direct connection to VMware vCenter. It installs a lightweight replication agent and performs **continuous block-level replication** of VMs to AWS. This means the 120 VMs are replicated incrementally — the initial sync happens in the background, and cutover is near-instantaneous with minimal downtime.

2. **No export/import overhead**: Unlike VM Import/Export, MGN doesn't require you to first export VMs to OVA/VMDK files and then upload them. It replicates directly from the running VMs.

3. **AWS DataSync over Direct Connect**: DataSync is purpose-built

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