AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 – Hands-On - Database Migration Service (DMS)

The video tutorial explains how to use AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) to migrate databases from on-premise or other cloud environments to AWS. It covers the types of migrations supported, including homogeneous and heterogeneous migrations, and introduces the AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) for schema conversion. The tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on creating a replication instance, configuring endpoints, and setting up migration tasks. It emphasizes the resilience and self-healing capabilities of DMS, ensuring the source database remains available during migration.

List some of the source and target databases that can be used with DMS.

What role does the AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) play in the migration process?

What considerations should be made regarding VPC settings when creating a replication instance?