You're reading from AWS Certified Database – Specialty (DBS-C01) Certification Guide A comprehensive guide to becoming an AWS Certified Database specialist

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803243108

Length 472 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

IT Certification

Author (1):

Kate Gawron

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introduction to Databases on AWS

2. Chapter 1: AWS Certified Database – Specialty Overview FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding Database Fundamentals

4. Chapter 3: Understanding AWS Infrastructure

5. Part 2: Workload-Specific Database Design

6. Chapter 4: Relational Database Service

7. Chapter 5: Amazon Aurora

8. Chapter 6: Amazon DynamoDB

9. Chapter 7: Redshift and DocumentDB

10. Chapter 8: Neptune, Quantum Ledger Database, and Timestream

11. Chapter 9: Amazon ElastiCache

12. Part 3: Deployment and Migration and Database Security

13. Chapter 10: The AWS Schema Conversion Tool and AWS Database Migration Service

14. Chapter 11: Database Task Automation

15. Chapter 12: AWS Database Security

16. Part 4: Monitoring and Optimization

17. Chapter 13: CloudWatch and Logging

18. Chapter 14: Backup and Restore

19. Chapter 15: Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques

20. Part 5: Assessment

21. Chapter 16: Exam Practice

22. Chapter 17: Answers

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Chapter 10: The AWS Schema Conversion Tool and AWS Database Migration Service

In the previous chapters, we learned about the different databases that are offered by AWS and the key features and use cases for each. Now, we are going to learn how to migrate a database to AWS and the tools that are available to help you – that is, AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) and AWS Database Migration Service (DMS).

AWS SCT is a tool that allows you to assess a database's ability to migrate to AWS RDS and whether you can convert the database from a commercial database engine, such as Oracle, into an open source database. Then, it helps you convert the database objects and code for the new database engine.

AWS DMS can also help convert from one database engine into another, but its main role is to move the data within your database from on-premises to AWS or between AWS databases. It offers both bulk load and Change Data Capture (CDC) modes to support different types of migrations...