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Migration using AWS-DMS from standalone SQL server to AWS Redshift?


I have a SQL Server 2012 hosted on a standalone machine. I want to migrate it to my AWS Redshift (already existing data warehouse).

My question is wether it is possible via AWS Data migration service ?

I am also open to other efficient methods for migration. Currently I am doing the following steps

  1. taking a backup of the SQL server DB in the standalone server.
  2. uploading it to AWS-S3.
  3. Droping and restoring the Db from S3 in AWS-RDS (Sql-server)

I would like this data to be present in my data warehouse i.e AWS-Redshift

Thanks for the help in advance !


Solution

  • There are 2 types of migration within DMS

    SQL server can be used as a source for both of these types however there are caveats and limitations that should be read and understood thoroughly.

    https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Source.SQLServer.html

    So long as you follow the instructions and meet the limitiations that are documented then it will work great.