Some Typical and Not So Typical Use Cases

1. Lift and Shift VMs
2. Lift and Shift  Applications (leaving the backend systems on-premises)
3. Migrating a frequently updated app –  Maintain the actual application data using its most up-to-date state, but OS patches, updates, application configuration and more.
4. Networking challenges – Migrating from multiple data centers, private IP space challenges in multiple segregated networks

What needs to be lifted and shifted?

• Servers – Existing Instances include Physical hardware and Virtualized hardware – Lift and Shift
• Storage (on premises) may include NAS, SAN or DAS  – Lift and Shift Challenges
• Network (on premises) may be MPLS, VPN, Hardware LB, DNS  –  Lift and Shift Challenges
• Identity (on premises) – Active Directory, LDAP – Lift and Shift Gotchas and Challenges (Also see IAM strategy consulting  )
• Security – Firewalls, NACLs, Route Tables, Encryption, SSL Certificates and more.  Lift and Shift Load balancers, firewall appliances and more

Tools for Lifting and Shifting to AWS (and Azure, Google Cloud)

• AWS Server Migration Service – for lift and shift to Amazon Public Cloud
• Attunity – data transfer tool – for database migrations to the cloud
• CloudEndure – VM transfer  – cross cloud platform, lift and shift tool for applications and VMs
• Service Catalog AMI definitions and Deployments – Define your own deployments prior to lifting and shifting
• DMS – Data Migration Service AWS
• VMWare Site Recovery – Cloud migration, data center extension, disaster recovery
• VMotion – import export tool for VMWare lift and shift

Containerization for legacy applications

• When to use containers for lifting and shifting applications
• The Docker Landscape
• The Kubernetes Advantage
• The Mesosphere Advantage

Azure Container Service versus Elastic Container Service versus Google Container Engine

• A deep dive into the lift and shift scenarios supported by public cloud container technologies.

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